by Tammy (Contributor to The Greene Guide)
Growing up with the Chicken Little
mentality, I tend to hyper-worry and
over-analyze. When I first started wearing
glasses for nearsightedness in third grade, I fretted over whether
I was slowly becoming blind. When I was in sixth
grade, I agonized over whether a menstrual period was a sign that I
would eventually bleed to death. During my
senior year in high school, I lost sleep for a semester worrying
about finding a date to the prom. College was
when I finally learned to rationalize my irrational
fears.
But after learning about the intrinsic complexities of the female
reproductive system, I felt my approach to rationalize irrational
fears begin to crumble. Luckily, before my
irrational fears about infertility drove me to premature aging, I
learned that there are effective tools to help women assess their
ovarian reserve (commonly referred to as a
“woman’s biological clock”).
More specifically, your ovarian reserve approximates the number of fertile eggs that remain in your ovaries. The best assessment of your ovarian reserve can be determined by a simple blood test called Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH). You can find more information regarding AMH testing by checking out Dr. Robert Greene’s newest article here: “ AMH: an accurate, reproducible test for ovarian reserve.”
Hormone balance through a healthy lifestyle, knowing what
your ovarian reserve is, and other methods of treatment are all
available to help you overcome infertility or fear of
infertility.
For more information and current updates in fertility and general
research, please go to Dr. Robert Greene's blog site here: 
