Are there tests to help me determine the quality of my remaining eggs?

There have been several tests available through the years to try to assess the quality of a woman’s remaining eggs. The classic tests include evaluations of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol levels drawn on the second or third day of a woman’s menstrual cycle. Clomiphene challenge test has been a popular test in the past. Today, the most contemporary laboratory test to evaluate for remaining egg quality is the anti-mullerian hormone level. The advantages to anti-mullerian hormone testing are that it is stable and valid for any day of the menstrual cycle, even when women are not ovulating, such as on the birth control pill, while pregnant, or with polycystic ovarian syndrome.

However, the most important determinant for estimating pregnancy success to infertility treatments still is the woman’s age when she begins treatment, the younger the better.