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TTC 7 months - blood tests

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RoseIvy · 24/06/2019 21:36

I’ve been off the contraceptive pill for 7 months and have been ttc in that time (6 months properly trying using opks). I’m 34.

Getting impatient I had some blood tests done at my GP surgery because I was worried that my periods were short (only last two days of proper flow!) even though my cycles are fairly regular between 27 and 30 days and I do get a ‘peak’ on the opks every month. I was also worried about a short luteal phase - mine is 12/13 days (up from 11 a few months ago) but I spot from day 10 or 11.

My GP had no idea about the short luteal phase thing but said I could test for progesterone 7 days after ovulation rather than on day 21 so that’s what I did (which was day 25).

My gp said my day 3 and day 21 blood test results were ‘normal’ although my testosterone was just outside of the upper end of normal (it was 1.7 and should only be 1.6). She said that wouldn’t be pcos because my fsh/LH would be inversed from what they actually were.

However I’ve looked online and am not sure my results are normal at all. My fsh was 10 which seems very high. LH seems low at 3.5

My day 21 progesterone was 42

Anyone else had similar results or any advice??

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physicskate · 24/06/2019 22:37

I replied to your thread in infertility. An fsh is maybe a tad raised but not abnormal at all. It makes no real difference anyway, as it is mostly an indicator of how you'd respond to fertility drugs - you might need slightly (and I do mean slightly) higher doses to respond well. Your results are completely fine. You have eggs. You ovulated that cycle. What are your concerns about them?

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