Lab results

[mnmkid13]

I just had Day 3 labs and here were the results.

LH 4.4

FSH 6.4 - this was 15.7 in December and 11 last March- I have been taking chasteberry and fertility herbs so I hope they helped.

Estradiol- 54, I was told this is borderline? Does anyone know what is too high?

Lisa

[bbbrain]

Hi Lisa,
Your FSH is great. Congrats on it lowering. I know RE's worry that a low FSH coupled with a high E2 level could mean your E2 is artificially suprressing your FSH. But, I was under the impression for that to happen, you would be seing your E2 around 100. My clinic says 80 is borderline - 100 is too high. 54 sounds OK with that FSH.
Are you doing IVF? IUI? Natural?
Good Luck!
MB

[Lauralea]

How did you lower your FSH? Mine is too high and the DR is giving ua a 5 to 7% chance of conceiving with his help. Very curious if you could let me know.

Thanks,

Lauralea

[mnmkid13]

Hi Lauralea,

In December after I found out where my FSH was I was a little devastated because the first RE I went to implied my ovaries were bad. Well I went to the computer and reserched meds that could lower FSH. I found a company in Santa Monica CA called Radiant Wonder. www.radiantwonder.com

They had a formula called super fertility #2, I took that in conjunction with some stress relief tablets they had and chasteberry(called vitex). I'm really not sure if the herbs worked or not, but I know I felt really good for 2 1/2 mos until I just had new labs done. You can't take the herbs with fertility drugs but if you are taking a break from TTC then the herbs are fine. Of course if you have a Dr or herbalist who can advise you on cetain ones then you should do that because certain herbs are not reccomended for TTC and could be more harmful. Do as much web research as you can.

I never told my current RE I was taking the herbs as most conventional practitioners don't know too much about them. Let me know how things work out.

MB, I am doing IUI with clomid and Repronex. I did 6 IUI's , 2 of which with clomid only and 4 non-medicated last year with now success.

Lisa