Concerned about progesterone levels - spotting 3 days before AF with low temps

[lisaf]

you've only got a few temps to look at, its hard to tell much from 3 temps though I'd be doing the same in your shoes

 

[nevertogether]

true, but i have like 5 other charts i believe

 

[lisaf]

hee hee! I just looked at all your charts and I'd be super jealous of them to be honest... such nice high rises etc...

 

[nevertogether]

thanks hun that just makes me wonder more what my problem is..

 

[lisaf]

I'm willing to brainstorm with you if you want?

 

[nevertogether]

thanks lisa, you are a life saver. so good to have someone to always talk to and to help out. i just don't know what it could be my TSH levels came back low 0.61 but it is still within the normal range so nothing is going to come of that. i ovulate every month and regularly, my LP is 14 days on the dot. DH has two kids from previous relationships so i don't think the problem is him either. sigh. just want it so bad!

 

[lisaf]

thanks lisa, you are a life saver. so good to have someone to always talk to and to help out. i just don't know what it could be my TSH levels came back low 0.61 but it is still within the normal range so nothing is going to come of that. i ovulate every month and regularly, my LP is 14 days on the dot. DH has two kids from previous relationships so i don't think the problem is him either. sigh. just want it so bad!

There is still a lot they can check... but its so simple to check the man that its good to do it just to rule it out... .all the tests for you are long and some have risks etc. What point do you think you'll go see a specialist?

 

[nevertogether]

probably not for a while lisa. DH is deployed so getting him looked at is pretty out of the question right now. as for me, i'm in the military and it's very hard for me to miss work for anything. not to mention, i would really like for DH to be with me when we go. he won't be back until next april. sigh.

 

[lisaf]

I went to all my fertility appointments alone. DH will come for every ultrasound now though, lol. I didn't want him there for the fertility stuff because he'd be apt to remember bits and pieces and get it all wrong then argue with me LMAO

 

[nevertogether]

i bet he is more than happy to go to them all though!

well my husband is a flight medic so he is very in to anything that has to do with my health. if he could go with me to every medical appointment that i have, i know he would! he knows absolutely everything about our trying to conceive, when i ovulate, when i'm about to start, how to put in the soft cup, you name it and he does it. it's kind of cute!

 

[lisaf]

that is really sweet! Mine still gets grossed out by a lot of stuff... I just laugh now and tell him its going to get much grosser.

 

[nevertogether]

that's so true! so what do they initially look at when you go to the FS?

 

[lisaf]

After ruling out thryroid, pituitary etc... they run CD3 bloodwork to check your FSH, LH and estradriol.

 

[medicine]

thanks hun that just makes me wonder more what my problem is..

One thing I noticed about your charts is that your OPK's are positive for several days in a row, which makes me think that maybe your ovulation date is not pin-pointed because of this. Maybe a clear blue fertility monitor, which should narrow down the fertility day down, could be more useful along with the other stuff you are using. Maybe that could help narrow down your ovulation day.

 

[lisaf]

Yeah, but that was really only that one cycle where she had 5 positives or so and she still had plenty of sex around ovulation... hmmmm
I don't see the BD info on most of your charts, assuming you guys are still going at it, just not sharing that info or putting it in FF?

 

[nevertogether]

medicine - thanks for taking the time to look my problem is not pinpointing ovulation, as i ovulate around the same time every month it's just getting pregnant.

lisa - no, i don't get to every cycle because DH and i are both military and not stationed together. so where it is noted, is the only time i've had a shot.

 

[lisaf]

ah, so you've only had one shot? It may just be a matter of getting a few tries in then?!

 

[nevertogether]

one shot since i have been charting. we were NTNP for two years and this is our fourth ttc cycle.

 

[lisaf]

That has to suck soooo bad.. hopefully you just need a few good shots though with perfectly timed sex etc...

 

[nevertogether]

yeah it stinks. i only get like one shot every couple of months. my next one is in six days so i'm hoping, but i certainly don't have my hopes up!