Day 21 bloods

[wobberly]

Hello, I have had these done. When I called my consultants secretary to get the rests she said that they were low at 19.4. I said "well, what does that mean" and she said I dont ovulate.
I have PCOS and on Metformin, does anyone know what the normal level is to make you ovulate?
I am trying Soy Iso this month, lets hope it works x

 

[wobberly]

anyone?

 

[dreamofabean]

I just googled this and it was over 30 nmol/l indicates ovulation hun x

 

[MrsChambers]

It is measured differently whether you are in UK or America. I only had my progesterone blood test done today and will ring up on weds for results however I 'think' it has to be aove 21 but doctors prefer 30?? But not 100% sure

 

[LionsWife]

I am sorry I can't help you but I have had my first lot of bloods taken today (CD2) to check for LH and FSH. Do you know what level these should be at? Let us know how you get on with the Soy Iso?

Xxx

 

[Blue12]

Sorry I don't know the number either but just went by what the docs said. How long are your cycles normally though? This is an important piece of info because my cycles are regular but longer than the norm (I do ovulate but very late - so on the cd 21 test it shows I do not ovulate - but when they did the test on cd24 - it did show that I ovulate).

Best wishes!

 

[dreamofabean]

I was told that i dont ovulate and think its down to being tested at the wrong time also!! Ive had very strong positives on opks etc but bloods didnt pick it up! One month the bloods were taken 9 days before my first + opk!! x

 

[DragonMummy]

yeah docs like over 30.x

 

[Leilani]

Hello, I have had these done. When I called my consultants secretary to get the rests she said that they were low at 19.4. I said "well, what does that mean" and she said I dont ovulate.
I have PCOS and on Metformin, does anyone know what the normal level is to make you ovulate?
I am trying Soy Iso this month, lets hope it works x

Did you have the test on CD21, or 7DPO - as it makes a big difference. Often doctors don't want to hear when you think you ovulate, they just stick with CD21. Any idea what DPO it was?

Here are a couple of sites I refer to when looking at results - just watch the measurement units - (some UK clinics use the measurememnts mostly used in the US and vice versa):

UK measurments
US measurements

 

[ineedaseed]

it should be 7dpo for accuracy, mine was 25 and been told its low. apparently they like it to be over 30 x

 

[leasap]

Ive had day 21 done 3 times and i was under 1 everytime, i have PCOS and dont ovulate on my own so its hard to know if and when i ovulate.

Got my hsg soon just going to start northesterine monday to start AF then hopefully i will have more answers.

i used to be on metformin but they dont think it really helped me xx

 

[wobberly]

Thanks for your replies.

I am on 500mg Metformin twice a day. Met has regualted my periods CD34, CD29 but I dont get any ov symptoms

I am back to see my consultant in 3 weeks and I think she is going to put me on Clomid.

It upsets me to think that I cant have kids. If I dont ov then theres no hope right?

I have had HSG - all clear and partners SA came back good as well. Just me they need to sort out

 

[minstrels]

Hi Hun

I had day 21 and got a result of 4! dont panic though it doesnt mean you dont ovulate it could just be the timing wasnt right for you as everyone is different, Ive since had days 1-5 day 14,18,21 and 25 and im waiting for the results.
Good luck
x

 

[SmileyOne]

Hi, It stands to reason that when we are told by our dr's that our luteal phase is always the same length ie: 14 days, it also means that the Follicular Phase (first part of our cycle before we ovulate) may differ greatly. My cycles range from 35 days to 56 days, which means I do not ovulate on the same day each cycle. We have been TTC for 8 months and due to not being able to pinpoint Ovulation decided to go to the Dr to see whats going on.

I had the first blood test done randomly on day 39 and it showed the LH and FSH ratio to be wrong so Doc queried PCOS (I have no other symptons of this) 3 days after these bloods were done my temp went up and stayed up, so when bloods were repeated randomly the next week I was sure I had ovulated so we did Progesterone too, and it just happened to be 8dpo (CD49). Well my Progesterone has come back at 49 which to me clearly shows I did ovulate when I thought I had. And then yesterday AF arrived 16dpo.
I am currently waiting to see my GP again to see where we go from here.

But as you can see all our bodies are totally different, it just happened randomly that my blood tests were done when they were. Had my dr insisted on testing on day 21 there is No Way I would have ovulated. And just to add my previous 2 cycles I ovulated on CD20/CD28.

I am now on CD2 of my new cycle, it will be interesting to see what happens this cycle!!

My advice to you is always to do the blood work 7 dpo not cycle day 21.

Good luck to you all and lots of