low estrogen?? high progesterone? clomid?! help!!

[waitingginger]

Hi Ladies

Thought i would ask this here as you all seem to know what your talking about lol!! ok so sorry if i ramble a bit but my thoughts are so jumbled up!!

we have been TTC since Sept 2008 and have had no luck so far- all our tests have come back ok- however i have a problem with spotting from about 5DPO although i have had 3 lots of day21 bloods and they have all come back fine.

I have been reading about low estrogen and how this can effect the endometrial lining and this seems to fit in as i have 1 day of very heavy bleeding and then nothing apart from when i wipe the next 2 days and thats my AF!! is etrogen picked up on CD3 blood test as i havent had one of these!! and am now thinking should i ask for one??!! someone also mentioned that my temps being low could be a sign of low estrogen!! is CD6 too late for the blood test?

I have always thought the problem must be with my uterine lining and that it must be hormonal! and i have been taking b6 to try and help the problem but if the problem isnt with my progesterone is it going to be doing more harm then good?!

I started to take low dose asprin last month and i havent had as much spotting and i ahve read this is linked to low estrogen!!

I am so confused i have my next appointment in early May and there was talk of putting me on clomid but i seem to be ovulating ok and my AF is regular and so if its that i am low in estrogen and this is meaning my lining isnt thick enough will clomid help with that??

I am not sure what to ask for when i go back now!! think i should have a CD3 blood test taken and asked if i can have the tracking scans to see how thick my lining is before the clomid! as isnt clomid an anti-estrogen??!

I was sitting here thinking oh all the tests and my HSG and everything has come back fine but now i am thinking perhaps there is something!! i have done so much research before i cant belive i missed this but i think i have been so focused on progesterone!!

Sorry v long!! anybody else had low estrogen? or know anything about it?

Thanks!!

 

[lynne192]

i have low progesterone which has caused my miscarriages, i have been taking wild yam to help level it out natrually. not sure if that is any help.

 

[FBbaby]

Hello, I am not sure what the signs of low oestrogen are but for the usual menauposal ones, but I too have very light periods (1 day medium flow one light, no pains) and my E2 results are cd3 (oestrogen) was totally normal and actually borderline high, so in my case, nothing to do with it. Also, when I was scanned after my miscarriage, I was told my lining was absolutely fine.

I know how frustrating it is to be ttc and not knowing why you don't get pregnant, so I hope your appointment with the FS will shed some light. Good luck

 

[RebaRezzelba]

Hi

I have the same problem as you - I start spotting for 5 days before AF shows up then I have a really heavy period for one day and then a medium to light day and then just light to spotting for another 5 days.

I took the Bvits thinking it was a progesterone problem too but they never helped me at all.

Im currently getting acupuncture in a hope to get my BFP - been going since 1st Feb and the spotting has still not gone away - i think acup can help balance all the hormones so i hoping it starts to work soon.

I had thought about having an estrogen problem but i was more thinking it was too high than too low - my blood tests all came back fine so im baffled as well.

But i do believe the spotting is the reason im not getting pregnant - i think if I can get an answer and some help for that then I will get my BFP.

 

[waitingginger]

Hi Thanks ladies!!

Its nice to know people are in the same boat as me although i wish we werent!!

I know its so frustrating and Rebarezelba i think it must be the reason i havent got my bFP either!! but everything has come back totally clear, all my scans, HSG, swabs and 3 lost of bloods!! i dont just want to be stuck on clomid without knowing what the problem is but i know a lot of people have 'unexplained infertility'.

At my next appointment i am going to ask if they could do a scan to check the thickness of my womb and for a CD3 blood test to check estrogen!! but i know exactly what the gyno will say!! there is nothing wrong with you all the stress and obsessing isnt helping you!! well its bloomin hard trying this long and there just being nothing at all happening!!!

Hope we all get our BFPs soon!!!!
x

 

[RebaRezzelba]

Hi

The FS checked the lining of my uterus when I went to see her last year - for that time of the month she said i had a good thick lining - so nothing was suggesting an estrogen problem.

Its so annoying being unexplained cos you just want an answer and you want to fix the problem but if they cant find a bloody problem then it just drives you mad!

My FS diagonsed me with Unexplained infertility but never even done a HSG to see if tubes were blocked - im going back to her in May to demand one and to ask about Clomid and about progesterone creams and to tell her that im certain this spotting is not healthy or normal - its seems normal cos so many people have it but the people that have it are the ones that can't get pregnant!

 

[AmyS]

waitingginger - Sorry to bump this old thread, but I came across it when I was doing some googling yesterday. I was *shocked* to see someone describe my cycles almost exactly!!! Spotting after O, one heavy day of AF, and that's about it. So I HAD to register here so that I could ask you - did you ever find out what causes your cycles to be like that?

I've been TTC for 8 years, have had nearly every blood test. Progesterone 7dpo always comes out perfect. I think our infertility has something to do with my spotting, but I can never get a doctor to help me on that. I always hear, "Oh, that's normal in some women", or "You need progesterone supplements" (when my prog level is FINE).

So please, any advice you could give me?? Blood tests? Supplements? Not only is the spotting annoying, but it seriously affects the love life!

Thanks,
Amy

 

[Miamigrad28]

Hi Amy

I know this is an old thread but I have the same exact problem! I noticed you have a child...did you ever find out what was causing the strange spotting? My FS also has me on progesterone but my blood levels are always coming back high. So I know it's not that, and all other tests and HSG have come back normal. What did you end up doing or meds?

Thanks!
Jen