Quick response needed-Progesterone test timing?

[Tigerlily01]

Hello, I'm hoping someone on here has some experience or advice...I apologize for the double post in ttc, but I need to figure this out tonight.

I'm supposed to get a progesterone test done this month, since I have a very short (6 day) luteal phase. It's supposed to be done 7DPO, but since that is CD1 of the next cycle for me, I was told to aim for 5-6DPO.

Here's the problem:
I don't think I ovulated this month. My cycles are irregular (23-36 days), so I use opks twice a day, and never got anything even remotely like a positive this cycle (I use CB digitals in the morning, and Wondfos in the evening). I started spotting yesterday, which clued me in that AF was imminent, so I made an appointment to get blood drawn on Monday...but I saw red blood just now, enough so I'm worried tomorrow will be CD1. So is it useless to get blood drawn for this test? Was it useless anyway, since I'm almost positive I didn't ovulate?

I guess my question is, is it useful to have them confirm that I didn't ovulate, so that I can get someone to pay attention to the fact that I have a short luteal phase, and don't always ovulate? And if it is useful, did I miss my chance for them to confirm that, if tomorrow is CD1 of my next cycle?

I'd call and ask, but it takes 24 hours to get a call back from a doctor (my appointment is just with a lab tech), and by then it will be too late.

 

[lanet]

I would say it might be useful so that they can confirm you didn't O. However if you want to know what your progesterone is when you do O, is it high enough etc... Then you might need to repeat it another month.

 

[Tigerlily01]

I went ahead and got the test done this morning even though it ended up being CD1. The result was 3.1, although not sure if that actually tells us anything since it's now the beginning of my next cycle! Hopefully next month I'll get a positive opk and can time the test better.

 

[Tigerlily01]

Thought I'd post a follow-up on this...the doctor said that if I HAD ovulated this cycle, my test result would have been higher than 3.1, even with the timing for the test being off a bit. So I am starting clomid tomorrow. So I guess the test was worth doing after all, since the result combined with all my negative opks over a few months, confirmed I don't ovulate on my own very often.

 

[JJKCB]

I get tested (blood test) every 2 (sometimes 3 on holidays or weekends) days from CD14 till AF