Called our RE's office this past Friday since I still hadn't received the results of my Pap Smear and blood work from December 16th or the blood work from December 27th to check my Progesterone level.
Today, I received only my December 27th results.
I'm not sure how to read the results. I always manage to get confused about when my Mid-Follicular Phase and my Mid-Luteal Phase fall.
A quick background about this period I just finished. My cycle has always been regular and running anywhere between 28 to, a few times, 32 days. For at least the last 4 months, I have been at 28 days. To maintain that 28 day cycle, I would have started on January 2nd. Mid morning on January 1st, I noticed traces of brown blood when I wiped after using the bathroom. All that day, I would see this on the bathroom tissue each time I finished in the bathroom.
I did need to wear a pad the next day, January 2nd, but it was not as heavy as my flow would normally be. The rest of the time, I would see a small spot or two on a pad and brown blood when I wiped. Usually wiping was the only way I knew for certain I was still bleeding. I think I had an ever so slight twinge of cramps the morning of January 1st but no other PMS symptoms.
My test results list that for normal menstruating females: Mid-Follicular phase - 0.31-1.52 and Mid-Luteal phase - 5.16-18.56. My Progesterone was 0.46 and listed as In Range. Again, my blood was taken December 27th and I should have started on January 2nd, if still following a 28 day cycle. I'm not sure if I started on January 1st or on January 2nd.
Please help me read these results. I would really appreciate your advice.