Fsh levels and estradiol. Need advice

[Trishy74]

So I had my dr run my fsh levels for cycle day 3. I'm 39 years old, almost 40 in 3 mos. along with the fsh levels he ran my estradiol. So he called with the results the other day and said everythibg was good. I always request a copy of my blood work bc last time I tried to conceive my son, I had issues and had to go to fertility drs and it took 10 mos to get preggo. So I'm kind of pushing my dr to get the ball rolling with checking hormone levels and an hsg which I had done yesterday and was fine during the procedure but when I left I was in so much pain I literally got real nauseaus having to pull over on the side of the road and almost passed out. Thank god my mom was with me. When I had the hsg done last time I didn't feel anything like that. I was able to go out to eat last time after it. This time I had to go home and do a BM (sorry tmi) and felt a thousand times better after. Not sure if I felt like that bc of taking fiber pills lately and not really having an increased amount of BMs bc I've been crampy on and off lately. Ok on to my fsh question. Sorry to get off topic.

So I got my blood work in the mail and I'm confused bc dr said fsh levels are normal. However, I had the test done on cycle day 3 and I believe that is the follicular phase, it states the highest number for testing at that time should be a 10.2 and my number came in at 15. So why would my gyno have told me its normal? I understand im in normal range for midcycle and not in menopause range bc that starts at a 23 but i thought cycle day 3 is the follicular phase of the cycle which it states normal only goes up to 10.2? I'm really getting worried over here and do plan on asking my gyno when he calls about my hsg results but in the meantime I'm sitting here worried that my ovarian reserve is poor. My estradiol came in at 55 which is a normal range for that time of the month.

Can someone explain to me if an fsh level of 15 is bad for cycle day 3 and what it means that my estradiol is a 55 which came in normal? Do the two go hand in hand? Is there anything I can take to help my egg supply? I know we are born with all the eggs we will ever have but I'm really really concerned. Thanks in advance for reading all of this and any help anyone can give me. I do remember 3 years ago when I went to the fertility dr he was all excited my period was starting and he did an ultrasound and was concerned bc I only had like 3 follicles. But I thought that was bc my prolactin levels were high which in turn were causing my body to think i was preggo from a med I took back then which I haven't taken it since and I got preggo that month as soon as I stopped taking it. Any advice or info is so much appreciated.

[Trishy74]

Bumping in hopes AS sees this. I'm starting to get really worried that I don't be able to conceive.

[nuthinbutpink]

An FSH of 15 is high. It suggests that it will take longer than normal to conceive. You are 40 though so that is not so abnormal for 40.

Your estradiol is fine.

[atomic sagebrush]

Please don't worry about it, all it means is that when we get to be a certain age, we get a little bit "deaf" to the FSH and our body starts to crank it up in order to get an egg to mature. It's totally normal at age 40 to have above normal FSH and it doesn't mean you can't get pg.

[atomic sagebrush]

did they do amh test?

[nuthinbutpink]

AMH is the more modern test. If your AFC was low and your FSH high, your AMH is likely low too. None of that matters unless you were trying to do IVF. You would not be an IVF candidate but if you were able to get pregnant before you can do it again. I would not do any swaying that compromises your fertility though.

[Trishy74]

AS no, I never heard of that test. Should I be requesting it?

did they do amh test?

[nuthinbutpink]

Are you struggling to conceive now? Have you been TTC?

[Trishy74]

Thank you NBP. Just wondering what does AFC stand for? I'm not really doing anything else to sway pink aside from le diet. I even started thinking to myself maybe I need to start eating more healthy such as not white breads or refined sugars. I've been eating a lot of sugary sweets like jelly beans since doing this diet or eating white bread bagels etc. would any of that be bad for my issues with fsh? Or would it really not matter. Just wondering why would I not be a good candidate for ivf? Would I be a candidate for iui if it came down to another few months of trying and I wanted to go forward with fertility drs? I'm do sad that this number is high. I'm so upset my dr told me its normal. Wish he would have explained if he meant normal for my age. Although 3 years ago I only had 3 follicles the month I conceived, they ran my fsh level back then and the number coincided with my luteal phase bc I was only spitting that night. So basically what I'm saying is the blood test was good and in range bsck then yet only had a few follicles when they did ultrasound.

One more question for you and AS, each month I'm getting positvie lh surge and tracking my bbt and it seems I'm getting a temp dip at ovulation and a slow temp rise over following two days. Are those still good signs for me? With higher fsh does it mean more anovulstory cycles and if so would I not get the temp shifts?

AS would you still only recommend one attempt at positive opk for me? I have been doing 2 attempts at some cycles and nothing. I'm hoping the hsg will help me out with that. I'm def stopping using the astroglide now that I know my numbers.

Thank you both for answering my questions. Can coq10 help with fsh levels?

AMH is the more modern test. If your AFC was low and your FSH high, your AMH is likely low too. None of that matters unless you were trying to do IVF. You would not be an IVF candidate but if you were able to get pregnant before you can do it again. I would not do any swaying that compromises your fertility though.

[Trishy74]

Yes I've been trying for 4 mos. however I asked dr to do blood work and hsg bc I know last time it took 10 mos to get preggo. Once I had hsg done and corrected prolactin levels I got preggo month after hsg and 7 days after correcting prolactin level. I'm so nervous now after finding all this out. I know my estradiol came back good and so did my prigesterone and prolactin levels too. I thought I read online that estradiol means quality of eggs are good or bad and fsh means the reserve of how many eggs are left. Is this true? So does this mean I have good quality eggs but not too many left in the supply?

Are you struggling to conceive now? Have you been TTC?