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Re: questions about hormone levels--AGAIN
From: Ally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 1 Dec 2000 05:57:52 -0600 (CST)
Hello again. Does the LH:FSH ratio get high when the LH surges before
ovulation? I just started what I a think may actually turn out to be a
normal period today (12/1), and the blood tests that I had taken to test
hormone levels were done on 11/16.
At Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Ally wrote:
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>Hello. I was just checking to see if you replied, but it looked like
>you skipped me. Then when I pulled up my original post, it indicated
>that there was a reply. However, when i clicked on the "reply to post"
>and "Next in thread" (which indicated re: questions about hormone
>levels), I ended up in the rply to a different post. It seems like my
>cycles and hormones are not the only wacky things!
>
>At Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Ally wrote:
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>>Hello. I wrote a few weeks back about my wacky cycles since going off
>>the pill in July-- 48 days, 56 days, 25 days--only very, very light
>>spotting (brown), with a little bit of red. My doctor suggested that I
>>probably have PCOS, so I went to get the blood tests. According to the
>>doctor, the LH:FSH ratio is high, suggesting possible PCOS, but the
>>prolactin and testosterone levels do not suggest PCOS. I would like to
>>get pregnant, so now he has me taking my temperature to see if I'm
>>ovulating. Could there be any other reasons for these hormone levels?
>>Period: 11/1; Blood taken 11/16; spotting started again 11/23 w/red
>>11/25. FSH: 3.3; LH: 26.3; Prolactin: 8.9; Total Testosterone: 33; Free
>>Testosterone: 2.8 pg/ml, .9%. Thanks for your help/advice.
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