Re: Low Luteal Phase Estrogen/Fertility Issue

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At Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Jen wrote: >
>I am 34 years old and have been trying to get pregnant for 12 months
>without any sucess. I have irregular and very light periods but I
>usually do ovulate. I also have light bleeding/spotting from about 8-10
>DPO most cycles. I have normal LH/FSH, prolactin, androgens and
>ultrasound of ovaries looks normal. My luteal phase progesterone is low
>(15 ng/mL) but my Gyn doesn't think that is the problem. For two cycles
>now I have had my estrogen and progesterone followed and the most
>obvious thing is my estrogen is very very low in the second half of my
>cycle - in fact it appears to drop off after the mid-cycle peak and then
>stays down low with out the second rise normally seen in the luteal
>phase.
>
>Could this be causing subfertility and if so how is it normally treated?

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