1. Fertility Testing For Women At Home
Understanding Luteinizing hormone
http://lhhormone.org
Donna asks…
are at home fertility tests reliable?
for men and women.
Pregnancy Advisor’s answers:
I don’t know as I have had a strange first experience with one myself this month. So I would
love to know the answer to this question.
Thanks for asking it.
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2. Ruth asks…
ATTENTION TO ALL LADIES TTC !!!!!!!!?
Last night I was watching tv and a commercial came on for First Response Fertility test.I
thought that I would share a little of info about this new fertility test.I am excited about this
particular test.I have been trying for quite some time and I would like to know if I am truly
ovulating.I take opk and get positive results but I am still curiius to know if my eggs are
abundant or scarce.Here goes..
The NEW! FIRST RESPONSE ® Fertility Test for Women is an accurate test of FSH level to
assess ovarian reserve (egg quantity and quality) – one of the leading single indicators of a
woman’s ability to get pregnant.
Every woman is born with all of the eggs that she will ever have. Each month one or more eggs
will mature in the ovaries in preparation for ovulation. As the eggs mature and are released over
time, the number of eggs, which is a measure of a woman’s fertility potential, decreases.
Follicle Stimulating Hormone, (FSH), is one of many hormones that your body uses to regulate
your menstrual cycle and to control the maturation of your eggs. FSH signals the ovaries to
mature one or more eggs for ovulation each month/cycle.
If your ovarian reserve (eggs) is low in quantity or quality, your pituitary will produce higher than
normal FSH levels early in the cycle, trying to stimulate your ovaries to produce a mature egg.
In other words, when your quantity or quality of eggs (fertility potential) is low, your FSH level
may be high.
Therefore, knowing your FSH level on Day 3 of the menstrual cycle can be helpful in finding out
if you are able to get pregnant.
FSH level assesses ovarian reserve, one of the leading single indicators of a woman’s fertility
potential and now it is possible to gauge your fertility potential through a simple at-home test
with over 95% accuracy.
The FIRST RESPONSE® Fertility Test for Women detects FSH (follicle stimulating hormone),
on Day 3 of a woman’s menstrual cycle in order to assess her ovarian reserve, an indicator
of fertility. Women who want to assess their ability to conceive may find the results of this test
useful.
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3. The test must be done on Day 3 of your cycle. Count the first day of bleeding or spotting as
Day 1 of your cycle. A small amount of blood in your urine from your period should not affect the
results in any way. You must use your first morning urine. You should not have urinated for at
least 4 hours prior to performing the test.
Q: When to Begin Testing?
A: The test must be done on day 3 of your cycle. Count the first day of bleeding or spotting as
day 1. You must use your first morning urine. You should not have passed urine for at least four
hours before carrying out the test.
Q: What is the ovarian reserve?
A: The ovarian reserve has been established as an indicator of your eggs quantity and quality.
Women are born with a limited number of eggs in their ovaries. One of these eggs is released
each month (ovulation) until menopause. As a woman ages, the quantity and quality of her
remaining eggs decreases, which also impacts the likelihood of these eggs to be fertilized. The
FIRST RESPONSE® fertility test for woman uses day 3 FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)
levels to gauge your ovarian reserve.
Q: What is the difference between the FIRST RESPONSE® Fertility Test For Woman and the
FIRST RESPONSE® Ovulation Tests?
A: The FIRST RESPONSE® Ovulation Tests detect luteinizing hormone (LH). LH is always
present in your urine and increases just before ovulation. This increase (or surge) in LH triggers
ovulation, which is the release of an egg from your ovary. By detecting your surge, the FIRST
RESPONSE® Ovulation Tests predicts the two days you are most likely to get pregnant. The
FIRST RESPONSE® Fertility Test for Woman detects a different hormone named follicle
stimulating hormone (FSH) on day 3 of a woman’s menstrual cycle in order to assess her
ovarian reserve. Your day 3 FSH level is an indicator of the quantity and quality of your eggs
and thus your fertility potential. This test does not predict ovulation or your most fertile days.
Neither product can be used for contraception
Q: I used an ovulation test kit and have an LH surge; doesn’t that show that I am ovulating?
A:While the LH surge is an important maker for ovulation, it does not give any indication of your
ovarian reserve and how responsive that reserve is to the LH that triggers ovulation. By testing
for FSH you can gauge the quantity and quality of your ovarian reserve, and understand if your
LH surge should trigger ovulation.
Q: The result shows my FSH level in the normal range. What does this mean?
A: A normal FSH level indicates that you have adequate reserve. If your ovarian reserve is a
normal level, and you’ve been trying to conceive for several months without success, you
should consider consulting your physician.
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4. Q: The result shows that my FSH level is elevated and further testing may be appropriate.
What does this mean?
A: N
Pregnancy Advisor’s answers:
Thanks looks good!
However i know you can buy similar tests that have been around for a while now for much
cheaper these for example
http://www.accessdiagnostic.co.uk/acatalog/FSH_Fertility_Tests.html
I think the One you saw was just a brand name one.
Good luck!
Carol asks…
Fertility help! How can I best predict ovulation at 39 years of age?
Since the LH surge is not the best indicator of ovulation in women who are perimenopausal,
what is? I have a doctor who is not really motivated about my getting pregnant. I need to be
more informed about what I should be looking for and getting tested.
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5. I was doing the “first response” home ovulation kit and I was showing high LH surges, which is
supposed to mean that you are ovulating. But in women who are older and might be getting
closer to menopause, their LH surges are frequent. So what is a better indication of ovulation?
Pregnancy Advisor’s answers:
Http://www.webmd.com/baby/healthtool-ovulation-calculator
and you can also use this as well
http://www.webmd.com/baby/healthtool-ovulation-calendar
Nancy asks…
Am I ruined because of the shot?
Are there any women out there who were on depo and had no problems TTC. I know it may
seem dumb of me to keep asking about this but…well…im sure any other woman would worry the
same thing
TTC Cycle #3
Been off depo for about 2 years now
Was on depo of MAYBE 3 years probably less than that
Would an at home fertility test be accurate in predicting my fertility?
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6. Pregnancy Advisor’s answers:
If you’re off the Depo for 2 years now, it should be out of your system. You have only had two
cycles that you didn’t conceive, number 3 could be the trick. Relax, get outdoors on sunny
days, take a good multi vitamin, folic acid, Vit D B6 and B complex.
Home fertility testing is a good idea. It can be accurate in predicting when you ovulate.
I’ve been in your shoes with a successful outcome. (I won’t tell you how long but the cause
was a botched myomectomy, a very different story.) . Have patience although that doesn’t
come easily when you’re ready to concieve.
Wishing you the best of luck and health.
Helen asks…
Women only please….?
I am at a loss! I totally don’t know what to do! My DH and I have been TTC # 2 for about 8
months now. I thought I was pregnant this time but found out last night that I am not. Our son
was not planned at all and now that we are planning we can’t do it. I was on the pill with my
son, Zachary. I went on vacation and forgot my pills and was only off of them for 3 weeks when
I found out I was pregnant. I have now been off the pills since November and we are having so
much trouble. My cycles are so irregular without being on the pill. I have been getting my
period’s about every other month since November, But it has been so long this time I truly
thought I was pregnant. My last period was April 21st. I was having some bad cramping last
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7. night and thought that if I was pregnant something was wrong, so I went to the ER and they did
a blood test and it was negative. I was heartbroken, still am. With our son the home pregnancy
test did not show positive until I was about three months pregnant. The doctor’s did a blood test
because I was late and the test all came back positive, and that is how I found out with Zachary.
So needless to say I have been doing test after test and just thinking that they were negative
because of what happened last time. The doctor told me last time that the reason the home test
were negative was I could of had a cyst that was blocking the HCG hormone from getting into
my urine. I don’t know what else to do. We cant afford to go for fertility testing and
medications. It was so easy the first time. I have tried everything I can think of from temperature
charting to fertility websites to standing on my head after we have sex, nothing works. I am
now afraid that something happened during my C-section with Zachary. Is that possible? I have
even thought about going back on the pills for a month to regulate me and then trying. Do you
think that would work? At this time that is my last hope. Any advice anyone could give would be
helpful, Thank you.
Tabitha
Pregnancy Advisor’s answers:
I would definitely *not* suggest you go back on the Pill. First of all, it does *not* regulate your
cycle; it eliminates it. When you go off it, it can take up to a year to get back to normal again.
Right now, I would suggest you read _Taking Charge of Your Fertility_ by Toni Weschler. You
said you were charting, but you didn’t say if you are ovulating. If you’re not ovulating, then you
obviously can’t get pregnant. But you may be ovulating too close to your next period to
conceive (this is really common after being on the Pill). If ovulation is less than 10 days before
the first day of your next period, then you have a short luteal phase. You won’t get pregnant
until that is fixed. Again, wait a little longer, and it will probably be okay.
Are you *only* charting temperature? Or are you also charting cervical fluid? Charting your
temperature *won’t* help you get pregnant because by the time you know you have already
ovulated, it’s *too late* to get pregnant that cycle.
Don’t bother with online ovulation calendars. They only give *averages*, and can make it
*harder* to get pregnant. (Think of it this way–if you assume that every woman is 5’4? tall
because that’s average, you’ll usually be *wrong*!) Ovulation predictor kids aren’t much
better, although they sometimes help. You need to see what is happening in your body.
Please read the book; it is the best thing you can do to help.
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8. Sharon asks…
Will the doctors allow me to have a fertility test?
I’ve was put on Cerazette by my doctor over 2 years ago due to terrible headaches. A month
after taking my first pill – no period!! Dilema, I was convinced I was pregnant because I’d
always been as regular as clockwork.
I took a home pregnancy test but it was negative but I decided to visit my doctor just in case.
His test was negative 2. He told me that the reason for the missed period was because it
obviously hadn’t been working properly. He prescribed me a double dose – yes 2 pills a day. I
had my first period 3 months after taking my first pill. It was really light – only really noticing
when I went to the toilet (sorry – 2 much info). I went back to the doctor because I didn’t think it
was normal but he thought nothing of it….I’ve been taking 2 a day ever since!!
My friend recently fell pregnant so I decided to do a bit of research about Cerazette and my
fertility….I’m not ready for a baby yet but I just wanted to double check ready for when the
time is right………Cerazette’s review are really bad and most of the woman who’ve tried to
concieve afterwards have great difficulty. I feel that when I want to try for a baby that it’s going
to be double as hard, if not impossible. What if I can’t concieve at all???
I stopped taking Cerazette the day I had my normal period (every 3 months). A month later I
had a period …..around 3 weeks later I had another light period (lasting 2 days), 2 weeks after
that I’ve had the heaviest period I can ever remember having (so far this has lasted 5 days).
Does this mean everything is ok and I will be able to conceive??
I would really appreciate your opinions
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9. Pregnancy Advisor’s answers:
There are no guarantees unfortunately =( Doctors say everything is a-ok with DH and I and
we’ve been TTC for 22 months with no luck. Chances are everything will be fine, only 10% of
couples take more than a year to get pregnant. Don’t let the reviews get you all worried, you’ll
just have to see how it all works out when you start TTC. Good luck!!!
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