blood test results in, help needed!

chessie09

My OBGYN just called me about the blood he had tested on Monday- he said I have PCOS. He said my FSH was low and LH was high, testostrone is slightly elevated, and my blood sugar looks good. This was all tested on day 63 of my cycle, I have read that FSH and LH test should be given on day 3- are my test results valid- of course I read this after I talked to him and his office is now closed.

Also he said from my levels I am ovulating just not on a regular basis. When I told him DH and my plan to wait one year before considering any type of medication, I plan to temp during this year, he said that I just need to take Clomid if TTC- I wouldn't ovulate without it. After he said that I was really confused because he had just said that I am ovulating on a irregular basis!  He didn't seem to care for temping, he just seems to be pushing meds on me- Clomid or BC if we aren't TTC (and I honestly don't ever want to get on BC again- not for me.).

Our plan is to go to a RE (as recommended by ladies who responded to my posts yesterday) but I didn't tell him that. He acted like my case of PCOS isn't that bad (maybe trying to make me feel better? but I would rather have it straight) but I just don't feel like he is on the same page as us. Any advice is welcome!

noellemason11

I have the same issue with ovulating!  I can go MONTHS without AF visiting.  My understanding is that if you ovulate, you WILL have AF shorting thereafter.  So my conclusion was that indeed I was not ovulating.  My OB/GYN sent me to a RE before we even started trying because she said it would pretty much be pointless for us to "try" to get pregnant since I wasn't ovulation and there would be no egg to fertilize!  After going to the RE I was dx as anovulatory and PCOS.  I actually do understand their reasoning and am excited to be on clomid (my first cycle anyway).  This way I know that we really are "trying" not just continuing to wish we got pregnant as we had been since May 2010.  My advice: go see the RE.  Take the medication.  Give yourself a chance to get pregnant.  I highly doubt the news your doc said about you ovulating every now and then....

STL34

You should have CD3 b/w (FSH, LG, E2 among other things).  I would definitely go to an RE and get appropriate testing done before starting meds (in addition to the CD3 b/w, usually you should have an HSG and your husband should have an SA before even starting clomid).  If you have PCOS or annovulation and you are trying to TTC, you should go to an RE.  Good luck!