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Does it matter that FSH wasn't day 3? Can clomid make FSH high? Should I retest? How bad is this?

I got my fertility test results back. My results from the lupron challenge test showed indications of low ovarian reserve. My FSH= 9.36, LH= 4.86 & AMH = 1.99. He said FSH shouldnt be above 8 and should be 1/2 of LH which it wasnt. My AMH was 1.99 so that was ok. After the lupron injection my levels should have been 20x's higher and FSH was only 2.5x's higher and LH was only 1.5x's higher. My estradiol level also didnt go up as much as it should. I have had FSH and LH levels tested twice in the last year by diff doctors (both in a military hosp) and both times they were normal. Once was done on day 3, but the other was not. The test done for the fertility doctor wasnt done on day 3 either and I had clomid the month before . I asked how the tests could be so different and he said prob poor labs. My husbands sperm analysis also came back w/poor motility, concentration, and morphology when the prior test(by Military) also showed no abnormalities.

2 Answers • 10 years ago


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Hi there. How long ago was the previous sperm analysis? My husband had his first done a year and a half ago and it was "spectacular". A couple of weeks ago he had another one done in preparation for possible IVF and it was very poor. So bad we need to do ICSI. So they can change hugely!

I have had 7 cycles of clomid now and each one I have had hormones monitored. They have been so different for each cycle, even though bloods were always done on the same cycle day. So if estradiol and progesterone can change so much cycle to cycle even when on a consistent dose of clomid it makes sense that FSH can change too.

I don't remember what my CD3 test result were. I got that done so early in my fertility journey that it is just a faded memory.

10 years ago


Thanks for the response!

All of our testing has been done since Sept-Oct of last year so it really hasn't been very long. I agree about the levels and I asked but he seemed to feel that these results were more conclusive bc they were from a challenge test. He only wants to try two cycles of the injections and Im inclined to try it and see what happens. If that doesn't work then I think maybe Ill ask to retest everything at that point.

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