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What labs should a doctor do to check hormones / fertility?

I am a Army spouse and I am on Tricare insurance. Anyone here that is a military spouse might be able to relate to the sometimes questionable healthcare received. Sometimes it feels like you are just a number and in order to receive any sort of special attention you need to stand on your head and do a dance. Now of course this is NOT always the case and I have had wonderful military docs and service as well. However, since this TTC journey has started I have felt lost. When I miscarried, they made me wait in the pregnancy waiting from for 1.5 hours before seeing me to tell me, yes, my HCG levels were back down to <2. :-(

Anyway, back to the matter at hand, my husband and I have been TTC since November of 2015. We had one m/c in Feb and a Chemical pregnancy in April. With my first, I got pregnant that first month we tried. I feel as though something is wrong with my body, like perhaps my progesterone is off, or something.

I have a Pap Smear appointment beginning of next month. What tests do I ask for at this time? I understand they probably wont order all of them, but I want to go in there knowing what I should have done, and fight for it.

Thanks!

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