[mommie2many]

I went to the Drs yesterday since I finally stopped bleeding. Had a complete phsyical done. Showed her a copy of my Afs since my m/c in Aug and since being on the bc pill Ive been getting 2 afs a month. So now Im waiting for a U/S appt and I have to get bw done. Maybe someone can tell me what shes looking for ?


Glucose (I know what thats for)
TSH ?
Vitamin B12 ?
Ferritin?
CBC (I know what that is)
Free T4?

She asked be if I wanted to try another bc pill, I told here that we wanted to try for another pregnancy. She said oh ok then we wont try another bc pill. She then asked when did we want to try I told her whenever she says I can. (Meaning tests come back fine) She seemed pretty sure that the tests would come back fine. But you never now. She asked if I was taking prenantals and folic acid and I am so she was happy with that. Prolly wont be till sometime next week for the U/S though so I just kinda hanging around praying everything comes back fine.

[*Maddie&Jacobs*Mommy*]

So, I guess my Anatomy/Physiology class really did teach me something....

TSH - Thyroid Stimulating Hormone- to see if you have a hyper- or hypo- thyroid or if it is functioning correctly
Vitamin B12- tests for a type of anemia (macrocytic )
Ferritin - tests levels of iron in the blood, normally done to test for iron deficiency anemia
Free T4 - This tests your Thyroid as well. It is normally done after you get an abnormal result on a TSH, but she is probably just covering bases.

[Celena]

Hey Chantel! Sounds like Maddies Mommy answered your question about the blood work, knowing if your thyroid is healthy is usually one of the first steps they take depending on your symptoms... it is definitely a good place to start! Have you been tired (common sign of anemia &/or thyroid problems) or had rapid weight gain or loss? Did she say anything about anything? Or why she was doing blood work on ya...

I hear you when you say you want to try, but want to know the tests all come back fine... I'm supposed to be getting allot of testing done on the 3rd of March for things like clotting disorders, thyroid stuff and whole huge panel of stuff. I don't want to waste or wait any before we try... but I don't want to take any chances that if we do get pregnant to lose our babe.

So I know where your heart is on that!

[mommie2many]

I told her my afs are lasting longer and having 2 a month while I was on the pill. I had one af Jan 18th lasted 7 days and then stopped for 4 days and started again Jan 29 till Feb 16 and now Im spotting again.

[Celena]

I see why she ran the thyroid tests and did the anemia ones because you've been bleeding so much!

[zkat]

Hey Chantal. One of the the first signs of hypothyroidism for some women is frequent periods that are longer and heavier than normal. Other signs of Hypothyroidism that you may not have noticed are: Thin, brittle hair; losing hair; water retention, loss of appetite, gaining weight on low calories, tiredness, constipation.

It's great that she is checking T4, but really the T3 is more telling of subclinical hypo. Also, there are two lab ranges that float around out there. The newest ranges put ideal TSH between .3 and 3 (some labs still use the outdated values of .5-5.0) Some women start to show symptoms of hypo before their TSH passes 3, in which case it is call subclinical. My endocrinoligist prefers my TSH between 1 and 1.5.

I hope you get some answers soon.