#1-- I am seeing a new OBGYN on 6/8, and if not pregnant at that point I will be ~ Day 5. So I figured it's a waste of a whole month to wait for bloodwork to confirm O.

#2-- I saw my PMD yesterday and he said he didn't really know what he was doing, but he wrote a requisition for a progesterone draw and told me to go and have it done when I needed it {Day 21- next Monday} and he had CC: Patient put on the results. The results will be mailed to me.

How do I find out what levels indicate O, even though I'm pretty sure this month is OK?

[Oriyan]

I am fairly certain anything over 10 is a good O. Anything under suggests a weak O or no O at all.

[Lash]

It not only confirms O, but also confirms how well the level of progesterone rises in your body in general. Confirming O isnt enough, you want to be sure you have enough to sustain pregnancy. Over 10 is the low end, my first cycle was 10.2, so still pretty low

[A*LOT*OF*HOPE]

My first time it was 32.6 and the cycle I am on now it was 20.9!! My DR said anything over 9 indicates ovulation!!

Thanks girls! I'm going to take them to the new Dr. on June 8th, I just wondered what I might be looking at!

[*Mrs.J.2011*]

The other girls covered it so I just wanted to say Good luck!!!!!

[ShawnaCAN]

Originally Posted by MichelleAnne

#2-- I saw my PMD yesterday and he said he didn't really know what he was doing, but he wrote a requisition for a progesterone draw and told me to go and have it done when I needed it {Day 21- next Monday} and he had CC: Patient put on the results. The results will be mailed to me.
OK?

Psssst....just hijacking to remind you to bear in mind that a CD21 draw assumes ovulation on day 14, which only happens for 12% of women. That's because the best time to measure progesterone levels is around 7 DPO, which is where the whole CD21 thing came from. If you don't ovulate on day 14, the test will be inaccurate. Best to go by your actual O date rather than CD. Go in once you are 7DPO. Unhijacking now...

Thank you Shawna! I'm just waiting for the CHs at this point!

[Lash]

Thats really important too-- I ovulate on day 12 typically, not day 14. So they want to measure your progesterone 7 days after Ovulation, not just day 21 in general, because your progesterone peaks then. If I had measured on day 21, I would have been 9 days post ovulation, and for me that means only a few days away from starting, meaning low progesterone