05-11-2013, 04:41
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2013, 04:44 by LookingForward2NBE.)
You get testing done with a requisition from your doctor. Problem is that a single point doesn't mean much especially just after your period. I feel the ideal time is 3-5days after ovulation. A 30d urine panel is best but not inexpensive.
Make sure you estrogen free and bound, progesterone and testosterone free and bound. You can also test your T3/T4 as well.
As for progesterone, tough call to be honest. I hear more and more women having trouble with breastfeeding - healthy educated women. I wonder if BC is having unrealized impact on glandular development. A womens period I feel is natural and meant to condition breasts for child birth and all this playing around we do to become regular, decrease pain and prevention of conception is having some side effects that are not looked at or discussed.
Make sure you estrogen free and bound, progesterone and testosterone free and bound. You can also test your T3/T4 as well.
As for progesterone, tough call to be honest. I hear more and more women having trouble with breastfeeding - healthy educated women. I wonder if BC is having unrealized impact on glandular development. A womens period I feel is natural and meant to condition breasts for child birth and all this playing around we do to become regular, decrease pain and prevention of conception is having some side effects that are not looked at or discussed.