https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:27:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573872 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:44:15 +0000 oskarsmommy 2573872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573867 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:39:42 +0000 delight 2573867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oskarsmommy: like some of the other ladies here, I had some bad numbers. My FSH at 13 and my AMH was atrocious at 0.3. I was doing a bunch of testing for recurrent losses. Our plan of attack was to start Femera in March but I found out I was pregnant in February. Good luck to you, I hope Clomid is all you need! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573656 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:59:17 +0000 oskarsmommy 2573656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I took folic acid with my son, and he is totally fine, and I knew none of this. he did, however, have a tongue tie, and he has a small umbilical hernia (looks like an outtie belly button) Both are "midline defects" so who knows if it did in fact have to do with my impaired ability to absorb folic acid. </p> <p>I DON'T think the mthfr thing could cause spina bifida, especially since you have two healthy children.. If that were so we would see a much more clear link between the two. </p> <p>Again, sometimes I think we know TOO much now a days.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573654 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:52:04 +0000 oskarsmommy 2573654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjd: thanks! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573648 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:49:10 +0000 mrsjd 2573648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oskarsmommy: Chiming in with an AMH success story (at least so far). I'm 28, and at the age of 27 I had bloodwork come back with a AMH of 0.99. Everything else was within the normal range. A few months later I had a chemical pregnancy (after an HSG cycle). Eventually, I got pregnant on the second round of Clomid at 50mg and I'm 29 weeks tomorrow. Granted, my age may play a factor in my favor. My OB basically dismissed my AMH numbers as being completely irrelevant for someone my age because my FSH number was normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573635 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:38:58 +0000 winniebee 2573635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oskarsmommy: I've read that, but geneticist basically said because I have 2 healthy kids....having inability to absorb folate seems pretty unlikely. But I just don't know. I'll follow up with her / MFM though. I haven't tested for MTHFR before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573633 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:36:14 +0000 oskarsmommy 2573633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I'm sure you already know this - I also am hetero a&amp;c for mthfr - but you want to take folate, and actually avoid folic acid. Sorry if this is something you already know - but I had a string of appointments that landed me with a hematologist, and this, plus baby aspirin, was her guideline for me. </p> <p>And I agree, knowing everything that can go wrong isn't helpful, but where do you draw the line when looking for answers. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573601 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:06:12 +0000 winniebee 2573601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: I agree, the "shitty luck" theory isn't exactly reassuring. I mean, it totally could have been caused by a folate deficiency or some environmental factor that we just don't know about, but that all seems unlikely since I didn't do anything differently with this pregnancy than my others. They didn't recommend further genetic testing on me, since it was caused by a neural tube defect. There's one school of thought that MTHFR mutation could be a cause of losses but the recommendation for me would be to take 4mg of folic acid prior to TTC, if we ever choose to again. I guess that's the same recommendation for MTHFR. Since I've had one child with open neural tube defect, I'm at slightly greater risk of it happening again - 3% chance. But by taking the high dose of folic acid, my risk is reduced back down to 1%. I've done a lot of googling and lurking on online boards to find someone who has had two children with neural tube defects. It seems that those whose children have had spina bifida versus other open neural tube defects (ancephaly, for example) haven't gone on to have other issues. My OB set up an appointment with MFM/geneticst for us to recap. I guess I'm not concerned about an open neural tube defect, but another loss because of one a trisomy, triploidy, turners, etc. Spending so much time on the internet, I now know of everything that can go wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573532 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:21:55 +0000 Shantuck 2573532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Bad luck as an explanation never makes you feel good. When I had testing after my D&amp;C, I found out the cause for my loss was some bizarre thing that my OB said she had never seen in decades of practice. I left that office feeling like a scientific freak show rather than feeling reassured that X happened and doing Y will fix it next time. Did your geneticist and/or OB recommend doing any further testing just to confirm there isn't a gene mutation or something else going on? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573432 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:23:42 +0000 winniebee 2573432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oskarsmommy: thanks, i appreciate it. It's been really rough. Some days it seems a little better, but overall, I've been just....sad. I'm here only sporadically, looking at a lot of the site is just so overwhelming. I hope you get some answers soon and that healthy baby comes along too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573429 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:22:05 +0000 oskarsmommy 2573429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: :heart: sending you virtual hug </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573418 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:17:34 +0000 winniebee 2573418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: Thanks for responding. My OB explained it the same way to me. My FSH was low, like 5 or something. Although of course our most recent loss was not caused by a "bad egg"...geneticist and OB and MFM have all told us that it was just horrible, awful luck. It makes me feel like if we ever rolled the dice again, it would just lead to more heartbreak for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573405 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:11:24 +0000 Shantuck 2573405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Been thinking lots about you and hoping you are able to get some answers. My low AMH was accompanied by slightly elevated FSH. It was 12.72 on cycle day 3 and it should have been 10 or under if things were operating normally. My RE explained it really well... you're basically born with all your eggs you will ever have while guys are constantly generating new sperm. It isn't surprising that the eggs of a 23 year old are going to be better quality than a 36 year old. There will still be good ones in there but lots more duds than when you were younger. That helped me come to grips with my losses... knowing that there was likely a good egg in there and that it was mostly a perseverance game. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573392 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:00:48 +0000 winniebee 2573392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: My AMH was .66 at age 35. I never ended up going to an RE because I happened to get pregnant before the appointment, but that pregnancy resulted in the loss of our sweet boy at 18 weeks. My OB said the low AMH alone didn't really concern her, but now I'm wondering if my repeat losses (including our TFMR) has something to do with it. Did you have high FSH too, or just low AMH? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573374 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:54:09 +0000 Shantuck 2573374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oskarsmommy: My amh was 0.79, which was abnormally low for age 35. My doc told me that with my low amh, it was just going to take longer than normal to catch a good egg. I had two miscarriages over the span of a year and am now 20 weeks. Your numbers are nowhere as low as mine (my first doc said I had a 1% chance of conceiving naturally; second doc told me to keep at it and try clomid to ovulate more than one egg in hopes of catching a good one). I ended up pregnant naturally. Good luck. It's so disheartening! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573204 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:24:13 +0000 oskarsmommy 2573204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: thanks! Nope, actually spoke with dr and everything is 'normal'. I always question the reference ranges after going through my thyroid testing - since then I have been suspect, since those ranges are so far off from optimal. </p> <p>Anyway - I am positive and hopeful - I know I've got one more baby in me :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573194 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:21:17 +0000 oskarsmommy 2573194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@magnoliamama42: thanks! It is ng. I did more research, and yeah, it's seems like it is right where it should be.<br /> We are going to move onto Clomid, or something similar next month if I am not pregnant this month. i guess it will feel good to be more proactive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2573075 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 08:33:57 +0000 magnoliamama42 2573075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oskarsmommy: Is the lab measurement for your AMH in pmol/L or ng/ml?</p> <p>If it's in ng/mL, then that seems on track for your age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2572592 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:36:04 +0000 oskarsmommy 2572592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my AMH back at it is 1.5. From what I understand, this isn't terrible, but it isn't great :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2566403 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:15:57 +0000 Bibliolove 2566403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would email or call and ask about it...I have found that what you read on the internet can only give you an idea, but not the whole story. Each doc and each personal history is different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2566380 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:24:12 +0000 magnoliamama42 2566380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @shantuck said, you'll want to look for reference ranges. It seems to me different doctors are happy with different numbers, and even different labs have different "cut-offs" for what they consider normal. If I remember correctly, my RE said he wanted to see mine under 60. But I've seen on the internet where that number goes as high as 75-80. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2566364 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:02:46 +0000 Shantuck 2566364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your blood work values should have come with reference ranges as what levels are normal really vary from lab to lab. Does your number fall outside of your lab's reference range? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cd3-bloodwork-slightly-elevated-estrogen#post-2566340 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:37:12 +0000 oskarsmommy 2566340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any of you ladies have CD 3 tests done? I just had mine, and got the results online, but have yet to speak to my OB. </p> <p>Here is what I know so far:<br /> ESTRADIOL 54.1<br /> FSH 6.0<br /> PROGESTERONE 0.9<br /> Is my E2 a little high? I keep seeing that under 50 is ideal.. Any input appreciated! </p>