[timarie]

Hi Timarie,

I would like to ask, my girlfriend recently went for a blood test, and here are the results.

Hormone test:
Day1 of menstrual cycle(We did the test in the morning and she started getting period that night)
Thyroxine(T4) :106.3 nmol/L
TSH: 1.93 UIU/ML
Free T4: 16.9 PMOL/L
Prolactin: 16.2 NG/ML
FSH: 7.4 MIU/ML
LH:8.3 MIU/ML
Estradiol: 27.8 PG/ML(Is it really that low during menstruation?)
Testosterone: 0.39 NG/ML
Cortisol(stress): 8.7 UG/DL

We also found out that she had high cholestrol due to high LDL. Her HDL levels are normal.

Day 9 of menstrual cycle
Progestrone:0.19 NG/ML
Estradiol: 80.7PG/ML(Is this low?)

Day 24 of menstrual cycle
Progestrone: 14.82 NG/ML
Estradiol: 234.3PG/ML


The problem here is I still do not know if she is having low hormones or having high hormones?

I can't find any standard measurements for this.

Hi Milkyboon!

I actually do not know a whole lot about hormones and their ranges myself, so I think you should listen to AbiDrew, since she has been on this journey for a lot longer than I!

Thanks for responding to this, AbiDrew. I was given the expected normal ranges with my test results, and was about to answer Milkyboon's questions based off of those ranges I was given, but in the process I discovered that the normal range varies from lab to lab depending on the instruments and testing methods they use...? Is this true for all hormones? And how does one determine if they are in normal range if it is not provided by the lab?

Also, a quick side-note for you Milkyboon, the day on which she got her first test may actually be the last day of her previous cycle, as the first day of REAL bleeding marks the first day of ovulation (as opposed to brown discharge which typically people consider the start of their menstruation, but for the purpose of determining the beginning of your cycle, it is not). Check out: http://www.pregnantinthecity.co.il/Page/charting_your_menstrual_cycle_calculate_ovulation.html and http://www.babymed.com/menstrual-cycle/when-is-the-first-day-of-my-menstrual-cycle-period.