Okay, so DH and I recently started seeing an RE for fertility issues (TTC x 11 months) and one of the questions I had for the doctor was when my period actually starts. Often before AF, I have several days of light brown discharge that confuses me. I know it can be old bleeding from the last cycle but I still question when my actual period starts. This month, I had two days of more than just the scant brown (it was heavier flow but no red) then it stopped for a day then I started the frank red bleeding. So I used the first day of the frank red bleeding as the start of my period. Luckily, we met with the RE the day after that so we were about to complete the Day 3 labs right away. My results were pretty bad. I was told that my FSH levels were high indicating that my body was screaming at my ovaries to produce follicles and my ultrasound showed much less follicle development than was to be expected from someone age 30. Fast foward to now...according to my "period" I am only 13 DPO which would mean that I'd be ovulating in the next day or two. But all my symptoms indicate that I ovulated 3 days ago which tells me my period probably started with the brown discharge, not the red. What all this boils down to (I know, a lot of details, I'm sorry...I wanted to give the whole picture) is that I think I may have done my Day 3 labs on Day Seven and my HSG on day 14 (right around ovulation!). What does this mean for the lab results? If I had gone on the actual day three, would my ovaries and FSH levels told a different (more positive or more negative) story? It's Sunday of Labor Day weekend so I can't call my doctor and it's weighing on my mind...
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