When all women want to assess their fertility during pregnancy, the first blood test they do is: sex hormone six. Although this test may seem simple, it is likely to indicate the root cause of your long-term infertility or repeated test failures!
Today we will take you to understand the things about sex hormones and fertility!
First, the relationship between sex hormones and fertility
The six sex hormones mainly include: follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, and prolactin.
Among the six tests, the most closely related to egg development and intimal growth are follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol, and progesterone.
Second, the impact of hormone imbalance on pregnancy preparation
(1) Follicle-stimulating hormone rises to cause follicles to grow too fast, follicle-stimulating hormone is high, which means that the pituitary gland has issued a stronger command to let the follicles in the ovaries grow as soon as possible, and the finally generated follicle surface looks like it is mature and can also ovulate, but the overall growth time is often less than 14 days, and the nutrients and energy inside the egg have not been fully stored, resulting in a decline in egg quality, and fertilization difficulties may occur, even if fertilization, but due to insufficient materials carried, the embryonic development potential has deteriorated.
(2) Abnormal luteinizing hormone affects ovulation
If luteinizing hormone is too high at the beginning of menstruation, when greater than 2, the order representing the pituitary gland is to begin to promote follicle maturation and excretion. But in fact, in the early stages of menstruation, the follicles in the ovaries are still very small, such a command will cause small follicles to accumulate, and the development is slow, and menstruation will appear as prolonged menstruation, or amenorrhea.
(3) Estradiol feeds back follicle growth and promotes intimal growth
If estradiol is too high at the beginning of menstruation, the pituitary gland believes that the follicle has matured, which will promote the secretion of luteinizing hormone in advance, resulting in the early release of the egg before it has matured.
If estradiol is too low, the pituitary gland thinks that the development of the follicle is not mature enough, the quality of the egg cannot be guaranteed, and the intima always does not grow.
(4) Progesterone affects intimal transformation
Progesterone remains low until ovulation occurs, and as ovulation occurs, the corpus luteum forms and more progesterone is secreted.
Under the action of progesterone, the intima begins to become soft, blood flow increases accordingly, and the immune status of the uterine cavity changes accordingly. However, if the luteal body function is low, it will cause low progesterone, affect the overall transformation of the inner membrane, and affect the implantation and development of the embryo.
3. Measures for improvement
(1) Find the cause and intervene accurately
Hormones always promote each other, mutual influence, according to each person's individual situation, to do a specific analysis, to find the cause of hormone abnormalities, and then to give accurate intervention programs.
(2) Drugs and life interventions are carried out simultaneously
If necessary, we also need to use drugs to intervene in treatment as soon as possible, such as the use of progesterone to increase the level of P, promote the transformation of the inner membrane, and help the embryo implant better when the luteum is insufficient.
In addition to drugs, it is also necessary to cooperate with life interventions to help adjust hormone imbalances caused by abnormalities such as metabolism and immunity. Only in this way can we truly promote the normal development of follicles and improve the tolerance of the lining, thereby improving the success rate of pregnancy.