Sheryl...endometrial biopsy Quest.

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> Also, I had this thought about the uterine lining....if you have

nice healthy heavy flow periods wouldn't that mean you have a healthy

lining? I am probably just wishful thinking and wishing to avoid

some potential pain but it makes since to me. What do you think?

Hi Tricia,

Just wanted to chime in. Docs can actually tell quite a bit from a

lining biopsy. Its not appropriate for everyone, but there can be

many reasons to do it IF YOUR DOC HAS A GOOD REASON. One of those can

be to evaluate (correct me if I'm wrong ladies) if you have what some

doctors call a luteal phase defect. This is where, after ovulation,

your body does not produce the appropriate amounts of certain

hormones to sustain implantation and the initial weeks of

development. If they find this, it is easily treatable. This is only

one example of other things this test will look for - I know there

are others, but can't remember them. As a caveat, some docs do not

believe LPD exists, but many women here with difficulty concieving or

carrying past the first few weeks have had success when they were

treated for it (including me).

I would ask your doctor why he or she wants to do this procedure. He

may have valid points, in which case I'd do it, but I have run across

a very rare case in which one member's doc responded " Well I order

them for all my uterine anomaly patients " . That wasn't a good answer

in my book, you know?

Hope this helps...

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> Also, I had this thought about the uterine lining....if you have

nice healthy heavy flow periods wouldn't that mean you have a healthy

lining? I am probably just wishful thinking and wishing to avoid

some potential pain but it makes since to me. What do you think?

Hi Tricia,

Just wanted to chime in. Docs can actually tell quite a bit from a

lining biopsy. Its not appropriate for everyone, but there can be

many reasons to do it IF YOUR DOC HAS A GOOD REASON. One of those can

be to evaluate (correct me if I'm wrong ladies) if you have what some

doctors call a luteal phase defect. This is where, after ovulation,

your body does not produce the appropriate amounts of certain

hormones to sustain implantation and the initial weeks of

development. If they find this, it is easily treatable. This is only

one example of other things this test will look for - I know there

are others, but can't remember them. As a caveat, some docs do not

believe LPD exists, but many women here with difficulty concieving or

carrying past the first few weeks have had success when they were

treated for it (including me).

I would ask your doctor why he or she wants to do this procedure. He

may have valid points, in which case I'd do it, but I have run across

a very rare case in which one member's doc responded " Well I order

them for all my uterine anomaly patients " . That wasn't a good answer

in my book, you know?

Hope this helps...