Understanding the need for Day 3 FSH testing

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One of the things that happens in a woman´s life is she is born with a finite number of eggs and as she goes through life, they will be subsequently depleted month by month. Ultimately, she will end in menopause. One of the ways that we are able to assess ovarian reserve or fertility potential is to assess on the third day a hormone level called follicle stimulating hormone and asterdyl levels. Those hormones are produced by the pituitary gland in the brain and the ovary respectively. And in testing both of them, we are able to assess how the system is working, how the ovary is doing. If it is depleted, it will cause the pituitary to secrete more FSH.
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David Tourgeman, MD

Infertility Specialist

Education
 - Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara.
 Medical School: University of Southern California.
 Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology 
University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Women’s & Children’s Hospital. 
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Women’s & Children’s Hospital.

Board Certification 
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
 Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Academic Appointments
 - Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
 University of Southern California School of Medicine.

Hospital Affiliations 
- Huntington Memorial Hospital 
St. John’s Health Center.

Awards
 - Wyeth-Ayest Award of the Pacific coast Reproductive Society, April 1999. 
Serono In-Training Award for the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, April 2000
. Ortho- Mcneil Poster Award Obstetrical and Gynecological Assembly of Southern California, February 2011.
 Serono In-Training Award for the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, April 2001. 
Fellow Award, co-author Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, April 2001.

Professional Organizations - 
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. 
Pacific Coast Reproductive Society
 Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Areas of Research and Publication
 - Assisted reproductive technologies and oocyte donation in women of advanced
 reproductive age. 
Advanced reproductive fertility surgery. 
Alternatives for enhancing embryo implantation
. Evaluation of ovulation induction agents. 
Vaginal hormone administration.

Languages Spoken
 - English, 
French, &
 Spanish.

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Transcription: 
One of the things that happens in a woman´s life is she is born with a finite number of eggs and as she goes through life, they will be subsequently depleted month by month. Ultimately, she will end in menopause. One of the ways that we are able to assess ovarian reserve or fertility potential is to assess on the third day a hormone level called follicle stimulating hormone and asterdyl levels. Those hormones are produced by the pituitary gland in the brain and the ovary respectively. And in testing both of them, we are able to assess how the system is working, how the ovary is doing. If it is depleted, it will cause the pituitary to secrete more FSH.
ALL PARENTS