THE UTILITY OF A HOME URINARY LH IMMUNOASSAY IN TIMING THE POSTCOITALTEST

Objective: To evaluate whether a urinary LH immunoassay improves timin g of the postcoital test compared to traditional timing methods in nor mally ovulating women. Methods: Subjects included 37 infertile couples evaluated in a tertiary care setting. A randomized, prospective trial was performed of two methods of postcoital test timing: urinary LH as say or the traditional timing by cycle-averaging and/or review of basa l body temperature graphs. Results: Similar serum estradiol, progester one, LH, number of motile sperm per high-power field, cervical mucus s cores, and postcoital test scores were identified in both groups. Conc lusion: Urinary LH immunoassays do not appear to improve timing of the postcoital test as compared with traditional timing methods.