Hey Kelly! The FSH level should be done on cycle day three, cycle day one being the first day of your period! It is used to measure ovarian reserve and to see if you are entering into pre or menopause hormones levels. A women in her 30's should be under ten, over 15 is considered pretty much infertile and not good! I'm having mine rechecked when I start my next cycle but this time last year mine was 6.8 to give you a gauge!
I'm not aware of just a FH test? They test for LH hormone just before ovulation but not sure what a FH hormone test would be? Your estrogen will probably be checked on cycle day 3 as well, it should be fairly low at that time, I think usually under 50 is considered good. As each cycle day goes by, your estrogen rises, standard is roughly 200-250 per mature follicle at ovulation time and the "normal" girl will only produce one follicle a month. This rise in estrogen is what makes the LH hormone spike, which triggers ovulation. Once you ovulate, release the mature egg follicle, the estrogen is supposed to drop and the progesterone is supposed to rise. Progesterone is most often checked 7 days past ovulation and it should be at least 10-15 but higher is better, anything lower can mean that you are not ovulating or that your body isn't producing enough progesterone to carry a pregnancy, its called a luteal phase defect. You can also have this LPD if your luteal phase, time from ovulation until your period, is shorter than 12 days.
I don't know the effects of estrogen on cortisol but I have heard of estrogen dominance and it can cause lots of wacky problems! My estrogen is right on but my progesterone runs a bit low and it causes low sex drive and can cause moodiness/depression and I also have insomnia issues, not sure if its related though?!! 
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