Wasn't sure where to put this..
My doc just prescribed progesterone for me as my periods several days late and I have a light but there line. My worry is that it will prolong an inevitable loss..
What was your experience like with progesterone?
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@knittylady: It could prolong it but if it is a viable pregnancy that just needs a little kick, it would be worth taking. Are they going to do betas to see what's going on?
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progesterone helped me. I had a MC, and after my cycles were crazy short - like 22-23 days. Progesterone lengthened my leutal phase, and I got pregnant the second cycle I was on it
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@mrskansas: they're going to do betas if I get to 5 weeks which is next Wednesday...
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I've take it for both my successful pregnancies. I've also taken it on non-successful cycles. I did find it really helped me feel better about it, like I was giving the baby all the chance it needed to succeed.
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With my first pregnancy, my doctor tested my level and it was low, and she put me on progesterone. I wasn't seen again until the 8 week ultrasound, and at that point, the baby had passed away. If they're willing to follow you closely and do betas, I think your chances of preventing the inevitable go down. My MC was delayed significantly because I was taking progesterone for weeks after the baby had passed.
For my next pregnancy, I started taking it as soon as I got pregnant, and stayed on it through about 20 weeks. The doctors at the practice kept telling me it wasn't doing anything past 12 weeks, so eventually, I weaned myself off.
My daughter passed away around 22 weeks. I'll never know if it was possibly low progesterone (I have a history of it even outside of pregnancy) or some other random event.
So I'm a huge proponent of it. I know many women who wouldn't have their children without supplementation.
If the baby already isn't viable, it's not going to prolong it's life. But if all it needs is a little more help, it can provide that.
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I've been on it for two pregnancies--my daughter and my current pregnancy (20 weeks). The doctor was clear that it would not make a nonviable pregnancy suddenly viable, but if it was a healthy embryo, it would help sustain the pregnancy until the placenta takes over with progesterone production around 12 weeks. So far so good!
I had very bad spotting with my daughter in the early weeks of pregnancy, so they tested me and discovered the progesterone deficiency. With this pregnancy, I asked to be tested as soon as I found out I was pregnant. It was low again, but because I started the supplements so early, I never had any significant spotting.
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@knittylady: I'm so surprised they won't do them now with your history. Thinking of you!
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I took it for 10-12 weeks with both pregnancies. My numbers were a bit low in the beginning and doubled within a week of being on it.
Also I had to advocate for myself the second time b/c they didn't even want to see me til 8 weeks but I made them test me at 5 and was given the pills. -
I was on it with my first. I got a positive on cd 28, my progesterone was 11 (need to be 10 to sustain a pregnancy), and my beta was 48. I was immediately put on it over the weekend, and my progesterone bumped up quickly. DD is 21 months. I'm on it this cycle to try to get pregnant as I have a luetal phase defect. I hope you pull through!
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Following two miscarriages, my doctor recommended that I use Progesterone during the first trimester. Just because there was a chance it could help. I have since had two successful pregnancies and am 21 weeks with my third, all using Progesterone. It is definitely worth trying.
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I took endometrin progesterone suppositories and I'm pretty sure it helped me stay pregnant! I took them starting 3 days after Oing, til 12 weeks! I have very low progesterone.
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I took progesterone during first trimester after 2 previous losses. No idea if it helped or just coincidence, but that was a successful pregnancy. I had one previous successful pregnancy without it though.
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