PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for April, 2000: Re: Is there any hope if luteal phase is 9-10 days?

Re: Is there any hope if luteal phase is 9-10 days?

From: abaxter (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:09:18 -0500 (CDT)

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Jennifer, >From what my dr and others say, progesterone levels do fluctuate over
the course of the day. If you get tested several times, you should try to get tested at the same time of day each time.

Clomid can cause cervical mucous to become drier; if you were able to achieve pregnancy, perhaps just progesterone (starting at ovulation) would be a better thing to try. I don't think I would try Clomid until I was desperate.

Ultrasound is the best measure of what's going on w/ a preg, but even if you see a heartbeat, there's no guarantee that the pregnancy will continue. By 9 weeks, I had seen the heartbeat 3 times, and it was always strong. My hcg, however, did not double for most of my pregnancy, and my progesterone was over 15 thanks to supplementation. The hcg was a "red flag" that perhaps things weren't right.

Obviously, there are so many factors at play in early pg that even the dr cannot identify a definitive cause of m/c. Early monitoring could help you to know if you might need progesterone supplements, but it can't do anything to save your pregnancy.

I know many women have had 2-3 miscarriages and STILL ended up having 3-4 healthy kids, so I'm not despairing yet. Hope you won't despair either! Hang in there--

acb At Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Jennifer wrote: >
>I am glad to see that someone else is having this experience. I too
>think that I have a luteal phase defect. I have been charting for about
>seven months now and this phase is consistently short (<10 days). I too
>got pregnant and miscarried at 6 weeks. My progesterone was tested
>twice during that cycle- once 7 days after what my doctor assumed to be
>ovulation and after pregnancy was discovered at 5 weeks. Both times I
>have been told that it was "good." But I understand from some research
>that I have done that the prog. level is not the be-all indicator and
>that as you said only ultrasound would truly tell the story. Is
>ultrasound a viable option? How would the use of Clomid play into this?
>Isn't Clomid used to treat luteal phase defect? I have heard that Clomid
>can dry up cervical fluid and can act as a birth control medication as
>well and I am scared to take it for that reason.
>If I do get pregnant again, is there anything that can be done early on
>to monitor? Also, can progestoerone levels vary from day to day? In
>other words, when my doctor tests it, can it fluctuate later? When I got
>pregnant and was charting, I had a day in which my temperature dipped
>way down (I assumed that I was about to start). I asked my doctor about
>it later and she said that it was an anomaly- maybe the room was cold,
>etc.
>Thanks for sharing.
>
>--
>Jennifer
>

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