Re: 17 weeks with menstrual like cramps

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At Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Rebecca wrote: >
>Hi
>I am 17 weeks pregnant and for the last 4 days have been experiencing
>slight menstrual like cramps. Earlier in my pregnancy I was on
>progesterone suppositories for low progesterone level. (5.9) My HCG
>levels were healthy and normal.
>I experienced this same cramping on and off early in my pregnancy -
>occasional cramping until 8 weeks. Now, 2 months later cramping is
>back. Ultrasounds, one just last Thursday, confirm a normal pregnancy
>thus far. Should I be worried about this cramping? I have had no
>bleeding associated with it.
>Also, is there any correlation between premature delivery and low
>progesterone levels early in pregnancy? Or, once the placenta takes over
>is that really a moot point from then on?
>Thanks for your help.
>Rebecca
>
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>Rebecca McDonnell
>

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Tufts University School of Medicine

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