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Re: Progesterone ? for the Docs (originally posted on M/C Support Forum)

From: abaxter (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:36:14 -0600 (CST)

I'm not a doctor, but I had 2 miscarriages in a row, and on the first one I had low progesterone. On the second, the pregnancy didn't last long and I never got my progesterone tested. On my current pregnancy (i'm 34 weeks), I started off with a progesterone level of only 11.5. However, once things got rolling, the progesterone shot up quite high (90!) on its own.

My dr did not seem too concerned about progesterone issue, but he did prescribe supplements in my first pregnancy. Even though my progesterone in pregnancy #1 rose to 17, I still miscarried. The Dr felt that the pregnancy was just doomed from the start, and the progesterone was just a symptom, not a cause, of that.

Hope this helps.

At Tue, 6 Feb 2001, William McIntosh, MD wrote: >
>At Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Rachel wrote:
>>
>>Hi doctors, and thank you for taking the time to respond to this post. A
>>woman at my miscarriage support forum posted this question and I was
>>hoping you could help her:
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Hi! I have suffered with 3 miscarriages in 11 months. I had all the
>>routine blood tests done after my first miscarriage and everything was
>>fine. After my 3rd miscarriage, my doctor did all the blood tests
>>again. It seems my progesterone level was low this time. He said he is
>>not a firm believer that low progesterone causes miscarriage. He wants
>>me to have my blood test done again on day 21 and see if it is still
>>low. Does anyone out there have low progesterone and has anyone's
>>doctor said the same as mine? Would appreciate any input. Thank you!
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>Thank you so much for your time.
>>
>>--
>>Rachel
>>http://www.delphi.com/asecretgrief/start
>>
>I would have to agree. I am not a firm believer low progesterone either
>(plenty of women that have low progesterone have normal pregnancies),
>but it doesn't hurt either, so it is difficult to argue about.
>
>--
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
>
>This is for educational purposes only, and is neither designed nor intended to replace consultation with and examination by a licensed medical professional.
>
>Please, no private e-mails. I will not be able to answer them.
>

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