Re: Tubal motility, progesterone and Ectopic pregnancy
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:37:20 -0600 (CST)
The progesterone may or may not help but it shouldn't hurt anything.
There's tons on the pros and cons of progesterone therapy in the
archives.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Anne wrote:
>
>Hello,
>Here is some background info: 30 years old, 2 normal pg's,ttc #3, went
>off bcp (Alesse) 07/00, started ttc 10/00, got pg second cycle trying,
>was Ectopic. Metho 12/25/00, did not work, salpingostomy 01/01/01 @
>7weeks. Surgeon said tubes, ovaries looked very healthy and EP was a
>fluke. My cycles pre-EP 30 days, with spotting starting at 9dpo (12-day
>LP). ob/gyn said EP was probably caused by low progesterone, put me on
>Prometrium 200mg/day O-AF. Last cycle my LP was 15 days and spotting
>started at 12dpo (first cycle taking Prometrium).
>However I read that tubal motility can be affected by high, not low
>progesterone? In this case is it wrong for me to be taking Prometrium,
>am I asking for another EP? Last cycle the progesterone gave me a
>perfect triphasic chart with high temps. I thought this was an
>improvement??
>
>Thank you very much for responding,
>
>--
>Anne
>
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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