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Re: Progesterone level at 8 dpo, medicated cycle?From: anonymous@obgyn.netWed, 8 Aug 2001 08:13:03 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 7 Aug 2001, William McIntosh, MD wrote: > >At Tue, 7 Aug 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >> >>I am 30 yrs old and have been ttc for 16 months. I recently completed a >>Clomid cycle (100 mg a day for 5 days) with IUI. Progesterone level at >>8 dpo was 25. My RE increased my progesterone lozenges from 200 mgs 2X >>per day to 400 mgs 3X per day. Does anyone know what a "good" 8 dpo >>progesterone level would be for a woman on a natural cycle not >>experiencing fertility problems? I had thought that anything >15 was >>good, but the RE said 30-70 is where they like you to be at this point >>of your cycle when you are taking lozenges. >>Also, she said there is still a chance I could be pregnant this cycle, >>but I find it hard to believe -- if the progesterone level is that low, >>doesn't it mean that the corpus luteum isn't producing lots of >>progesterone because it has already figured out that nothing was >>fertilized? Finally, with the big dose of lozenges, will the onset of my >>period be delayed? >>Any help would be appreciated .... Thanks! > >The low progesterone level indicates that you probably did not ovulate >at all, and all the additional progesterone in the world is not going to >alter that. > >>-- >William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG > Dr. McIntosh -- I had received an injection of 10,000 units of Pregnyl in order to bring on ovulation. What is it that would prevent ovulation from happening after that injection? Are you thinking that perhaps the follicle developed but there was no egg inside?
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