PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for August, 2001: Re: Progesterone

Re: Progesterone

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:27:34 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Kelli wrote: >
>At Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Amy wrote:
>>
>>I took a hpt and got a positive on July 30. I had a quantitative done
>>August 2 (31 days after 1st day of last period) and got 138 for hcg and
>>20.1 for progesterone. One week later I went back and had another lab
>>run and my hcg came back over 850 and my progesterone fell to 11. My
>>Dr. put me on progesterone capsules 100mg 2 times a day and tomorrow
>>they are going to do another lab to test the levels again. I'm very
>>concerned as I had a m/c in April at 6 weeks followed by a D&C and the
>>pathology report came back that nothing was wrong with the fetus. I
>>really don't know what my question is except should I be concerned that
>>I may m/c again because my body doesn't produce enough progesterone or
>>could there be another reason for my misfortune?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Amy
>
>First I must tell you I am no doctor. I have had three m/c from lack of
>progesterone. In fact I just found out yesterday that I am pregnant
>again, but I had to start on the progesterone after ovulation. I can't
>tell you that you are not going to m/c again. The only thing that I can
>tell you is that hopefully the progesterone pills will help your levels
>come up. I have found that with taking progesterone it can really come
>down to timing. If you take it to late, it will not get in your system
>fast enough to save the fetus.I think it also depends on how much you
>system is lacking in progesterone and how your fast your system reacts
>to the medicine. I want to let you know that I have known a lot of
>ladies that have had several m/c and with progesterone they all have had
>healthy babies, me included. I wish you all the luck in the world, hang
>it there.!!!!!
>
>--
>Kelli
>

Kelli

Thank you so much for that post. I am pretty nervous and eagarly waiting for my bloodwork tomorrow. I haven't found much about women carrying to term with low pregesterone in the first trimester so your story is comforting.

Thank you so much, Amy

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