Re: -POST - PROGESTERONE AND MISCARRIAGE (doctors, please)
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:19:00 -0500 (CDT)
Your questions are important and best answered by an infertility
specialist who has the benefit of an exam and appropriate blood tests.
Dr. M
At Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Claudia wrote:
>
>Hello. I have had 2 miscarriages and they were 2 months apart, one at 5
>1/2 wks, one at 6 wks. I conceived the first month trying for both of
>these pregnancies and I have a regular cycle. Since the miscarriages,
>my OBGYN has put me on progesterone suppositories, starting 3-5 days
>post-ovulation. I have been using progesterone for 8 months since this
>time and have not gotten pregnant. Questions: Could progesterone in any
>way be inhibiting me from getting pregnant (since it was not a problem
>before)? If progesterone isn't the problem, could the previous
>miscarriages have affected my ability to conceive, or are there other
>likely explanations? Thanks for your valuable thoughts.
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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