question about the need for progesterone in early preg

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I was diagnosed w/ PCOS by an RE about one week before I found out I was pregnant. She did an ultrasound, which found a 7w1d pregnancy, w/ visible heartbeat; she also saw the corpus luteum. However, she did not measure my progesterone levels. My question: was she negligent, or is progesterone only useful in earlier stages of pregnancy? Should she have checked whether I needed progesterone support at that point, or was seeing the embryo w/ heartbeat an indication that progesterone wasn't needed?

My first appt. w/ my high-risk OB is not until Wed. -- 10w3d.

Thanks for the information,

Best, Dawn

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