Re: Progesterone fluctuation and pregnancy

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At Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Carlette wrote: >
>Hello,
>
>I am 4 1/2 weeks pg. I was going through infertility treatment. I have
>PCO like characteristics, the perl necklace ovaries, and anovulation,
>but none of the betabloic symptoms..Glucose Intolerance, overweight,
>hairyness, etc...
>I was able to get pg on one dose of 50mg of clomid.
>
>At 13dpo my results are as follows:
>HCG: 266 P4: 60.9
><I hear these numbers are really good>
>
>My worry is the second P4 reading done 16dpo:
>HCG: 1059 P4: 43.5
>
>I'm concerned b/c the P4 has dropped a bit. The nurse said that as long
>as it stays above 20 it's fine, but I am still concerned. I had a
>hormonal inbalance that brought me to infertility to begin with and I'm
>worried. Can you please give feedback on the reason for this downward
>fluctuation?
>Also, what can I do to be as cautious as possible?
>I also want to mention one other thing, that my breasts were extremely
>sore around the time I was supposed to get my period<14dpo>, and now the
>soreness has eased up a great deal. Could this be related to the P4
>level decline?
>Is it normal for breasts to go in and out of tenderness? They were
>actually doing this a couple of days before expected period date.
>
>Please help,
>Carlette

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