Re: LPD
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:43:15 -0500 (CDT)
Tami
I suggest you ask an endocrinologist to evaluate these questions as they
just do not make sense. Progesterone is good, but not great. Should be
higher, in the upper teens with good ovulation, and should have been
higher with suppos, altho they are supposed to work more with a local
effect on uterus, than on a higher blood value effect. ]
Post on the pco board, hopefully one of the endo guys will answer, like
Dr. Mark Perloe.
t Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Tami wrote:
>
>Had a tubal, several years later was told reversal impossible. Had
>invitro. Over stimulated to hormones. Gained 30 lbs! A few years later
>I did have a reversal. (BTW Now my blood pressure is 160/120, no one
>knows why.) I wasn't getting pregnant, so doc did laparoscopy, "unstuck"
>my tube from my uterus, did D&C and checked basal temps for several
>months. My temps were sporatic and endometrial lining was
>"dissynchronous". Had biopsy, said LPD. Progesterone was between 8-11.
>Took 25 mg vaginal suppository 2x per day for 6 months. Progesterone
>still 8. Had Two miscarriages...Getting pregnant now, but not lasting
>past 6 weeks. Had two miscarriages when I was younger in between two
>full terms. My periods are horrid. 9 days w/4 days of heavy bleeding,
>but they are every 28 or 29 days ON THE NOSE. Have to take iron
>supplement now because it's getting so bad. Went to an endocrynologist
>that said Progesterone at 8 indicates normal and indicates ovulation, he
>says biopsy and D&C reports are innaccurate. All of this in mind, I
>don't understand if it's possible to have LPD if my progesterone is
>normal. I don't understand why my periods are so bad if my progesterone
>is normal. If I don't have LPD, then why would the tests come back
>dissynchronous and LPD? AND, why would the progesterone level not
>increase no matter what after taking the progesterone supplement for 6
>months?
>
>--
>Desperately seeking a straight answer.
>
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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.
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