Intro & Progesterone levels... anyone else?
BothMRS
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Hi ladies!
I'm very happy to be joining you here in the first tri! And a huge congrats to you ALL on your little seedlings too!
My name is Mandi... "BothMRS" is because DH and I have the same initials... incase you're curious... I always am of other's usernames. 
You can see from my sig that we tried to get pregnant for over a year, then found out while DH was great... they even told me he had "Grade A" sperm... (side note: he still refers to himself as "A+" -- so I remind him no one said anything about a plus! lol)... I was not. I had a tumor in my uterus (no cancer, thank God) and some other messy stuff going on... so all was fixed in April of this year... and once we started TTC again in June, two months later... BFP happened! I seriously about fell off the toilet when I looked over and saw "pregnant"! I just wasn't feeling right, so I went ahead and POAS for like the 80th time... and there it was! Crazy!
Anyway... all seems to be well... and I def have the symptoms... nausea with some fabulous sickness after eating most meals, sore boobs, heartburn, uncomfortable sleeping, peeing more than usual, yada yada... But i hear these are all good signs to have... so I'm just going to enjoy them. BUT... I had my betas checked around 20 dpo and they were at 878, and then again around 24 dpo (I stopped tracking my ovulation because I was tired of it... so I'm not sure exactly which day I o'd now... dumb me) and they jumped to 4,772... which is great... But my progesterone decreased from 8.1 to 6.6 in that time... so the nurse called me yesterday with the news (and told me not to lose sleep over this... yeah right!) and put me on 200mg of Prometrium... once a night, vaginally. I'll be getting my betas checked again on Monday... in hopes that the progesterone rises... and I'm also to stay on the meds until I'm 13 weeks.
So... Please tell me... have any of you experienced this before as well? My biggest fear is of course a mc! I guess it's good that they caught this just before I was 5 weeks and got me on the meds to help, right? TIA for easing my mind And again... Nice to meet you all!
Mandi
Re: Intro & Progesterone levels... anyone else?
Hi!
Congrats! I actually had the exact same thing. My first levels were all super low. My beta was 119 and my Progesterone was 9.79. I have a history of a blighted ovum in December 2011, so as soon as they got those results they called me and told me my perscription was waiting for me. So I've been on the 200mg prometrium vaginally for the last 2 months. I get to stop it in 5 days! The next time I had my blood work, my levels went up from 9.79 to 17.45. I think you'll be ok! They caught it early and I bet your levels will be just fine the next go around. We've had two ultrasounds since then both showing a little one growing as "he" should. Everything so far seems to be going well.
I won't tell you not to stress, because I know personally it's easier said than done. That being said, try to remember your excitment more than your worry
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Good Luck to you!
Maggie
Oh Maggie... thank you SO much for this!!! Truly... I appreciate it!!! And congrats on your little "guy" too...
It's very nice to meet you!!! And good luck to you as well! I'm hoping my #'s rise quite a bit when I go again on Monday. And I'm praying for a positive u/s when I finally go on Sept. 6th. 
Thank you!!!
Can I ask how low your levels were/are? Are you also on meds, or no?
And yeah... he even starts singing the Health Plus commercial jingle sometimes when the subject comes up... "Gotta have that plus..." hahahaha... Ok, I realize if you have no idea what commercial I'm talking about, this really isn't that funny. lol
My progesterone was 9.4 at 6 weeks.... I was put on prometrium immediately and 12 hours after starting the supplements my progesterone jumped to 27.
Think good thoughts : )
Hey, no worries!! Glad I could offer a little experience! My numbers increased that much within a week. So hopefully you'll see a good rise. I have my NT scan two days before your scan! I look forward to hearing your update!!!
This same thing happened to me early on in the pregnancy. When I first had my levels drawn at 5w6d my progesterone was 19. My hcg, however, was lower than most women at almost 6 weeks so I went back the following week to have bloodwork done again. At that visit my hcg had doubled, which was good, BUT my progesterone had dropped to 9.
The nurse I talked to was slightly rude and basicall told me I would probably miscarry. She thought it would make me feel better by telling me a lot of women miscarry so I shouldn't be too upset.....anyways, they put me on Prometrium orally.
I was disgruntled after that and found a new OB office, but they couldn't get me in for a few weeks so by the time I had my next appointment I was 10 weeks. At that time I had all my prenatal bloodwork draw, which included an hcg level. When I asked my doctor about my progesterone, she said I could stop the supplements becaue my ultrasound looked good, and that PROGESTERONE LEVELS FLUCTUATE EARLY IN PREGNANCY AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO LOOK FOR IS THE RISING HCG LEVELS AND NOT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE EXACT NUMBERS.
So, I know its hard (I'm a first time mom and I worry every day), but try to relax!!
Thank you all sooo much! And congrats to you fabulous ladies too!!!