Progesterone (Prometrium) because of too frequent periods???

ChelseyM88

Hi! I am new to the TTC world, went off Birth Control November 2013. I was having a period every 3 weeks until this January and started having them every 2 weeks (on for a week, off for a week) UGH. I gave it some more time, as I was hoping to regulate and it just be from going off of birth control but no such luck. My GYNO prescribed me 100mg of oral progesterone to start on the first day of my period and take for 14 days. I started my period this week with some very light spotting Sunday night so I gave it until Monday to make sure it was a period since I had only been off my last period for 7 days and sure enough Monday brought on a real period. I have been taking the Progesterone every night since Monday this week, so going on the 4th day, and every day I start off with moderate bleeding in the morning but by late afternoon/night I have no bleeding at all. At nights I don't even have anything when I wipe, it is like my period is going away but then the next morning after I get up and going in a couple of hours I need a tampon again. I am confused if this is normal behavior with progesterone, as I have read different uses and can't find anyone who is using it for having too many periods! I want to conceive but don't think my body has a chance of ovulating if I have a period every 2 weeks. Anyone else had a similar experience or use of progesterone?????? THANK YOU

LadyXaverian

I took prometrium to lengthen my luteal phase when I was TTC my daughter, but I've never heard of taking it early in the cycle. 

Maybe someone with more knowledge than me will chime in, but this is confusing to me.

BillyMaysHere

BILLY MAYS HERE!

CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, BUT PROGESTERONE AT THE BEGINNING OF A CYCLE WOULD ACT LIKE BIRTH CONTROL, RIGHT?

EssJayCee

At one point post miscarriage, when my bleeding was out of control and lasting for extended periods of time, my doctor also prescribed progesterone.  I can't remember his exact instructions, but it was some point mid cycle that he had me begin it.  I would take it for 10 days, and when I went off it I would begin to bleed again after a few days.  He said it was to try to regulate my cycle, but to be honest it did not until I had a D&C for my still too-thick lining.

MrsTreble

I've been taking progesterone for several years now, and always at the luteal phase (around day 18 or so for 10 days at a time).  Progesterone is what builds up after you ovulate and for some people (like me) we don't produce enough.  It's supposed to help women whose cycles are too long, not too short.  Your progesterone levels are supposed to be at its lowest at the beginning of your cycle, so I honestly have no clue why your doctor would have you take progesterone then.  It makes no sense.  I would give him a call.

EssJayCee

WhoCanItBeNow said:

MrsTreble said:

I've been taking progesterone for several years now, and always at the luteal phase (around day 18 or so for 10 days at a time).  Progesterone is what builds up after you ovulate and for some people (like me) we don't produce enough.  It's supposed to help women whose cycles are too long, not too short.  Your progesterone levels are supposed to be at its lowest at the beginning of your cycle, so I honestly have no clue why your doctor would have you take progesterone then.  It makes no sense.  I would give him a call.

It can help those with cycles that are too short if they have shorter luteal phases due to a failing corpus luteum. 

The type of progestin taken after ovulation until the end of your cycle and the kind taken to force a cycle are two very different drugs.

I would call a different doctor because that one is stupid as hell.

It's quite scary how easy it is to just assume your doctor knows best.  Many wouldn't think to question what a trained medical professional tells them, when that doctor could easily give them advice that could harm their life, or in this instance, reproductive health.