Question about Estradiol

matt'sbride

RE prescribed 2mg Estradiol once a day in addition to continuing my PIO shots. But on the bottle it says "do not take if you are pregnant". I'm so confused! Has anyone been prescribed this after a BFP? I went ahead and took my first dose bc I figured the RE knows what she's doing, but now I'm nervous! It would be just like them to screw up something like this. Help please!

jlcrane78

I haven't been pregnant, but it is fine.  I confirmed with my RE.

kimberic

A lot of us IVFers have been on it and everything turned out fine. You need the estrogen to support the pg. I was on it until 10 wks and my girls are ok.

Congrats to you!

MrsNap_515

i'm on it now...but not for bfp reasons lol it makes your ute nice & cozy/fluffy...so they might just be doing that to help baby stick for good! it helps build your lining.

congrats and lots of sticky vibes!!!!

Temp935838312504158

I have been instructed by my RE that if I get a BFP from our FET that I am to continue the Estrogen patches until they tell me to stop so I believe it is ok to take the Estradiol while pregnant.

From what I understand, after an IVF or FET cycle, your ovaries aren't producing enough estrogen or progesterone so that is why we take the extra hormones. The extra estrogen helps sustain the pregnancy, helps w/the creation of the placenta, helps prepare your breasts for breastfeeding, & increases uterine blood flow.

Hope this helps....

 

ecleptic

In a normal pregnancy, the body will produce enough progesterone and estrogen without supplements. Adding extra estrogen can be bad.

With a treatment cycle, hormone production is suppressed and controlled. We don't get enough estrogen or progesterone- so we take supplements that would be harmful in a normal pregnancy because we don't start off with a normal pregnancy. You will come off the progesterone and estrogen support before they could be a harm to the baby

JackieMac824

I am on it too - and I am pregnant.  I was on it last time I was pregnant as well.

snoangel79

I've been on it since February (up to 5 mg now). I have POF so my ovaries really don't do much at this point. I know we are trying to make it as PP said a nice cozy place for a baby. We are doing DE IVF hopefully making the retrieval and transfer sometime in July.

cookie_queen

Estrogen is fine in early pg. Treatment cycles need the extra estrogen to sustain the pg. REs ween you off it as soon as possible though because too much estrogen in pregnancy can affect gender development.