R/P How long were you on Prog?

Christakim · July 2010

My doc gave me the choice of quitting my Prometrium/Endometrin at 12 weeks, but said optimum would be 13 weeks. Seriously, do I REALLY need to stay on it that long?
It's making me absolutely freaking miserable and I'm wondering if I'll starting feeling less nauseous if I stop taking it. Or should I just grin and bear it citing that I would beat myself up if anything were to happen to the babies??

Courted · July 2010

When I was pg with Nico I kept up the PIO shots until I was 10 wks pg. I wouldn't think you would need to do it for so long, unless it makes you feel better.

laura&dan05 · July 2010

I'm stopping my estrogen (patch and pills) on Satruday. I have to keep doing my PIO and my oral progesterone until 12.5 weeks. I'm weaning myself off PIO by doing it every other day instead of everyday. I'll be so glad to be done with all of this too!

ladychicago · July 2010

my RE said I could stop PIO at 8 weeks... that kinda scared me, so I dropped to a half dose for one more week, and then quit. so I was off of progesterone all together at 9 weeks.

My mantra with all of this is not to do anything that would cause you to unnecessarily blame yourself if something unthinkable were to happen. If you'd regret stopping, then keep going. If you feel in your heart that the extra week won't do any harm, then go ahead and stop. Do whatever feels right to you!

duke'sgirl · July 2010

10 weeks for me...actually more like 10 1/2 b/c I used the rest up and then stopped, but my doc said that 10 weeks was good.

13 weeks seems outragous! I do agree with ladychicago, though--do what feels right!!

Christakim · July 2010

Well and just to add, I had been using 200mg of Prometrium up until last week and started slowly weaning myself (with doc permission) to 100mg of Endometrin, so I haven't really been taking a whole lot and this won't be stopping cold turkey and I kind of wonder what the 100mg is actually doing at this point.

desabean · July 2010

Is there a reason your Dr is recommending such a long time? (do you have a history of low p4-- or because it's twins?) Sounds like you are not on PIO? I went on the suppositories once I got my BFP and stayed on it for 10 weeks.

I'm a reasonably compliant patient so I would probably stick with it but the reality is that most people are not on any P4 and have perfectly healthy pregnancies-- of course, you could just be feeling nauseous because you are pregnant and stopping it may not help that at all....I realize I am not helpful at all-- sorry!

Good luck making your decision!

mybobble · July 2010

My RE had me take them until I was 9 wks. Once I met w/ my ob it was told to her if any of my levels dropped I was to go back on them.

happytracy · July 2010

I was told 12 weeks for both pregnancies.

crystalgirl · July 2010

I did PIO until 13 weeks last time and 12 weeks this time. I'd stick it out because I'm paranoid that way, though I know it sucks!

crystalgirl · July 2010

I should point out that I was carrying twins last time when I went to 13 weeks... Don't know if that made a difference in what they told me to do.

AvaLikeLava · July 2010

I stayed on until 10w. I DID feel better for a bit after getting off the Endometrin, but unf. my m/s came back and stayed until about 16w. I was on Zofran too the whole time.

Good luck!

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