Question about progesterone

Re: Question about progesterone

• JuddandJessica member

  September 2014

  Yes and no. It depends on who you ask and what doctor you are talking to. My doctor said that it couldn't hurt, so why not? Personally, my only pregnancy that resulted in a live birth was heavily medicated with progesterone therapy and aspirin blood thinners. Coincidence or not, that is now the game plan for all of my future pregnancies. 

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• eburgmama member

  September 2014 edited September 2014

  what is the aspirin for? I actually took baby aspirin when pg with DD (7 years ago) but I cant remeber why!!!
  

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• JuddandJessica member

  September 2014 edited September 2014

  it works like very mild blood thinner. I had a suspected clotting issue during loss #2 so we tried it for pregnancy #3. I did however, bleed a good bit more than expected at delivery due to taking it for so long.

  BPF 1. Baby Girl "Petri" 12/22/11 Said goodbye 12/27/11

  BPF 2. Baby Boy "Roo" 1/20/12 Heartbeat 160b/m 2/15/12 Said goodbye 2/20/12

  BPF 3. Rainbow Baby Boy "Creed"  4/28/12 Born healthy and alive 1/5/13

  BFP 4. "Rainbow 2.0" 8/17/14 due 4/28/15

   

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• KJsbabe member

  September 2014

  Progesterone will not save an unhealthy pregnancy. It's not a merical drug. But having low progersterone does not automatically mean it's an unhealthy pregnancy. Progesterone is what supports a pregnancy until the placenta is formed and can take over (around 10-12 weeks). If your body is not making enough on it's own the pregnancy will most likly end in miscarriage, heathy or not, because there's simply not enough support. Progesterone supplements can help support a healthy pregnancy that might other wise end in miscarriage because of low progesterone.
  
  I was on progersterone with DD and this pregnancy. I was not on it with my two losses. I have one kind of MTHFR that causes me to not be able to absorb folic acid properly or be able to produce enough progesterone on my own. With out supplements I wouldn't have my daughter or my little boy.

  
  

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• chicagojackie member

  September 2014

  Like KJ said above, low progesterone can cause an otherwise healthy pregnancy to be lost in the first trimester, before the placenta takes over.
  
  If you don't have a diagnosis of low progesterone (luteal phase deficiency) then taking the supplements will not help you at all.
  
  If there is something anatomically or chromosomally wrong with the fetus all the progesterone will not "save it."
  
  But if low progesterone is your problem then progesterone will help.
  
  You need a doctor and not google. Progesterone is not without risk and side effects.

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