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Anyone taking progesterone?

vlagrl29vlagrl29 member
in August 2017 Moms
I'm going to start taking it today.  What time of the day are you taking it?  Any side affects?
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Re: Anyone taking progesterone?

  • dmbfan46835dmbfan46835 member
    Not this pregnancy but one I lost in October I was on a suppository. I took it at night before bed as it made me kinda crampy. And mine were red, how dumb to make a suppository effing red?! So I had pink discharge every morning from it, which of course made me panic and think it was blood ever single day. So I'd get some pantyliners ready if yours is the same. 
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  • tripledaggerWed95976tripledaggerWed95976 member
    I take mine at night.  The main side effect for me has been constipation so I take a stool softener with it 
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  • vlagrl29vlagrl29 member
    I think mine are red too!  I almost took it orally.  Now I need to check - thanks!  No weird side affects though.  Insane hunger has hit me hard today and last night.  Can't wait till this phase passes.  Eat or get sick and I barely slept last night.  At least if I had a full night sleep I'd be better.
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  • vlagrl29vlagrl29 member
    no mine is orally.
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    vlagrl29 said:
    no mine is orally.
    Lucky! 

    i assumed mine were oral and then I looked right before I took the first one and was like um... DAFUK?? I'm supposed do what with this?! Lol

    from what I read when I was researching taking progesterone, it can magnify all your symptoms. So anything like breast tenderness, constipation, cramping, nausea, etc it can make worse. I hope you don't have that experience. 
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    dmbfan46835 said:
    vlagrl29 said:
    no mine is orally.
    Lucky! 

    i assumed mine were oral and then I looked right before I took the first one and was like um... DAFUK?? I'm supposed do what with this?! Lol

    from what I read when I was researching taking progesterone, it can magnify all your symptoms. So anything like breast tenderness, constipation, cramping, nausea, etc it can make worse. I hope you don't have that experience. 


    gawd I hope not either!  I do have the nausea at time.  Guess we will find out.  Did you take yours because you were spotting?
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  • dmbfan46835dmbfan46835 member
    @vlagrl29 I had really low betas (like didn't get over 75) and a progesterone level of just 8.5. So we did the suppositories but I don't think that pregnancy was ever viable. I never got a dark positive HPT either, it was very light. The progesterone just prolonged the inevitable for me. Once I stopped I miscarried.  I think most ladies take it due to spotting or just a kinda low number and have awesome results from it. 
     

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  • vlagrl29vlagrl29 member
    mine is at a 9.5
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  • dmbfan46835dmbfan46835 member
    vlagrl29 said:
    mine is at a 9.5
    Your betas are good tho so you just need a little help sustaining your bean.  The progesterone just helps your body support the baby until it can do it on its own in the second Trimester. So it sounds like you should be good to go!  I think a lot of moms have to supplement their progesterone. I even read an article that the children of women who supplement with progesterone are smarter. This isn't the exact article but it states something similar. 

    https://womeninbalance.org/resources-research/progesterone-and-the-nervous-systembrain/
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