I have had a son born at 38 weeks with no complications, and a son born at 27 weeks for an unknown reason, and multiple early miscarriages all throughout.
I am starting progesterone this time around and the plan is to take it the whole pregnancy. I’m nervous and excited to see if it makes a difference. Of course I want to avoid another loss, but almost more than that I want to avoid the nicu. I’d almost rather a super early loss that doesn’t hurt baby, than watch my baby suffer through like my second son did.
He is now so healthy and strong and I’m amazed at him and how he’s caught up completely at 2, but wow was it traumatic on the whole family!
How much hope do you think I should have this time, based on your experiences?
Re: Anyone else taking progesterone? Any success stories?
And there’s always a chance I’m misunderstanding something. We’ll see 😂
At 21 weeks I hadn't been using it for a few weeks and started to have contractions come and go with enough length and regularity that the app told me to go to the hospital. We freaked out, went in, and learned that my cervix was short. They prescribed progesterone suppositories, and long story short, my body continued to be crampy and just dramatic, and I constantly thought that she would still come early, but I went into labor ON her due date and she came the next morning.
Thank you, God! He helped us figure the problem out and gave us wisdom for each day as it came, even though I didn't trust him as much as I could have!
I'm not sure how the strength of the suppositories compare with the cream, considering it is absorbed MUCH better topically so it's not apples to apples. I'm assuming the prescription was stronger, though.
I hope this info can help someone! Surely someone else's body is similar to mine!