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kim- I have a similar story as becky. I started the progesterone as soon as I found out I was pregnant. (about 5 wks) and I had no spotting so they did not test me again. I am now 18 wks. It was VERY nerve racking!!! I worried that every tinge or cramp was a problem but so far everythings has turned out okay. My first ultrasound was at 8 wks. All looked good there. I have my next one in two weeks. I'll keep you posted. Keep your head up. If you really worry you're MD isn't listening to you though it doesn't hurt to visit and scope out another MD.

Hello everyone-I just thought I would post some updates on my pregnancy. Today I had my sixteen week visit and was lucky enough to get an Ultra Sound. My doctor thinks I may be having a little girl!!! I am so excited as I have two boys and this is why we tried a third time. She said everything looks really good and now I can stop taking my prometrium. YEAH! I am a little nervous about stopping the progesterone but I am also so relieved to have been able to see the baby, see it move, see its heartbeat and find out that everything looks good. I had the genetic screening test done today and I will have the results in 3 weeks. All I can say is thank god for my having a doctor who takes such good care of me and has kept me on progesterone to help my pregnancies maintain. Every day has been filled with worry, wondering if I would misscarry again but each day the baby gets bigger, heartbeat gets stronger and I am almost half way there so all of us who struggle with the low progesterone-keep praying and just follow doctor's orders. I will be continually thinking about all of you and praying for all of us! Good luck to all!

Angie M - Thank you for your response. I know what you mean, how you worry when you feel any cramp or tinge! I have a dr. appt tomorrow, so I will see what they say and depending on how if feel about their care, I might look for another dr. Keep us updated with your pregnancy. Congratulations!

Hi everyone. It it has been a while since I posted anything - wanted to give an update. Went to the dr. today for a checkup. I am 8wks. Baby's heart rate at 6wks was 112 - today it was 175. My progesterone level was 16.2 is now up to 19.7. The dr. (specialist) thinks things are going so well according to what he saw on the U/S and the increase in my numbers over the two weeks, he is going to send me back to my regular OB. I am to see her in three weeks. Although I am still nervous and scared, this news kicked me to cloud nine for the day! I just had to share. :)

I am 8 weeks pregnant.I started spotting some brown stuff.I contacted my obg and she prescibed progesterone supp.100mg b/d for 2 weeks.A week later I could not get any heart beat from the u/s as I did last week at 102/min.She is advising me to go in for an abortion which I refused.What should I do?

Cindy-YEAH!! Sounds like things are going great and I am sure happy for you and your hubby. You both deserve good news after all the things you have been through. I am now 16 weeks and although I am a nervous wreck as well, everything seems to be going well for me too-just found out I am having a girl!!! I have two boys and both of their pregnancies were very stressfull for me(lots of fluctiating progesterone levels, cramping, spotting etc.) so although I have done this three times(with two misscarriages in between) I feel like this is my first pregnancy and every little twinge scares the heck outta me. I don't know if you read my post a while back about renting a fetal doppler but I tell you what-it was the best thing I could do for myself. In the back of any baby magazine you can find info on how to rent one-I only pay $25 a month and being able to hear the heart beat whenever I want-especially if I am having cramps or am particularly worried-it is so calming and reassuring. Good luck to you and keep us posted!

Add-in response to your having a D&C first of all let me tell you how sorry I am. I have been through 2 misscarriages and they are horrible. In my opinion, you should let your body take care of things naturally. I had a natural misscarriage and the second time I had a D&C due to hemorraging problems(not by choice but by emergency necessity) Anyways, the D&C was horrible, painful and much harder to deal with mentally than when my body was able to take care of things naturally. If you are not having serious health problems because of the miscarriage, then I totally recommend a natural course. From the time I found out the baby had died to the point where I actually started bleeding was about 1 1/2 weeks. The bleeding was like a strong menstrual event, somewhat uncomfortable at times but after stopping bleeding(about 10 days)my mind was already accepting the fact that I had misscarried and I could concentrate on getting better and planning my next try. With the D&C one day I was pregnant and the next I wasn't-so hard for me to accept mentally and the actual procedure was painful although most of the time, you are put under general anesthesia so you don't feel anything-mine was an emergency situation so I only had a local on my cervix. I was viciously sick after the surgery and I still have trouble coming to grips with going through that type of misscarriage. Although I am into my 16th weeks of my subsequent pregnancy, I still mourn the loss of my last baby. Good luck with all and do what is best for you and your body.

I experienced some bright red bleeding around 5 weeks and due to the very low progesterone lvl (4.3), my doctor and I assumed I had miscarried. Well, I went to see the Dr. last week and lo & behold, there's a baby in there! My progesterone has only doubled so I've started on Prometrium (100mg). I'm terribly worried that I will lose the baby and hope to see & hear some positive news at my next visit in three weeks.

What should your esterogen levels be when you first become pregnant

Here's what I have found: 1st trimester for a single pregnancy has a range of 9-47. By the 7th week, the doctor hoped I would be at 18 minimum.

Oh, sorry...the above is for progesterone.

Wow...until a couple days ago, I had no concept of the importance of progesterone during pregnancy. I have had two miscarriages, and just learned on Friday that we are again expecting. We just started trying this month. The doctor had suspected that I didn't ovulate as my progesterone was low. I was going to start Clomid as soon as my period arrived. When it didn't arrive after almost two weeks, I found out that I am pregnant. If my progesterone was low a week and a half after ovulation, does that mean it is still low? I called the doctor today, but won't get a call back until tomorrow. I am six weeks today and haven't observed any bleeding yet, but that didn't happen with my other two pregnancies until week 7 or 8.

Hi everyone, my last post was in february. Shortly thereafter I miscarries dspite taking progestreone suppositories 2x a day. I already have two beautiful children with no problem but have since miscarried in 8/04 and 2/05. My dr. advised me to start taking progesterone starting from ovulation. After being disappointed I vowed to wait a year and give my body a rest. But low and behold I'm pregnant again after less than six weeks after miscarrying. I know my odds aren't great and I didn't plan this. I recently lost my mom and during a moment of vulnerability with hubby we forgot teh protection. However, I've coem to some conclusions. I will take the progesterone but I am aware that if the pregnancy is truly doomed , it will miscarry. I refuse to let teh dr.'s cripple with bedrest, no sex and all the other mumbo jumbo that will not sustain the pregnancy anyway. If the problem is truly hormonal then that stuff won't work. To the ladies concerned that prog. prolongs bad pregnancies I am proof that it does not. I miscarried after taking it for a month. Good luck to everyone and pray, pray, pray!!!

Just 7 1/2 weeks pregnant, many m/c in the past, followed by two healthy babies. We decided to go for #3 and HCG is going up, but Progesterone went from 17 to 19 dropping to 13, then 12 in a matter of 3 weeks. Never had a progesterone problem. 100mg of oral was prescribed today. I feel great, no spotting, slight cramps (which I think is normal just from the pregnancy). Does anyone know why progesterone falls? To those of you on weekly blood tests - when has your HCG levels leveled off. Mine use to double every 48 hrs, now it just doubled in 5 days. That concerns me, even though the dr. is not concerned cause he sees an increase. HCG doesn't double as fast after 6,500 (so he says) Just scared, can't sleep and love any support I can get.

Becky-- I'm so happy for you!!! A little girl!!! Sounds like we are not far behind eachother. I'm 19 wks. I find out next Thurs what I'm having and if everything is healthy!!! Good luck. Thanks for all your support.

I'm 4 weeks pregnant and I went to the Dr. last week. He did an ultrasound and found a sac and pole and movement. He drew blood and my progesterone level came back at 10.6 he started me on 200mg of progesterone suppositories at night and wants me to come back again this week to have another ultrasound and more blood work. I'm terrified. I tried to get prego for 2 years and finally got prego and now this low progesterone stuff is freaking me out. Are my chances pretty good of saving this baby?