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Just a quick update - I had an ultrasound at 7 weeks 3 days today and saw baby and HEARTBEAT! Yeah!

I think everyone comes to this board looking for advice and reassurance so let me give some here:

1. I did not know my progesterone was low until it was tested at 5 weeks 11.9. I started Crinone the next day. Definately worth starting progesterone even after you're pregnant (even a few weeks so).

Next - I only saw a gestational sac at my first ultrasound (5 weeks 3 days). Two weeks later baby is right for dates and heart is beating away!

Finally - Crinone is foul. I have lots of discharge. Sometimes it's white, sometimes it's a salmon or light brown color, othertimes it is gray. Last night I passed a HUGE blob that was very tan and DARK gray. I think it had been sitting up there a while. I had an internal today and Doctor said this discharge is normal. I am NOT bleeding or passing any tissue.

Hope some of you can take comfort in my findings. Wish my luck from here on out!

Oh yes, one more point. I had light pink mucus-like discharge after intercourse at 5 weeks, then very small amount of light brown spotting (size of a nickle, maybe a quarter, when wiping after peeing). So it looks like that was Ok afterall. I have NOT spotted once since beginning Crinone, although I haven't been having sex either!

I just wanted to stop by here to give some hope to you ladies who are going through a tough time right now. I posted somewhere back in November and then a few times since then. I had a progesterone level of around 5 at 7 weeks. The dr told me to be cautiously optimistic. I had had a m/c only 2 months prior to finding out I was pregnant, and now had had some major bleeding and cramping. I was put on 200mg of progesterone (suppositories). I stayed on them until I was 13 weeks. The 2nd trimester and 3rd trimester went by with only a few minor little problems. And then on August 12 I delivered a very healthy 8lb boy! He is now 4 weeks old and is absolutely perfect in every way. I was so sure that I had lost him at 7 weeks and was ready to give up every having a successful pregnancy. But I kept hope and took the progesterone, and this time it turned out wonderfully. There is hope. It is possible to have a successful pregnancy after starting out with a very low progesterone level. My son is proof of that.
Good luck to all of you ladies. You are in my thoughts.

Thanks Andi - and Congratulations!

I am 8 weeks pregnant and my progesterone level is 15.2. My doctor said as a precaution she wanted to put me on Prometrium. I am so sick with it. I am considering stop taking it.

Hi. I just found this board. I love it. Thanks to you all for sharing. I am 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant and had two other healthy pregnancies already. BUT, this time I have low progesterone. Level 7 at 6 weeks. I was put on prometrium pills 200 mg. 2 1/2 days ago and they make me soooo sick. I can't drive... I tried to drive today and almost fainted and it felt like vertigo like everything was spinning. So scary. I won't try driving on this again. I called my doctor and I get my blood drawn tomorrow and will see where I am. Then they can maybe lower the dosage... I can't function like this. Not to complain... it is all for a great reason. I am up in the air about whether to take the supplements since maybe there is something wrong other than the progesterone level and we'd just be prolonging finding this out... however some stories are so positive that I read here that it gives me hope to just take the pills and hope for the best. I also have my first u/sound on Tuesday so that will help. Good luck to you all! And please keep all stories coming, especially the good ones. : )

Kara & Robin,

I, too, am taking 200mg of Prometrium daily and have found that if I take it in the evening with dinner, I don't feel as dizzy or nauseaus. Whatever you do, don't give up the fight. You'll see that the long term benefits far outweigh any temporary side effects.

Are you two sure that the Prometrium is making you sick? Maybe it's just because you are pregnant :)... I developed terrible nausea at 6 weeks, shortly after starting crinone. However, none of my three friends who took Crinone (or Prometrium) had even one moment of morning sickness... It may just be that you have a healthy pregnany!

i have already had an ultrasound and saw the baby and heard the heart beating, it was very strong. i haven't had any cramping or spotting. i already have 2 little girls who i also had to take progesterone for. but then my levels were low. That pill is so hard to take, To put it under your tongue and wait til it dissolves. I can't swallow it because it makes me gag and then i vomit. Please if any of you have any suggestions, please give them to me. My husband wants me to go off the medicine
thanks

Kara, etc. I have to take the 200 mg prometrium twice a day so the night one is fine bec. i take it right before going to sleep, but the day one leaves me out of commission, can't drive etc. I have two kids already w/out the need for this and never had morning sickness like this... my doctor said this can happen w/prometrium. Luckily today I got my blood results and I am up to level 19 and was down to level 7 just 3 days ago. Soooo, the rx works. Dr. said I can decrease morning amount to 100 mg. and do the 200 mg at night... phew. I am still dizzy and took it 5 hours ago. Kara - good luck! See if you can decrease the amount in the a.m. you have to take. Or maybe there is another type of pill. Mine is a capsule. Thanks Shelby and Erin etc. for your supportive words!

i wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions. I talked to my doctor today and she said I can stop taking it. I really enjoy this forum. It is good to talk to people in the same boat as I. Good Luck to everyone.

Erin, I suppose that morning sickness could be a contributing factor, but the Prometrium certainly doesn't help matters. I will be 8 weeks tomorrow and have had nausea/vomitting since I was 2 weeks and it only seems to be getting worse. I've tried everything, but nothing seems to help, except the 8mg of Zofran ODT that my doc perscribed. I took Phenegran with my other pregnancies and it seemed to work a lot quicker, but the Zofran doesn't cause drowsiness like the Phenegran does. A friend of mine told me about some kind of sucker they sell at the pharmacy that is supposed to help with nausea and morning sickness. I'm gonna give it a try and will let y'all know if it works.

HAS ANYONE HAD THEIR FIRST U/S SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF A LOW HEARTBEAT and then have it increase to good levels?? I just had my u/s and the baby had a heartbeat and showed to be 6 weeks about what it should be BUT the heartbeat was only 111 when good range is 120-180. Plus my HCG is low, found out from yesterday it is rising, but not the normal amount. It is 14500 when it should be 20000. My progesterone from prometrium is now fine at 19.7 so dr. says wait a week and have another u/s and to ignore the numbers except for the heartbeat and u/s size of baby. Still to take the prometrium though. 50/50 chance this will miscarry or not... I guess what is meant to be will be. I am blessed w/two little boys already so I'll just see what is meant to be. Good luck to all of you.

Stephanie, spotting isn't always necessarily a bad sign. Do you know your hcg level? A rising hcg level is more important in terms of a good pregnancy. I would ask your doctor to put you on a progesterone suppliment and monitor your levels weekly. I am 7 weeks pregnant and was just told I have a low progesterone level as well (17). I am now giving myself progesterone injections every morning and will be tested again on Monday. I have read several times that a low progesterone level is indicative of an impending miscarriage, but I cannot find a source that says how low is too low. I hope things go well for you.

My progesterone level at 5 weeks was just under 12. I was alarmed, but my doctor wasn't really. He was amenable to putting me on crinone, which I am now taking, but he thought I would be able to carry the pregnancy w/o it. He has seen women carry to term with prog. levels of 7! Still, I didn't want to take the chance. I'm supposed to stay on it until at least 10 weeks, but I am a little nervous about stopping it so early.

I have been ttc for 3 years. I have PCOS. In Jan. we were about to do invetro when I got pregnant.Unfourtunantley we lost the baby at 12 weeks. Dr said it was just bad luck b/c everythig seemed ok.We got pg again in May but this time MC at 5 weeks due to very low pogestwrone. I am on clomid again and Ithink I am PG again But my Progesteronewas only 8.7 at 7dpo.has anyone carried a pregnacy with progesterone starting out so low,I did start progeserone supplaments8dpo.