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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.

Kara, My Dr at UVA A Spiecialist in infertility and MC said he prefers the progesterone suppositories to anything else they are absorbed directly insted of having togo through your system and they don't have nearly as many side affect. I have been on them severlal times and other than being messy I and other friend have had no probles. Ask yoy Doc.

i am 6 weeks pregnant and have been on prometrium since i found out at 4 weeks that I was pregnant. I take it two times a day, i had brownish spotting and did see threadlike things when I wiped, but that has gone away, no more spotting, nothing, so I am thinking that the prometrium is working. I just get scared reading about all of the sidea effects, like cleft pallet, etc. Is is really safe? I am 32 and this is my first baby.

I am in the same boat, but I am only 3 weeks along - thanks to insemination - however my progesterone level is at 1.5 and mh HCG is showing that I am only 2 weeks along. I am so scared! I have to wait 2 days before I can see my doctor again. I have heard that progesterone isn't as big a deal as some physicians make it out to be - but then I've heard that everything depends on it.

Sometimes, too much information can be a bad thing. If you look hard enough, you can find dangerous side effects to anything and everything including the food you eat and the air you breath. Let's face it, nothing is safe these days, but its much safer to breath the air than it is not to and its much safer to eat than to starve yourself. This is no exception. Take the progesterone and risk feeling a little nauseaus or don't take it and risk miscarriage. It's that simple! I've never heard of cleft palate being related in anyway to progesterone. This is an inherited birth defect. I'm sure some parents who've taken progesterone have given birth to babies with birth defects, but does that mean it was caused by the progesterone? Probably not. Talk to your physician.

wow i thought i was alone i m/c at 8 wks in may i am now 13 weeks i have pcos and on progesterone in oil shot once a week heartbeat is 160 so i am now getting excited about this preg i have ttc for 10 years and with the help of clomid 100mg i have conceived twice i would love to have an email buddy to share stories with!!!!friendly762001@yahoo.com

Ladies, please get the book "What your doctor won't tell you about premenopause" By Dr. Lee and Dr. Hanley. I just read it . I was at the end of my ropes. I had 2 miscarries this past year, was depressed, fatigued, had night sweats, insomnia, weight gain, hot flashes, sore breasts, low progesterone levels during luteal phase, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, irregualr periods etc. My ob/gyn didn't want to see me unless I was testing positive for pregnancy, my family doctor prescribed Prozac and sent me to a shrink. I am 36 and with all of the above symptoms you would think premenopause would of struck somebody in the head as being an option. As I filled my perscription for Prozac at the pharmacy I noticed the book on the shelf and the words," Natural Progesterone" and "Premenopause from 30-50yrs." hit me. I read the book in 2 days and have ordered the Natural Progesterone Cream. I start using it this weekend after I ovulate. It can't hurt and even if I never get pregnant again it will help my PMS and other symptoms that I have been suffering with. When my OB/GYN told me my progesterone was low (which causes me to be estrogen dominant which promotes cancer!) you think she would of checked the rest of my hormones and tried to level them out. All she said was that if I should get pregnant again she would put me on Progesterone. Well if you have low progesterone during your luteal phase you may not get preganant again. She didn't want to hear it. Well, I'm just going to have to play a more active roll when it comes to my health and the health of my family. I'm not going to sit back and believe what every doctor tells me. I don't believe that every woman needs to have a hysterectomy either. If you are balancing your homones you should be able to keep it. Think about it, 40 years ago women didn't die because they kept their uterous. Their hormones changed and they had problems. Then they went through menopause and their problems stopped. Anyway read the book. It's the best $5.00 I have ever spent.

Hi all -

Despite seeing a heartbeat at 7 1/2 weeks and taking crinone for an initially low (12), though ever increasing progesterone level, the ultrasound today at 9 1/2 weeks showed a correct for age gestational sac (explaining the awful nausea I've still been experiencing) but no more baby - just a pile of debris on the floor of the sac. It was a huge shock. This was my third miscarriage this year - the other two all had cramping, spotting, and never saw anything in the sac. I also had a miscarriage 10 years ago (just before I got pregnant with my now 8 year old daughter) - another blighted ovum. I've also had an endometrial polyp removed this year, and an ectopic. Hard to say if any of this is related, but I'm 37 and don't have much time left, but don't have much energy for this anymore either. My doctor is testing the fetus for chromomal abnormalities this time, and talk of sending me for extensive specialist testing. I think I'm ready to just give up, though. This has been too hard.

I am so sorry that you are going through this again. Thank God you have one child, I don't have any. I told my husband that this was the last time for me. I am totally open for adoption even though he's not crazy about it. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Hang in there, Tina... I know I am lucky to have my daughter. I told the Doctor this as he was preparing to perform the D&C. You know, my mom had 4 mc's and a stillbirth - she said enough is enough and finally adopted me...:) I also have a family friend who after 3 mcs had a fullterm baby which died as a consequence of a cord accident. She's had two more since. She had some sort of uterine abnormality which was repaired (before the cord accident baby - that was just more horrible luck). Sometimes people are just really unlucky....

Hi..I just found out i was pregnant 3 weeks ago i don't really know how far long i am yet the doctors can't really decide either.They found the sac in my uterus but no heartbeat at all.They sent me for bloodwork and told me to get it done every 48 hrs...but my levels keep decreasing...i as well have to go get a sonogram tomorrow...pray it all goes wee...your in my thoughts.

Erin, I am so sorry to hear about your loss! I know there's very little I can say at this point, to comfort or encourage you, but try not to lose faith. I am 38 years old and am 10 weeks pregnant. I realize that at any moment I could find myself in the same situation. I, too, have miscarried in the past and absolutely hated it when someone would suggest to me that it was "GOD's will". That's just a bunch of crap. Don't ever let anyone tell you any different. GOD would never will anything bad to happen to us. Sometimes, things just happen for no reason at all. It's the way we deal with those things that ultimately end up teaching us a lot about ourselves and who we are. I lost my little sister last year and thought that I would never recover nor did I want to, but as time went on I began to look at life so differently and came to realize how fragile and precious each one of us really are. I notice that I don't take things for granted the way I used to. This is just an example. What I'm really trying to say is that it's possible to draw strength from these tragedies, instead of allowing it to get the better of us to the point where we're willing to just give up. Don't ever give up or allow yourself to feel defeated by today's circumstances, because tomorrow is a new day and with each new day there is new hope. Continue taking folic acid and B12 and I would even recommend Goji juice if you have not tried it and whatever you do... DON"T GIVE UP!!!

Thanks Shelby for your kind words. I'm just so numb right now. I had a "real" blighted ovum about nine years ago... never any baby just an empty sac, and another like this (expelled naturally) at about six weeks earlier this year. Then I had what the doctor guessed was an ectopic, as they could never actually find the pregnancy and I was given methotrexate to dissolve it. I had an endometrial polyp removed shortly after that, which was though to contribute to my problems... I felt confident this would be a healthy pregnancy. I spotted a tiny bit in the first few weeks, took my progesterone since 5 weeks with absolutely no spotting after that and an embryo with a fetal heart beat at 7. 5 weeks. Everything I read said once you see the heartbeat, the risk of miscarriage plummets. I just don't understand how there could have been a baby with a heartbeat (right size for dates, good heartbeat) and then suddenly an empty sac two weeks later. The doctor said there appeared to be some "debris" in the sac, so I'm guessing the baby just disintegrated. He's having the "debris" tested for chromosomal abnormalities, and thinks this is quite likely the reason for the failure of this pregnancy. Which would make this miscarriage just really bad luck... But I can't keep going through this, whatever the reason. I've been pregnant three times since February, with crippling morning sickness this last time... I've lost almost a year of my life, worrying, in and out of hospitals, feeling sick... I feel like I have no quality of life. I am having trouble enjoying my husband and eight year old daughter... My daughter is from my first marriage. I had been married to her father for 7 year before getting pregnant - he started having an affair with a colleage when I was pregnant (had to abstain from sex due to placenta previa). He left me for her when my daugher was still an infant. Now I'm married to a great guy (who can have children - he has two from his first marriage), but am an old shrivelled up crone who can't carry a pregnancy. It's just too much to bear.

Erin, First of all, you are NOT "a shriveled up old crone", but if you start thinking that way you will be. The way we perceive ourselves on the inside has a way of manifesting on the outside. Instead try thinking of yourself as beautiful and sexy and wise. Your ex sounds like a real jerk and you are much better without him! He's probably cheating on the woman he cheated on you with. He did you a favor by leaving. Now you have someone wonderful and you don't have to spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder! As far as yor pregnancy goes, there must be some medical explanation for what's happening. Hopefully, you're doctor will be able to determine what it is and be able to offer some sort of advice. Could you and your new hubby have incompatible blood types? Do you take vitamins even when you're not pregnant? Let me know what your doc says and take good care of yourself and your husband and daughter. Good luck!

Hi Shelby - do you mean RH factor? Yes in fact both my husbands are/were RH pos and I am RH neg. I have had so many RhoGam shots I can't count. My daughter, however, inherited by incredibly rare blood type (AB neg), so the doctor says there was no opportunity for me to be "contaminated" by RH pos blood. I also had a blighted ovum a few weeks before I conceived my daughter. I'm starting to really wonder how she turned up after all this!

Erin, I'm not real familiar with the RH factor, but doesn't that mean that your own immunity system will start to attack the fetus? Forgive my ignorance on the subject, but I think I read about it when I was pregnant with my first child. Of, course that was almost 16 years ago. Have you visited a genetic counselor? If you want you can e-mail me at shelbyrecord@msn.com I would like to discuss this some more with you.