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Suse, they are wrong, your HCG doubled, that's good, demand getting the progesterone from them! For all they know the embryo is developing fine and the progesterone will help maintain the pregnancy!....please insist on it or threaten a negligent law suit.

Suse, my progesterone was at 3 and I was bleeding and I am now 10 weeks pregnant. I havea baby inside with a healthy heartbeat and am on progesterone supp. twice a day. Do not give up...talk to your doctor. I was bleeding very heavily at 4 weeks and they thought I was miscarrying but everything seems ok now. I lost my first at 24 weeks due to potters syndrome in January. Do not think you are going to miscarry...I am living proof that with a progesterone of only 3 you can have a normal healthy pregnancy. They tested my levels twice since and the last time it was only at 10. I have never had problems in the past and have always ovulated on time and got my period like clockwork. Hang in there!!! Please update us.

Hi again, thanks for being so nice. I just came back from the ultrasound. They couldn't see any pole yet, but the sac was still there. They said it's at 5 w 3d, which I don't think it can be. It should be at 6 weeks. I think what happend was that it stopped growing 3 days ago (which was when I started feeling even less pregnant than before). Anyway, they still didn't want to give me progesterone, because I'm still spotting. That doesn't really make sense to me. I have to go back tomorrow to get the hcG checked again, and if that's still doubling the nurse promised me to call another doctor about the progesterone.

Thanks for all your support. I actually started bleeding like crazy today, bad cramps too. That's the second m/c in 3 months. I'm kind of worn out from the up and downs. At least I don't have to do the D&C this time, i hated that last time. I'm just so mad I didn't take progesterone right away. I'll try to talk to a specialist soon, and then maybe take progesterone for the second half of the cycle and then just hope I ever get pregnant again and everything goes well for once. Ok, I'll stop rambling now.
I hope you all are doing well.

Suse, hugs to you....and please don't blame yourself for not taking the progesterone. The embryo could have stopped developing for many reasons and for reasons unknown which has nothing to do with progesterone. But yes please take some bloodwork in the second half of your cycle, at least two to check out progesterone levels. In pregnancy progesterone levels can be low if the embryo stopped developing which causes drop or they could be low just because the corpus luteum is for whatever its reasons not making enough. Taking progesterone in the second half of your cycle is safe, even if your body does not need it, many take it for reassurance...

Yesterday I was supposed to start a new clomid/IUI cycle, but when they did the blood test, it came back positive at 24. I didn't even think I ovulated, but I must've on CD36. Unfortunately, my progesterone was 0.4 and I have been bleeding for 4 days and my RE thinks I am going to miscarry. I had more bloodwork today and my HcG went up to 33, but my progesterone is still under 1. They won't give me supplements and want me to let nature take it's course, i.e they want me to miscarry. What should I do? I called my ob/gyn and they agree with the RE, that it is not a viable or healthy pregnancy. I think I might go buy some natural progesterone cream at the pharmacy and start using it tonight. They want more blood on monday...

I forgot to add that I am about 4w4d. Also, my question is:
Is my progesterone low because it is a bad egg or is the pg not viable because the progesterone is low??

Dear tweety, ....go ahead and try the natural progesterone cream, it won't hurt. Sometimes progesterone is low cause the corpus luteum which makes the progesterone doesn't have the energy to produce more or the progesterone can be low cause the pregnancy may be ending. There are many women who have had low progesterone and had viable pregnancies. If the HCG is doubling it is most likely viable. Let us know how your bloodwork goes.

I was just talking to my friend who had twins through IVF and she said her progesterone was only 4 and she was on supplements 3x daily! Her boys turned 3 last week and are happy and healthy! :)

Hi Tweety...my progesterone was only 3 at 4 weeks and I am now 12 weeks and everything seems to be ok. I was on suppositories 200mg once a day and stopped them yesterday! Hang in there...and have faith that everything will be ok. I was also bleeding like crazy at 4 weeks with clots...and here i am now 8 weeks later and the baby is healthy and doing fine

Thanks Allicat. That's very encouraging. I hope the rest of your pg is uneventful and you have a beautiful baby to love and cherish.

Hi, I'm just going through my second m/c (see above). I'm still bleeding (for 2 weeks now) and they said they might have to do the D&C after all. Oh no, I was hoping to avoid that. For some reaseon the D&C was the most traumatic part last time.
Anyway, my question is now for the next time:
Does anyone have experience with when to start taking the progesterone? Should I take it after I ovulate (and is that usually pills or cream?) or do I wait until I think I'm pregnant and then take the cream? Could that be too late? I just want to make sure I do everything right next time.

Suse, I'm going to direct you to a website that may help to give ideas how you can miscarry with the help of herbs and maybe you won't need the D&C.....after you ovulate, 3 days past ovulation, begin the progesterone. I prefer the Crinone, also know as Prochieve vaginal gel.

http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/

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http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/

I am in the same boat. I went to my first prenatal visit and I had some spotting. My nurse practioner ordered a sonogram to make sure everything was okay. I was measuring five and half weeks when I should have been 6.5 wks. They did some blood work and my progesterone level was 9.6. I was started on Prochieve to raise my levels. I have another sonogram in 2 wks. Hopefully everything with be okay.