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Large Babies With Progesterone? - Unofficial Study

3 posts on this thread and the last post was on September 3rd, 2009 1:40 AM
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potter-nut - April 8th, 2009 3:58 PM
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I'm wondering if there is a correlation between taking Progesterone supplements and having a larger baby.
I had two children of average birth weight (average is considered 7 pounds) without progesterone supplements, then a third with progesterone supplements during the pregnancy and the baby was nearly 10 pounds! The progesterone was the only real difference in the pregnancies.
So, any of you out there who have taken progesterone supplements (preferably the natural pill form, not the creams or synthetic pills), I want to know, if you had a term baby (at least 38 weeks), how big was your baby at birth? I especially want to hear from moms who had both progesterone and non-progesterone pregnancies like mine, for comparison.
Thanks for your help!

babeedust2all - April 8th, 2009 8:46 PM

Potter-Nut, I had two babies where I used progesterone supplements until 12 weeks, and delivered a 5 lb 5 oz baby the first time, and a 5 lb 7oz. baby the second time.
I hope this helps!

jenna32 - April 21st, 2009 12:32 AM

I never had any of those suuplements and had a 9 lb 13 oz baby!I think 90% of it has to do with genetics! If your mom or your partners mom had big babies,chances are you will to. My cousin is so tiny and she just had a 8 lbs 5 oz baby boy!

csws347 - September 3rd, 2009 1:40 AM

I had weekly progesterone shots during my pregnancy and my daughter was 8 pounds, but that's average or just a little above. She was 21 inches, but still nothing too far out of the ordinary. Sometimes the more pregnancies you have, the bigger the babies get.