I'm also in the same boat. I had been c...

Red - August 6th, 2004 2:24 PM
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I'm also in the same boat. I had been charting my temps, and noticed a short LP. So, my RE had my progesterone tested. It was on the low side.
At 7dpo: 4.2
At 14dpo (after a +HPT): 10.8
(Today I'm at 15dpo. I've had very light spotting - brown - since 10 dpo),

He suggested supplementation. However, the more I'm reading, the less certain I am that I need supplementation, or that supplementation helps. One article (at http://www.ivillagehealth.com/experts/
fertility/qas/0,,166263_168813,00.html
)
shows all the normal ranges, but says that if your test was taken later in the day, or after a meal, it's probably lower than it would have been after fasting in the morning.

Then I saw a different article that said progesterone levels less than 13 during PG are basically without hope. (I'm hoping the previous article, which states that women have delivered with lower progesterone levels, is a better indicator).

So - it looks like there needs to be a whole lot more research on this, because there's a lot of disagreement. Also, while it looks like there are no short term side effects to supplementation, I don't know if long-term studies exist. Also, do the suppositories affect sex life? My RE said%2

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