post #21 of 21
5/23/07 at 12:39pm
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Originally Posted by Brisen View Post
Really? That hasn't been my experience. I suspected low progesterone and my mw agreed that it could be causing my multiple m/c (like matey, I had a short luteal phase, that's what made me suspect low progesterone), so they checked my hCG levels and set up an appointment with an OB who could check my progesterone and prescribe me progesterone supplements if it were low. I was already taking herbs that boost progesterone production, so I decided to forgo that, and my hCG levels were nice and high and I have kept this pg so far, where I had 4 m/c in a row before I started taking the prog-boosting herbs. And again and again in the ttc forum and preg after loss forum, there are accounts of women who have had losses, then took progesterone -- either because their dr/mw recommended it or because they did the research themselves -- and they didn't m/c. True, that's all anecdotal. But it hasn't been my experience that "most" don't think it's true.
Well, maybe I should say "most" of the Drs that I have dealth with. Both my reproductive endo. and my OB said that there was no real scientific evidence to prove that low progesterone is the cause of a m/c. I've taken it after my treatments as a precautionary pill but they've both told me that they didn't know if it helps or not. I think maybe for someone that has a short luteal phase like yourself or the OP (which I wasn't aware of until she told me so) that it's obviously doing something! I was just curious what other Drs were saying. It's interesting learning how other women & Drs treat pregnancies, etc.