Comments on: Progesterone in Early Pregnancy: My Experience and What to Know

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 14:39:51 +0000

Anyone else get severe diarrhea from progesterone?

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 04:27:27 +0000

In reply to Becky. Totally agree! I'm so glad that you found success with progesterone,too!

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 05:06:20 +0000

Thanks for sharing. This is my third healthy pregnancy after repeat miscarriage and years of infertility. My first full-term pregnancy was on vaginal progesterone (generic form of prometrium.) My doctor, who is willing to think more outside the box than some, said that he and his brother prescribe it because of the anecdotal evidence, and because it does no harm. My doctor explained that the reason there is no thorough clinical research is because they cannot gather a control group on which to do the studies–they cannot convince a group of a hundred miscarriage-prone women to get pregnant without using prometrium while they give it to the other one hundred! So it’s not just a matter of “the doctors haven’t gotten around to funding a clinical study.” Makes sense to me! I wouldn’t want to be in the control group either, would you?!
Blessings,
Becky

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:43:36 +0000

In reply to Ashleigh. Mine was at 20 when they first tested around 6 weeks. A lot won't supplement at that point, but their protocol called for it :)

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 19:08:15 +0000

Do you mind sharing what your progesterone levels were when they put you on the suppositories?

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 17:09:07 +0000

In reply to Niki. In my experience, that sounds like a side effect of the Prometrium. But definitely call your doctor if you are concerned at all.

By: Niki

Niki — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 19:34:46 +0000

In reply to Katie. Hi. Thank-you for sharing your information. I am taking Prometrium twice a day before bed. I am 17 weeks pregnant. I have been noticing clear watery discharge with some white in it. Do you know if this is normal? Or should I be concerned about it being amniotic fluid? This is my first pregnancy...

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 04:57:40 +0000

In reply to Val. Thank you for sharing! i hope that everything goes well with you this time. Progesterone makes such a difference!

By: mylinda

mylinda — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:15:26 +0000

You are doing amazing work! 👍 Thanks for sharing your wonderful posts! Progesterone (Prometrium) saved my baby. I was showing signs of miscarrying because of my hormone levels (due to insufficient progesterone levels). So happy I got ❤️ Prometrium, I took Prometrium (progesterone) for 12 weeks. The bleeding stopped the next day and I now have a healthy little boy! It is pretty commonly prescribed for low progesterone levels to help avoid miscarriage until the placenta takes over progesterone production.

By: Val

Val — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:24:05 +0000

Thank you very much for your story. I’m on my 3rd pregnancy after 2 early MCs in the last year and a half, and this is my first time using progesterone supplements because the numbers aren’t looking good already. It makes me wonder if taking progesterone might’ve saved either of the first two. I’m over 44.5, so I don’t have much time left, but I’m trying to stay hopeful. I’m wondering why they don’t automatically assume progesterone levels are low in women my age and begin treatment every cycle when TTC, which I will do from now on if I lose this one, too.