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Leah, yes I do... My LPD tests have not come back yet, but my doctor doubts that I have it because my periods are regular 30 days... Irregular cycles are more likely to have it... Although I know a woman (37) who did have it and had regular cycles. She tested at 5 at 21 dpo....

Sorry, I meant to add that my friend after 2 mcs was diagnosed with LPD and using progesterone had a little boy. My cousin was also diagnosed and had 2 children with progesterone. Seems to me that it can work! Wish my problems were that straightforward... As for ovulation, I am 37 and have gotten pregnant three times this year, every time I tried except once... Unfortunately all miscarriages... But I sure do ovulate.

Hi- I had written earlier that I've had 2 miscarriages and was on progesterone, etc. I'm almost 37. Now I have another dilemma. Had the AFP test, and was called the next day. I have a greater than 1 in 10 chance of the baby having trisomy 18. I've done alot of reading and I know its fatal...90% miscarry, the rest die shortly after birth. It makes me wonder...with my prog. at 14.5 to start should I have miscarried instead of taking progesterone. Looking up studies for that now. I also know there is a false positive possibility for this test, and have to go Nov. 3rd for the ultrasound, and amnio which I wasn't planning to do, but now I must. Has anyone had a similar experience? How did it turn out? I am sooooo hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. Thanks.

Kristina, I don't know what to tell you, except I'm sorry you are in this situation. Did your Dr test you for Luteal Phase Defect before giving you progesterone (that would have been before you were pregnant). I was sure I had been miscarrying (2x before) due to low progesterone, even though I was never tested. When my prog. level was 12 at 5 weeks, I INSISTED that my doctor give me prog. supplments. He did so, reluctantly, telling me if the pregnancy was destined to fail, it would... Well, even after seeing the heartbeat at 8 weeks, an ultrasound at 10 weeks revealed the pregnancy had ended. I had a D&C. The doctor thinks I have a chromosomal problem (going through all the tests now), and that the progesterone "masked" the problem and caused me to hang onto the pregnancy for weeks longer than I would hae (all my other mc's are at 5-7 weeks, no hearbeat, or even an embryo). If you are destined to mc, you will soon if you are off the progesterone now... If the pregnancy doesn't mc, then the progesterone wasn't keeping it going unneccesarily, and you would be in this situation anyway. In fact, maybe you do have LPD, and the progesterone was needed. You can have a compound chromosome and progesterone issue, because chromosomal problems increase as you get older, no matter what your prog. level.... I am 37, too, by the way and have had 4 mc's, three this year. I had one little girl 8 years ago, after a mc. You are right the AFP is often wrong. My doctor doesn't even perform it on women our age because so many women get false alarms. They just do amnio, which is definitive, or cvs if you prefer and your insurance covers it, but you are too far along now for that... I think you are just going to have to be strong until the amnio (they can do it as early as 16 weeks - insists you get an early appointment, don't wait until 20 weeks). Things may be just fine and this is all a false alarm.

Hi Erin- Thanks for the response. I now have an appt. for this Friday but they said that they have alot of cancellations, so I may be able to go as early as this afternoon. Thats interesting about progesterone. I was not tested beforehand for LPD. I have been off the progesterone for a few weeks, then had doc appt. last Wed., and we heard heartbeat and doc said everything's perfect. I sure hope that bloodtest was wrong. I will write back when I get results. I appreciate your concern.

Many women are not tested before pregnancy for LPD, because the only sympton is recurrent pregnancy lost. Women will ask and some doctors will prescribe progesterone when a woman who has miscarried becomes pregnant again, just in case that is the problem, because if it is, progesterone supplements are an easy fix... I really hope your test results were wrong and they frequently are. I know that won't stop you from worrying, so I hope you get than amnio as soon as you can. And that all is fine...! If this is your first time on progesterone and your first pregnancy that has progressed, you may well have LPD.

Kristina, It is very common to get a false positive reading on the AFP test (especially at our age). Your doctor will probably want to run some more tests before jumping to any conclusions, though. He will probably recommend a CVS or an amnio. I would opt for the amnio since it's not considered to be as jnvasive or dangerous and is also more fool proof. Try not to worry yourself to death thinking about it until you're able to get some more conclusive results, because chances are very good that it's nothing. Good luck to you!

Just want to update everyone that I heard the HB yesterday for the first time since getting off the progesterone. It was going strong. We find out the s_x in 5 weeks. I am now 14.5 weeks. Just a testimony that progesterone does work.

I think I had somthing similar to that but I'm not sure but when I started to spot I went to emergancy right away and was there for eight days.

That is interesting about the progesterone and synthetics. After trying the cream, pills, and finally the suppositories, I was still having a crazy-painful reaction I decided to risk the miscarriage and stop the prog all together. It has been a week now with no supplements. I went in this morning for another US. The heartbeat was 160 and the baby looked like a little flipper with arm paddles and everything. I am excited but not too excited yet. I am still nervous about miscarrying. I haven't had any spotting and feel nauseous. They say the sicker you feel the better. Odd. I haven't done another blood test to see what the prog. levels are. I will ask next time I go in. I have had so many US's, nearly one or two a week. Is this safe? Does everyone have this many?? Thanks for the info.

Cole, That's Great News!!! It sounds to me like you didn't really need the progesterone, afterall. You should consider yourself very lucky to be getting all of those ultrasounds. They're perfectly safe and it's a great way to start bonding with your baby. I'm 15 weeks and am cla__sified "extremely high risk" and have only received one US so far and that was done in my 6th week so all we saw was a sac and a heartbeat, but nothing that really resembled a baby. I go in two weeks (November 10th) for a nuchal translucency test. This is done using the new 3D-4D imaging, so I'll actually get to see the baby's facial features and everything ( That is, if she'll look at us). I'm sooo excited!! Also, we just might get to find out the baby's gender. My husband wants a girl. Wish us luck!!

I am now 6weeks and 5 days pregnant. This is my 6th pregnancy. I have had a total of 4 miscarriages. Last year I had 2 missed miscarriages. This time we are taking every precaution and I am doing the 100mg of progesterone supplements 2x a day. I just started having a brownish discharge a couple of days ago, and last night I started to bleed. I have a doctors appt. tomorrow, but already am expecting the worst. My husband and I just want to have a healthy pregnancy and baby. I don't know what is wrong with me.

With my first pregnancy, my progesterone level was at only 5 at almost six weeks. My doctor felt sure it would end in a miscarriage. I took the v____al suppositories for about 4 weeks, and then my levels were fine. I delivered a very healthy baby. I just found out we're pregnant with our second, and my progesterone is only at 10 - supplements again, and lots of prayers. Miracles happen every day.

I myself have had a miscarriage due to low progesterone. I had a m/c on Sept. 26th. It lasted a week. I just found out two days ago that I am pregnant again. I didn't even have a period between the two. My doc nurse told me that the doc had put me on 100mg of prometrium 3x's a day because my progesterone was a little low. She told me that I sould not worry about it. I am very scared. What do you think she told me not to worry. I wonder how low is a little? Me and my husband want to be excited, but we are so nervous. I go back for more blood work on Friday. Please pray for us. Good luck to all.

For those of you who are struggling I just wanted to let you know that there is hope. I m/c last April at 12weeks with a very low prog. levels. they were low from the beginning and never went pa__sed 10.6. After 2u/s, hearing and seeing the HB, I lost the pregnancy. I found out 2 weeks ago that I am finally pregnant again and this time my levels are much higher. My Doc is having me test now weekly but my prog. seems to stay at 38 and my HCG's are multiplying at a great rate. We have been trying to get pregnant for almost three years and this one seems to be a viable one. Good luck to all of you, hopefully you will be sharing your good news soon too.

Hello everyone. I miscarried a little over 5 weeks ago and just found out I am pregnant. My HcG levels came back today at 1,289 which puts me at 3-4 weeks. However my progesterone came back at a 1.9!!! Everything I have read says that this is extremely low. I just began taking progesterone to supplement but I am so concerned that my level is this low. Has anyone ever had a level this low and had a sucessful pregnancy?