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I went to the dr. and she put me on a 10 day dose of progesterone.She said I should get AF 10-14 days AFTER the last dose, so like 20-24 days after I started taking it. Well, I got AF 3 days into taking it
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ktlynn- This type of progesterone your talking about is synthetic progesterone. Synthetic progestins tend to inhibit the body's production of its own natural progesterone. The side effects (for lack of a better word) suck, and that's why many ppl choose not to take it. As for when you started- She had given you the limit of when to start, but many women are senstive to provera, and that sometimes happens- it's not unusual.
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all those symptoms (except miscarriage and pre-term labor) describe me to a T. So I'm wondering, can you take progesterone even if you're not preg? Is it beneficial to do so?
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From your story (and this is just my opinion) it sounds like you are sensitive to progestins in your body. Probably from a deficiency, but even if you got your progesterone levels checked, and they came out normal (best case scenario) who's to say what's normal for your body? We are all different. Like take testosterone- very common in PCOS women to have high levels of. Some of us will grow hair on our face with a level over 50, and some not until 100. Others- not at all! It just depends on your body.
As far as taking progesterone (in your case I would reccomend natural progesterone cream) for the symptoms your having- it's totally safe. Plus it's fairly cheap. You could try it, and see if it helps? That would be my best advice
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DeeDeeLynn- More then anything I would like to be able to give you an answer, but it's impossible without that progesteorne test. Your beta doubled which means the baby did implant, and it does show all the classic signs of a chemical pregnancy. It sounds like the egg was fertilised, but died shortly after implantation. There are several reasons that can happen. Your doc's should have tested your progesterone- you were right on that. It would have been the only way to know for sure. In future pregnancies I would suggest you insist on progesterone testing. Good luck to you, and I'm sorry for your loss (((hugs)))
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