Little background. I have an extreme phobia of getting blood work/any kind of injection.

I have been to several therapists, a hypnotherapist, a applied kinesiology, and immersion therapy to no avail. Even tried medication. It didn’t work. When I do get blood work done it is a shit show. You know when a toddler gets into such a fit you cannot reason with it no matter what? That’s what I become. It’s not pretty. If my husband doesn’t come with me it takes 3-5 people to hold me down. I cannot stress how much this effects me. I seriously considered not having children.

In December I miscarried at 5 weeks and the guess was I might have had low progesterone levels.

I am 4 weeks and 2ish days pregnant now and I did get blood work done earlier in the week to check on my progesterone levels. I believe they said the average levels for where I am is between 11-40 and my progesterone was at 14, “on the lower end”.

They told me my options were to 1) get blood work done every month in order to get progesterone pills or 2) to use progesterone cream twice a day.

They also said I could use at home progesterone strips to check my levels and I just tested it and it said my progesterone levels are low.

What do I do? I feel fine, I’m not spotting or anything, should I just relax and be ok with my levels being low or what?

Anyone else in a similar boat?