Concerns about progesterone

This is really not standard practice anymore. They should not check progesterone bc the evidence says there is no benefit to doing this. Also when we had a threatened miscarriage at around 6.5 weeks the doctor and the fertility doctor explained that after beta reaches about 5 000 the “doubling rate” does not apply on the same way. Some days it will double and some days it will not. So my fertility doctor said he NEVER checks it after it hits about 5,000 because t only causes unnecessary stress and concern. I hope that makes you feel better!

My RE doesn’t monitor progesterone — as noted above, there’s no evidence that’s useful, and anyway your number isn’t even low! http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-complications/early-fetal-development/I’m also baffled why he’s monitoring your HCG when there’s no indications of any problems via ultrasound. Not only is there HUGE variation in HCG levels, they stop doubling the same way after you hit a certain level. Standard practice is two initial betas, with a third if there’s any reason for worry. Your level sounds absolutely fine according to every single medical paper I’ve seen. I don’t know why you’re being put through all this worry.

I'm sorry. My RE doesn't continue to check levels that far out. Seems like there's so much variability in numbers that it's usually just more stress on us than anything. What kind if progesterone are you on? Some types absorb into the blood stream better than others. But even so, there's a wide range of normal for the first trimester.