My doctor is telling my taking progesterone to raise levels is a myth?!

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He said that taking it hasn't shown any scientific evidence that it helps and prevents miscarriage but I see so many women on here taking it anyways when they have low levels.

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It absolutely helps. Lots of doctors think this way which is sad considering the number of women finally able to get and stay pregnant thanks to progesterone and I am another one of them.

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He is right in a way. There's no concrete data showing that it works. But lots of women have successful pregnancies with it! I had two miscarriages and then my third pregnancy I took progesterone and had a healthy baby! Then my fourth pregnancy I decided not to take it and I am 28 weeks now!

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I took it with my rainbow baby and low and behold she is here and almost 5. I had 9 loses total.  I also had a doctor tell me that it won’t stop a miscarriage.   
With my daughter I had to be on baby aspirin, progesterone, and then at 12/13weeks I started on lovenox injections until I was 32 weeks which then I went to heparin.

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My OB said there’s not super strong evidence to support. Some studies show it works, and some studies don’t show that.  But he said it certainly does not cause harm. My last pregnancy I lost despite being on progesterone. This time I’m taking progesterone and baby aspirin, and am currently 13 weeks.

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What my doctor told me was that there is conflicting evidence but if you want to take it it definitely won’t hurt. Basically he said if there’s something wrong with the fetus, no amount of progesterone is going to fix it.
It made me feel a bit better about my loss to hear it that way.

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I had 2 miscarriages but they weren’t due to hormone issues. My doctor told me she didn’t think I needed progesterone, but that she’d prescribe it if I’d feel more comfortable. I’d switch doctors. Yours sounds uneducated and arrogant.

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From what my doctor was telling me : Progesterone is what helps the pregnancy before the placenta forms and basically takes over . The higher the progesterone the better your chances of not having a miscarriage. If your levels are low your doctor may require you to take them to help the pregnancy along.

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I don’t think there’s hard black and white data to show it definitely works. My RE prescribed it without me asking and I’ve never had my levels checked. It’s kind of a “it won’t hurt anything, but might help so why not?” sort of thing.

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My doc said basically the same thing to me but I was like idc I want to try it. And baby aspirin. So he prescribed me both finally! After 4 losses in a row I want to try anything I can this time. Only thing I have done is genetic testing on the fetus. He hasn’t even tried to figure out why my body is doing this to perfectly normal (genetically) babies. So I say don’t give up keep on fighting for you and baby they work for us always remember that!

My doctor is telling my taking progesterone to raise levels is a myth?!

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