Thanks for your responses. Tested again today with different HPKs, all different sensitivities but my favourite one, the early First Response, was the one that gave a lighter line. My early Superdrug test was slightly darker, but realise this early on just need to wait to the hcg to double for a better reading.
willitbe Sorry to hear about your miscarriage. Can I ask how long you were on the progesterone for and why was it prescribed?
This link:
sites.google.com/site/miscarriageresearch/supplements-and-miscarriage/progesterone-cream
provides a review of published papers on the research and the conclusion seems overwhelmingly that progesterone does help with recurrent pregnancy loss
With regards to HPTs, I have read that for some women second morning urine (SMU) gives better results. But since I was comparing like with like (FMU with FMU) I would'nt have thought this would be an issue.
lastboxo Reassured to hear that your 10day LP resulted in your DS. Lots of docs don't acknowledge luteal phase defects or even care what cycle day you ovulated on- it's so frustrating. Through temping etc with TTC#1 I know that my current LP is a problem- the knowledge just allows to me to better informed when I go to the doctor so I know what to ask for.
With TTC#1 I had a textbook ovulation at CD14 and about a 14 LP. But my cycle is so different since having DC1. Earlier this cycle a CD3 scan showed I had polycystic ovaries (I don't have the syndrome), which explains why I ovulate late in my cycle now (CD19-20) as it take longer for my follicles to mature, which means a less than healthy corpus luteum to produce the all important progesterone during the LP= short LP= potential for womb lining to shed just as a fertilised egg tries to implant.
However! Looking back at a journal I kept when pregnant with DC1 (I had so much time back then!!) I found that my progesterone level was at 83 at 8 weeks. So if I'm 36 at 3 weeks, and progesterone is supposed increase 1-3 per day, then add another 35 days increasing by 1 would take me to that level by 8 weeks... but that was on a healthy LP.
I just don't have faith that my short LP will come up with the goods this time. Today my order of cyclogest pessaries arrived- bought enough to take me up to the 12 week mark (once the placenta takes over prog production). I'll spend the rest of the day doing some research and decide whether to take or not as it's not a decision not to take lightly I know.
willitbe I must admit I am scared that progesterone might just delay the inevitable (although the research does suggest that progesterone won't prevent a miscarriage due to chromosomal abnormalities). But I also feel like I need to do everything I can to prevent a possible miscarriage, especially if the problem is as 'simple' as low progesterone.
Wow that's one long post.