Anyone else on progesterone?

[Hoping4second]

Specialist doc prescribed progesterone after repeat miscarriages. Thing is though, I'm feeling very tired and also hungry all the time. Also more emotional. All these could be delayed side effects from the miscarriages though.

Anyone having the same symptoms?

I'm dead afraid to stop taking it in case I'm pregnant (too early to test) as I obviously don't want another loss but also slowly getting more and more wary of messing with my hormones. What if I can't conceive, I could be taking these drugs and having their side effects for months.

I wish I'd discussed it more with the doctor but it was a quick consultation.

If you're in the same situation what would you do?

How long have you been on it and how far along so you think you are?

I hope you don't mind my asking but k wondered how many pregnancies you have lost? I found out today I've lost my second in a row and I'm not really sure whether or not to keep trying

Cyclogest/progesterone can do that but it's harmless as soon as you stop taking it (I imagine instructed to stop if period arrives) then your levels will drop and go back to normal.

Progesterone is really important for building up the lining in your wombs and making a nice thick environment for the egg to burrow in to.

Although some side effects aren't ideal I would definitely keep going with it. If you hopefully get your BFP you will feel all those things anyway 😂

I had three losses in a row and was give Cyclogest and had a successful pregnancy

@rolypolydoly 3 losses. I could have seen the specialist on the nhs but waiting times are crazy and I'm ancient so I went private and honestly, although expensive, it was worth it. The doctor ruled out lots of potential reasons, gave me those hormones, and more importantly told me that I'd get there eventually, which gave me the strength to try again. I think I would have thrown away the towel otherwise. So if you have the cash, go private, this way you can get reassurance now rather than wait and see if you get third time lucky. I certainly wish I'd gone private earlier, I was very naive about the waiting times.

@Fredsgirl19 thank you. Really good to know the effects don't last. I'll do a frer as soon as its results can be trusted so I won't have to wait for my period to give my body a break from the hormones. At least it's a solid two weeks off the stuff every month I guess.

Thanks @Hoping4second. I've been thinking about private as I know it's unlikely I'll have any investigations unless I have a third MC.

Could I be really cheeky and ask if you could give me a ballpark of what the private side of things cost? I don't know anyone who has done this and it would help to try and figure out if this is an option

@rolypolydoly of course. £250 for the consultation, £375 for a special scan to check out my uterus (I was dreading that but it actually didn't hurt at all) and a few blood tests around 60-70£ each. And the drugs were obviously prescribed privately so not covered by NHS so another £50. I only have three months' worth, assuming I don't conceive, but I'll try to get the next batch from my gp if I can to avoid the £250 consultation. So, total, cost of a fancy holiday.

You can pay way, way more, for stuff like genetic testing and nk cell count. I declined based on professor regan's book on repeat miscarriage where she points out that neither actually increase your chances of having a live baby. For the nk cell thing we don't have any evidence, and if you find "faulty" genes the "cure" is ivf but that takes so long and has a low success rate so you might be better off trying the old fashioned way and running the risk of miscarrying again. A really crude way to look at us miscarriers is that at least we are able to conceive which makes us luckier than some, for whom ivf is pretty much the only option. The private place I went to also does ivf and the cost of that is eye watering. Think £10k a pop. And then there's loads of experimental stuff but the evidence for those is just not convincing.

Imho obviously, your mileage may well vary!

Thank you so much @Hoping4second that is really helpful.

Hope everything works out for you xx

So I can't blame the hormone treatment alone for all these side effects... Bfp this morning!

@Hoping4second that's brilliant news, congratulations! I'm on Cyclogest too as I've had 3 losses, so I was prescribed it but I only started taking it the day I got my bfp. I'm currently 10 weeks and had a scan on Thursday and so far so good... Also worth nothing that I only started using them for this current pregnancy.

I already have a DD and had no issues conceiving or any issues with the pregnancy but since trying for a second it's been a nightmare. As I say, 3 losses in a row but I'm praying this is finally it and that the Cyclogest has helped. I felt rotten when I first started taking it (400mg twice a day) but your body soon gets used to it 😊