Progesterone for recurrent miscarriage

[trinity198]

Just wondering if anyone has had any success with using progesterone for recurrent miscarriage? I've been through all of the rm tests and everything has come back fine but slight polycystic ovary on one side. I've been prescribed progesterone for next time.

I have also read It Starts With An Egg and am currently taking a load of vitamins recommended in there. These are methyl folate, myoinositol, uquibinol, NAC, alpha lipoic acid, omega 3, vita b6, b12, E, C and vitamin D3.

Hoping a combination of vita and progesterone might do the trick but I'm not hopeful!

This can tell you better than I can

@Fightingbackwithhappiness yeah it's an awful experience isn't it but I feel a lot better about the whole thing now that I'm actively doing something to help. I'm 33 so not got all the time in the world either but like you said, no point worrying about things you can't change!

I'm sorry to hear about what your sister went through! It must have been so hard and I'm glad she got her baby in the end ☺️ I think fertility should be taught more in schools as I went into it blind and have learnt so much this last year which I wish I had known before!

@Palease thanks a lot for contributing your story, it really helps me feel more hopeful for the future! I thought about DHEA but was told that was used only in IVF. Maybe I could do with reading up on it again!

@trinity198
i totally agree with you about that! We all spend our teens and twenty’s being terrified of getting pregnant and it’s actually quite hard! If there was more education in school we Could all make much more informed decisions from an earlier age!
what’s your view on giving up caffeine and alcohol?

@Fightingbackwithhappiness yeah I agree. I think I'd have liked to have been more informed on the pill. Now I'm older I feel likeminded put on it to cover the symptoms of pcos instead of them trying to help me treat the symptoms. I also ended up having a blood clot due to the pill. It's awful really. And now there's that pill that girls can get without a prescription!

I have given up both alcohol and caffeine although I will have a glass of coke every now and again in a pub or restaurant if there's not much else available. I know the chances of it making a difference are slim but I'm just in the mid frame that if I try and do everything I can no then I can't feel like I should have done it if I was to suffer another miscarriage. Just hope it all pays off!

Joining the thread

@Pluckedblueberry welcome. I have no news yet. Was a BFN last month so didn't get to test the progesterone. I'm on CD 9 now and going to try start the SMEP tonight or tomorrow. Fingers crossed for this month

@trinity198 i was advised to take progesterone 3dpo

@Palease ah I've heard that from others too. I have one lot which I got on private prescription and have asked my GP to prescribe it as and when after that. I asked about taking it from 3DPO but they won't let me get any more unless pregnant 🙄

Can you get more on a private prescription? Everything I've read instructs to take it from 2/3dpo since it's at these super early stages when the developing embryo needs the support of progesterone, just in case the corpus luteum isn't producing enough to sustain the pregnancy.

It worked for me 🙂

@Regenbogen22 the private prescription says from pregnancy as well as the letter the wrote to my GP so I would probably have to look into seeing another private doctor. I'll see what I can do, thanks 😊

it worked me too the first cycle I took it after 2 years TTC

Defo push for 3DPO that’s what worked for me after two MCs. Best of luck!!