Progesterone supplements after miscarriage - should I take in TWW or wait for BFP??

[Skylark1990]

Hi everyone 👋 bit of history. Have had 3 early MC this year. Was prescribed progesterone during my last pregnancy after bleeding but sadly lost the baby two days later. I'm wondering now whether to take progesterone during my luteal phase or wait for a BFP so keen to hear other experiences. We didn't actively try this cycle but I'm thinking we may have DTD during my fertile time... I'll explain below.

Since I had the last MC 3 weeks ago, we decided not to TTC for a couple months but then ended up DTD a few times last week and on the weekend simply because we wanted to and I think the closeness helped after everything. I didn't know where I was at with my cycle, as it was over 2 weeks since the MC and didn't seem to be ovulating yet. After we DTD on Fri I started doing LH tests just to see.... They were very negative until Mon when it started to show faintly then on Tues I had an almost positive, but I think due to drinking loads of water in the heat it just never got to blazing positive. I also had a LOT of EWCM on Mon and Tues. We had DTD on Sunday night.

Temping and cervical mucus seems to have confirmed now that I ovulated yesterday (Wednesday). So that's 2.5 days approx after we DTD on Sunday night, around midnight. I'm thinking this means we are in with a chance of conceiving even tho we hadn't planned to try again yet... I'm so so so nervous of another MC if I do fall pregnant this cycle, but ofc I'd also be really happy in some ways... But want to do everything I can to help prevent it. The doctors told me to take progesterone from bfp next time but I've heard many others say to take from 3/4 dpo

So now I'm wondering, should I take the progesterone during my luteal phase this cycle!? Is 2.5 - 3 days close enough to assume it could have happened? Or do we think if I do an early test say 9dpo and start the progesterone from there that could be enough? Also if I do take it and I'm not pregnant will it delay my period - if so how many days? 🤦‍♀️❤️

Thank you for reading this far... Really keen to hear other people's thoughts xx

• want to do everything I can do to prevent miscarriage!!

Hi, I know what your going through as I've had 4 losses over the past year, I was prescribed progesterone & aspirin which I have taken since my bfp at 11 dpo i'm currently 10+6 wks now, been having weekly scans since 6 wks & so far all is okay 🤞 so I'd recommend testing early & as soon as you get a faint bfp start taking it, as sperm can live in your body for up to 5 days so yes you dtd close enough to ovulation, good luck I hope you get your 🌈 soon xx

Yes you can take it from 3DPO or from BFP. As long as you can be sure when you ovulated.

I believe the drop in progesterone at the end of the luteal phase is what brings on your period so if you continue taking it then you will delay your period.

As PP said, are you taking aspirin also?

Thank you @Kerrielouise84 , congratulations on your pregnancy! That's good to know you took it from bfp and it's helped you :) were you diagnosed with low progesterone, or anything else to explain your losses? Very sorry to hear you have been through similar.

@KatySp thank you, I'm not taking aspirin as I have some stomach issues and aspirin is likely to aggravate them, plus haven't had the tests yet to determine if I have a clotting disorder. I wish I could take it just in case but don't want to cause issues for my stomach. I'm going to take vitamin e though, which I've read can help prevent miscarriage, it also helps to thin the blood a bit so maybe similar to aspirin. If I stopped taking at say 12dpo if not pregnant, would my period arrive next day or would it be delayed for a couple more days do you know? X

Thankyou, no I had all the tests done through recurrent miscarriage clinic & they all came back clear so they just told me it was down to bad luck as i've got 3 older children too, so they prescribed the progesterone & aspirin & just told me to keep trying xx

Thank you. @Kerrielouise84 how long did it take for the tests to come back and be done etc? Did you prevent pregnancy during that time?

Anyone else have experiences to share? X

I had the tests done in october & didn't get my results back until april, I asked the consultant should we hold off on trying until we get the results back, he said no & to continue trying during this time, we did but unfortunetly I had an early loss in march, that's when I was given progesterone & aspirin but by the time I started taking them it was already to late for that pregnancy xx

@Skylark1990 Sorry to hear what you have gone through, it's a shit gang to be in!
I have been seeing Dr. Shehata as I had a mmc at 12 weeks in April and 6 week miscarriage in December. He has prescribed me to take progesterone from ovulation up until 10 days and then stop if I have a negative pregnancy test. The plan is to do this every month until hopefully I get another bfp 🤞hope this helps!

@Skylark1990 Sorry and just to add my gp (nhs) said he would prescribe me progesterone from a bfp so that's the nhs recommendation 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thank you both. I've decided to wait till bfp this time, as not convinced I'll get pregnant this cycle anyway - am 7dpo and aside from a few twinges 5dpo and 6dpo don't have any other symptoms really, so feeling despondent already that it's probably not the month for us. Which I suppose is good in some ways, if I'm able to do the tests before we TTC again. @Kerrielouise84 @Mabelledox xx

And really sorry for your losses x 💔

I hope the progesterone does the trick @Mabelledox ! I've heard of Dr Shehata have you seen him privately ? Did you also get tested for the killer cells? X

@Skylark1990 Thank you! We went to see Dr.Shehata privately as I was too impatient to wait for the nhs. I got tested for killer cells and aps and all came back fine. The only thing that came back remotely abnormal was my cytokines which were quite high. He prescribed me two injections to bring those down and I'm now on his general immune protocol starting this month. I'm not sure progesterone will help me but I guess it's worth a shot!