Progesterone

[Lithgow2000]

On Saturday i lost my beautiful baby at 14 weeks. I'm angry, guilty and sad and know i need to process it and grieve.

The week prior i had to go into the labour unit to be seen for a bleed. It was a small bleed, my cervix was closed, no internal issues. I had an ultrasound which showed a small bleed site quite far down away from the baby. They said because it was small i could go home and carry on as normal.

I put myself on bedrest for the week and had spotting only until the last day.

Because i had bleeding and had a previous early mc. Shouldn't they have offered progesterone? Could that have made a difference.

It just feels like because it wasn't a big issue at the time, something could have been done.

Hi I am so sorry for your loss and hope you are holding up ok ❤️

I had 3 miscarriages and was out on progesterone for my next pregnancy. I was told that the placenta takes over with producing progesterone at 10-12 weeks so maybe this is why they didn't put you on progesterone. I stopped taking progesterone in my 4th pregnancy at 12 weeks. It's maybe something to discuss with your health care provider though as advice could be different.

Sending lots of love and luck for the future x

So sorry to hear about your loss. It is so painful to lose a pregnancy.
I agree with the previous post that they usually stop progesterone around 12-16 weeks when the placenta takes over so very unlikely to have changed the outcome.
Wishing you good news in the future. xx

I had two miscarriages before they recommended progesterone.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Oh I didn't know that. That's helpful thank you x

This is good to know, thank you c

unfortunately, on progesterone I still miscarried.
I got the impression from the reoccurring mc clinic that there is little evidence for the use of progesterone but they try it any way.

Good luck for the future, remember that it’s nothing you have done wrong.

I’m so sorry for your loss x

I would ask for progesterone to be prescribed for your next pregnancy. I have had 4 miscarriages. After my 3rd I was referred to the recurrent miscarriage clinic and diagnosed with APS - insist you are tested for this now as you have had a second trimester loss. If they don’t refer you to a recurrent loss clinic push them on the basis you’ve had a later loss.

I had a successful pregnancy after diagnosis (treated with aspirin and lmwh injections) then a 4th miscarriage. I was prescribed progesterone at this point - I have no history of bleeding in pregnancy, but the NHS have started to prescribe progesterone to women who have had 2 or more miscarriages, and the current school of thought is that it does support pregnancies for women who have had 2 or more losses even if they do not have a history of bleeding in pregnancy. The impression I got from my consultants/midwives etc was very much that they are moving towards prescribing this as standard for women with 2 or more losses.

I was prescribed progesterone initially until 12 weeks, then it was agreed for me to keep taking it until 16 weeks. I didn’t want to stop at 16 weeks and while the consultant felt that it wouldn’t have any impact after 16 weeks they then left it up to me when I came off it. I think I felt able to when I was somewhere around 22 weeks.

Progesterone probably wouldn’t have made a difference if given when you started bleeding, but potentially could support your next pregnancy if started early on. I am thinking of you and wish you every success for your next pregnancy.

Thank you so much for this helpful advice.

I found out yesterday that I will be asked back for a meeting with the consultant to go over the findings. I had alot of bloodwork done on the day but wasn't sure what for. They want to put a plan in place for future pregnancies and with your advice I wish push for progesterone.

If you don't mind me asking. How long did it take to get your diagnosis? Xx

Once I was referred I was diagnosed very quickly.

I had my 3rd miscarriage in July 2019 and was referred to the recurrent miscarriage clinic that day by the EPU. I had my first appointment that September for blood work and medical history, second blood work early December and got my diagnosis over the phone on 21st December. I was pregnant by the end of January and baby arrived exactly a year (to the day) from my first appointment tent at the clinic.

Waiting times have been affected by Covid but I’ve also found that the clinics will treat you with best guess if you fall pregnant while waiting to be seen, and also if you call them to check for cancellations they can sometimes squeeze you in to one of those - which is what happened with my first appointment, I was originally down for November but was brought forward into a cancellation when I called to ask if there were any. They would always rather fill an appointment than leave it clear. Good luck x

Thank you! So grateful you shared this.
They haven't referred me to a clinic but I am under a consultant at the hospital. Hopefully these first blood's give me some kind of indication in the event I fall pregnant. I feel uneasy about waiting a long time in case this keeps happening 😞 x