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Irregular gestational sac and progesterone

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TheBusyLemonAnt · 16/06/2025 15:11

I just had a scan at the Early Pregnancy Unit as I had spotting and history of miscarriage. I am 4 weeks 2 days today.
The sonographer said that there was a sac with mildly abnormal borders but that it's hard to tell if that's true or not because it's so early and I have an appointment to come back in 2 weeks to see and scan me again.
The nurse I saw after the scan has prescribed me progesterone to take but she said she's also a sonographer and because it's so early she's not entirely convinced it's a gestational sac. She said I can start the progesterone now but she would wait until the next scan to make sure it's definitely a pregnancy. She said this as if it’s ectopic or non viable then I would be delaying the inevitable. She also said she thought the sac could be a pool of blood. What should I do? I had a miscarriage in March that was very prolonged so want to avoid that if it is going to be another miscarriage but also want to support this if it is a viable pregnancy. I know a lot of abnormal bordered gestational sacs don’t have a good outcome but also know that I’m super early so scans at this gestation are difficult to diagnose.

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LER2023 · 16/06/2025 16:22

What does it hurt to take progesterone at this gestation? End of the day you are still pregnant as the test states.
Theres no harm in taking progesterone to help a pregnancy progress.
I took mine from my positive test. Took me 3 days to get it but im now 18 weeks and got it without a scan due to my consulant saying i needed it.

You're going for a scan in 2 weeks anyway.

My consultant said progesterone will NOT mask a miscarriage. It just helps to progress a pregnancy.

A miscarriage would be inevitable if its the case that it happens.

Wishing you the best of luck!💐

TheBusyLemonAnt · 16/06/2025 19:34

LER2023 · 16/06/2025 16:22

What does it hurt to take progesterone at this gestation? End of the day you are still pregnant as the test states.
Theres no harm in taking progesterone to help a pregnancy progress.
I took mine from my positive test. Took me 3 days to get it but im now 18 weeks and got it without a scan due to my consulant saying i needed it.

You're going for a scan in 2 weeks anyway.

My consultant said progesterone will NOT mask a miscarriage. It just helps to progress a pregnancy.

A miscarriage would be inevitable if its the case that it happens.

Wishing you the best of luck!💐

Thank you that’s super helpful, I really appreciate it!

Congratulations on your little one too xx

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