Progesteron

[Kadija]

Hi,  I'm new at this and I have a lot of concerns about using progesteron.  I just found out I'm pregnant 4 days ago and my doctor recomended I start taking the progesteron as soon as I found out.  Some people say their doctors recomended the progesteron before they got pregnant.  when is the best time to start using progesteron.

[carterdemelo]

Progesterone is a pregnancy sustaining hormone, It relaxes uterus and makes secretary transformation of endometrium so progesterone is essential before pregnancy. But you can also take progesterone supplement after being pregnant.

[AnnieBrooke]

I did IVF, and was on progesterone before transfer of the embryo.  It is essentially given to keep a person from having a period and losing the embryo.  It ONLY helps if the problem with keeping a pregnancy would be lack of progesterone, but it does not hurt you or the pregnancy in any case.  In other words, a woman who has lost a lot of pregnancies and the doctor has diagnosed the problem as being that her progesterone is low, should be on it.  A pregnancy that is doomed to fail for other reasons will not be saved by progesterone supplementation.  But it won't hurt you or the pregnancy to take progesterone.