due in july

[vkmc8704]

I am due on july 4th. I have a serious qyestion. Someone please help/
My obgyn prescribed me with prometrium because there was a possibilty that a hormone in my body was low. The same day he prescribed the meds, he ordered some labs and put me on bed rest and had me schedule a follow up in a week. I got the medicine filled at the pharmacy but wasn't exactly comfortable with taking them because my doctor informed me that prometrium is not fda approved. I decided not to take the medication. When I returned to the doctor a week later, he said that my hormone level came back at 12.4 and informed me that that is extremely low. He said that my body would have had to have produced more of the hormone otherwise I would have already miscarried. (Before the appointment with him, I had an ultrasound done that confirmed everything was normal.) He ordered more labs to  make sure that the hormone levels are where they need to be and asked me to schedule a follow up in a week. After this appointment, I decided to take the pills being that the first labs that were done determined that the hormone level was low.

My question is I am almost 14 weeks pregnant and was wondering if these pills can cause harm to the baby? how effective are these pills at preventing miscarriage? Am I still in the red zone for miscarriage even though I am practically in the second trimester of my pregnancy?
Somebody please help because I am really concerned about what could happen.

[victoriae3]

i was on it w my daughter from 4w5or6d all the way up till 15wks then had to get the projestrone shot in the bottom back. Now im preg again and im on it. again i have had one sonogram and seen the babys hb the dr said its 169 so im sayin its workin out good again. plus i felt the same way w my daughter that u did i read up on it &how it says not to take durrin pregnancy and was scared so i waited and calld my dr the next day. But good luck

[GinaGi]

congrats on your pregnancy..have you heard the heartbeat is everthing going well ? i was on prometrium with my pregnancy because my levels were low also .. it does not cause harm to the baby it is just a hormone ... the thought i have for you is my doctor (high risk ) took me off the prometrium at 11 weeks because that is when the placenta takes over and you don't need that hormone anymore ,., so just double check that with your doctor and google that also.  good luck remember we are not doctor's on here.. just speaking from personel expeirence.