Question on Progesterone/Ovulation

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Registered: 12-27-2008
Question on Progesterone/Ovulation
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Sat, 12-27-2008 - 2:09pm

Hi all,


This is my first time posting and I'm hoping some of you can answer a question for me around progesterone supplements and how they effect ovulation.


My doctor prescribed Prochieve 4% for me, as I was having 4-10 days of spotting before my period would actually start and there was no regularity to it. My cycles were anywhere from 23 - 31 days.

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Registered: 09-17-2004
Sat, 12-27-2008 - 5:16pm

Back in 2004 my dr. told me the same thing and I followed her directions the first month and never had AF. I tested and tested only to keep getting bfns. The nurse told me to stop taking them since it was probably keeping AF away and I quit and ended up conceiving around day 60ish but it was right after I stopped the prog. It turned out that I was taking them too soon. I never had AF (only bleeding associated with

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Shannon

Pregnant with #2
BFP on 11 DPO
HCG 17 DPO = 2,000
HCG 20 DPO = 10,979
HCG 23 DPO = 25,588 (u/s showed gestational sac)
27 DPO = u/s showed baby and hearbeat! YAY!