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#76, submitted on Sept. 21, 2004:
My name is Robyn, I am now 25 years old. I have had 3 m/c and one healthy boy. My son is now 2 1/2 years old. My first m/c was due to low progesterone. I got on the pills, but it was too late. My second pregnancy was succesfull. I was put on the progesterone right away. I took it 2x daily until week 14. My son was born 3 days before his due date 01/28/02, 7 lbs 10 oz. I got pregnant in November of 2003, my Progesterone was low, so I was prescribed Prometrium. I went for an u/s 2 weeks before Christmas and the heartbeat was low. I had an ultrasound a week later and the baby had died. I was 7 weeks, but the baby measured 6 weeks. I didn't miscarry until 2 weeks later. My doctor would not test the tissue. He told me to wait at least one cycle before trying again. I asked him if there was any tests that we could do to figure out why the Prometrium didn't work. He said that we would test my progesterone after my next cycle. The test came back fine. I got pregnant again in May of 2004. My progesterone was normal, but we decided to take the Prometrium anyway. I started spotting at 6 weeks and m/c 2 days later. I was devastated. My husband wanted to give up completely. It is now Septmeber and we have started talking about trying again. I changed doctors, because I didn't feel like my doctor was helping me. After the last m/c, he finally wanted to run a battery of tests. I was so upset that he waited until then to say something. I asked him after the second m/c if there were any tests that I could take and he told me no. Needless to say, my doctor is a woman now. She told me that whenever I was ready to start trying again we would do everything possible to have a healthy pregnancy. To make a long story short, I definately believe that every woman should be tested for low progesterone as soon as she finds out that she is pregnant. I believe that my son is here today because I was put on progesterone. I am very hopeful that I will have another child. I just wish that I would have found my doctor sooner, because maybe I would have another child already.
Thank you so much for creating this website. It has been so helpful. I only hope that other women will learn from it. God Bless You.
Robyn
Louisiana
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#77, submitted Nov. 10, 2004:
Hello, my name Is Jennifer I am 30 and I just had my 4th miscarriage. (3 in the last year) I was diagnosed with low progesterone after my 3rd m/c in May of 2004. I decided when I got pregnant this time, October 2004, that I wanted to try a new doctor, one that was recommended by a friend. I have been using over the counter progesterone cream on my own to see if it would help with PMS etc. I unexpectedly got pregnant and called the new office as soon as I got a pos. result on a home test. I was told "we don't even see patients until 10 weeks", I replied with the fact about my progesterone being low and they said the soonest they could get me in was the next Fri. I took the appointment. On the phone, I told them I was using the cream and the receptionist, not the nurse, told me that I shouldn't be using anything over the counter now and to stop. I went to the appointment, a nervous wreck, and reiterated my concern about my low progesterone. I showed the new doctor the notes from the old doctor stating "needs progesterone tx or clomid next pregnancy". The doctor replied, that was not a proper diagnoses "he only did a blood test you need a biopsy to diagnose that". I stated my concern again and asked if he could please give me a prescription anyway and he said "no, if your going to lose it, then your going to lose it". I asked him also if I should stop the cream and he said " use it, if you think it will help". I requested that he at least test my progesterone level, he agreed to that. I left very upset. The next day I began to cramp really bad and then the bleeding. I called the office after hours and the doctor, on call, returned my page. It was a female doctor and she was very understanding. She told me that it is standard, in that office, that even if low progesterone is suspected that they give treatment. She said that it doesn't hurt anything to give it even if you don't need it. Why didn't the doctor that I saw do this? I'm sure if it was his baby he'd do anything to save it. I'm tired of being blown off and disregarded as if I don't mind having miscarriages. Now this office is trying to test for everything under the sun. ($$$$) It seems pretty cut and dry to me I HAVE LOW PROGESTERONE!!! I know I need it prior to getting pregnant so why don't they just give me a prescription?? I feel that it is ridiculous that this is happening to so many people. That is my story. Hopefully I'll have a happier ending to it in the future. Thank you for reading.
Very sad and frustrated,
Jennifer L
P.S. My progesterone level came back at 2, at 5 weeks preg.
Jennifer L
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#78, submitted Nov. 25, 2004:
I joined this group back in Feb04 after my 2nd m/c. We lost one
9/03@11wk, a chemical pg in Nov03 and another m/c 2/04@10wks which
they thought was ectopic and I had emergency surgery....thankfully it
wasnt! We used the crinone 8% gel with the feb loss but it was
already too late when I started it at 6wks. I was given 50mg Clomid
and 200mg 2x/day Prometrium to start 3 days after ovulation when we
started ttc again in April04. I got pg that first cycle! I am now
31wks pg with our 3rd girl, Sofia Alyse who is due at the end of
January. I do not think that we would have this child if it were not
for the progesterone I requested. (My levels with the feb loss were a
5.6 to a 5.2). Anyway, I just wanted to add a success story.
Robin B.
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#79, submitted Dec. 5, 2004:
Hi. My name is Darcy and I was told about your website from a family member who suggested I share our progesterone story.
It all started when my husband and I got pregnant in August of 2001, right around the time of our first anniversary. I was about 7 weeks along when I found out that I was pregnant. I started having spotting at week 12 and went back into the doctor where an ultrasound was performed and we learned that the baby had stopped developing. My husband and I were devastated. Up to that point I had never considered the fact that I wouldn't have a normal pregnancy. We were told not to worry about it because miscarriages happen a lot and the chance of it happening to us again was very very slim. We waited a few months and started trying again. I got pregnant in June of 2002 on the second attempt. I was four weeks pregnant when I found out. We headed from New Mexico (where we lived at the time) to California for a family wedding when I was 6 weeks pregnant. During the trip I started having spotting and severe pain in the left side of my uterus. I went to the ER and was told that I was again miscarrying. We were going to wait awhile before trying any more but we got careless one night and I found out on August 21st that I was pregnant for the 3rd time. I was about 4 or 5 weeks pregnant when I found out and around week 6, the spotting started. I immediately made an apt to see my OB doc for an ultrasound. They were only able to see a gestational sac but he said that it looked normal and that it didn't look like I was miscarrying. I went back for a check up at 8 weeks and there was a baby visible although there was no heartbeat present. He said that it could still be normal though and that we would give the baby a little more time to develop and check it later. I went back in the next week and the baby had not grown any more and the heartbeat was still absent. I miscarried the next week. By this time I had absolutely had it with the doctors. I could understand not doing any intervention for the first two pregnancies but when I went in for my first apt with the third pregnancy I had explained everything that we had been through and asked what tests/procedures should be done with this pregnancy based on my history. He was a very conservative "old school" type doctor and I was told that we would wait and see what happened. I of course trusted him against my better judgment but when I miscarried again I decided that I would seek further evaluation before we even thought about getting pregnant again. I started seeing a different OB doctor who put me through a battery of test including thyroid levels (TSH), anticardiolipin antibody (IgG and IgM), lupus anticoagulant, homocystene levels, factor V leiden, antithrombin gene mutation, C reactive protein levels, chromosomal analysis, and a hysterosalpinogram (a procedure in which a doctor uses an ultrasound machine and injects sterile water into the uterus to inflate it in order to look for problems with the uterus and fallopian tubes and check the blood flow throughout the reproductive organs). All the test showed normal results. Around this time I began working as an OB nurse and started doing as much research as possible about miscarriages. I spent hours and hours on the internet, reading books about possible causes of miscarriages and talking with many OB docs about my situation. My doctor said that it would be okay to start trying again and that as soon as I became pregnant we would start monitoring the pregnancy immediately and doing whatever tests/interventions that would be necessary. Our first attempt to conceive I thought had failed because I started what I thought was my period. I normally spot the first day so I didn't think anything of it but when I was still just spotting on day two I became suspicious and took a pregnancy test which came back positive. I went to the doctor and had my HCG levels checked but I was already miscarrying so it was too late to try to do anything to stop it. So now I had lost four babies and I was even more determined to find out what was wrong. I continued my research and eventually learned about progesterone deficiency. I had some of the symptoms of it but it was definitely not a perfect match (especially since I was able to get pregnant and carry the babies to a certain point). I just had a "gut" feeling though that this was it. I talked to my OB doctor (who I also happened to work with at the time) and explained my intuition. A couple of things that I think made me really look at progesterone deficiency was the fact that from early on I had never had predictable periods. I was put on a birth control pill at 18 years old, although I was not sexually active, in order to regulate my periods. It worked while I took the pill but I stopped taking them a couple of years into our marriage because I didn't like the way I felt on them and as a result my periods became irregular again. I usually had a 30 something to 40 something day cycle instead of the expected 28 day cycle. I never knew when I would get my period. Also when I was a teenager I would consistently get breast tenderness after ovulation so I knew that more than likely a week or so later I would begin my period. That stopped happening once I got into my 20's. The only times that it did occur after that point was when I became pregnant. It was always my first sign. For some reason these things made me think that it was a hormonal problem and more than likely progesterone would be the culprit. After talking to my doctor he scheduled me to do an endometrial biopsy in order to get some proof. Unfortunately in the midst of performing one of the tests it was discovered that I hadn't ovulated that month and he put me on Clomid to make sure I would ovulate the next month so that we would get accurate test results back. I took Clomid as instructed the next month and had the endometrial biopsy performed somewhere between the 19th-21st day of my cycle (I can't remember which day to be exact). The results came back that everything was normal. I later found out that taking Clomid can artificially increase the amount of progesterone that your body produces so more than likely the biopsy I had was showing a normal level although in reality I usually wasn't within the normal range. Luckily my doctor really listened to me and in the end he agreed that my problem was probably due to low progesterone levels based on my history. And he said that it wouldn't do any harm to try me on progesterone to see what happens. He prescribed 25mg progesterone vaginal suppositories that I had to have made at a compounding pharmacy. I inserted one suppository every day after ovulation and continued them until I started my period. By this time I had become very good at being able to tell when I was around the time of ovulation by watching the changes in my vaginal discharge. We tried for a few months to conceive without success and then My husband who is an active duty Air Force officer received order for us to move overseas. We put a halt on trying to get pregnant until we moved and got settled in. Around October of 2003 we resumed our attempts and my progesterone usage (as I only used it on the months that we didn't use protection). I found out on December 22nd that I was pregnant. I continued using the 25mg suppositories but my supply was starting to get low so I contacted my stateside doctor to prescribe me more. Unfortunately there was a miscommunication between the doctor and the pharmacy so my suppositories were going to be about 2-3 weeks late in getting to me. I made an apt with the base's OB doctor to discuss my problem and see if she had any suggestions. Luckily for me they had a woman at the base before we arrived who had been taking progesterone so they happened to have two vials of injectable progesterone sitting on a shelf in the pharmacy. The only change was that this doctor wanted me to take 150mg of progesterone instead of the 25mg I had been taking. I finished up what was left of my suppositories and then started giving myself an injection every other day of the progesterone in oil mixture. I continued this until I reached week 12 of the pregnancy (the OB said I only need in until week 10 but I threw in a couple extra weeks just to make sure especially since I have heard a lot of different recommendations for this). At week seven I had an ultrasound and there was a baby present with a heartbeat (which until this time we had not had). Everything during this fifth pregnancy proceeded as a normal pregnancy should have and at 39 weeks of gestation I gave birth to a health little girl. I was a little apprehensive about using the progesterone since I had read all of the controversy about whether or not progesterone deficiency really exists and because when I read the informational insert that came along with the progesterone vials it said not to take it if you are pregnant because it could cause all kinds of problems including miscarriage. I am so glad that I did though because now I have my little girl who just turned 3 months old last week. I started our ordeal at the age of 20 and I turned 23 a few months before I had her so we spent about 3 years trying to have a baby. It is my hope in spending all of this time trying to relay our story that someone will read this and as a result not have to endure what we did. I plan on having at least one more baby (if all goes as planned and we are able to) and I will definitely be taking progesterone with the next pregnancy also.
It is hard to tell the story through e-mail. I tried to make the progression as clear and simple as possible which is why I left out details on all of the emotions I had experienced. I hope that this helps. Thank you for letting me share my story.
Sincerely,
Darcy
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#80, Sent Dec. 13, 2004:
I forgot to tell you my name is Rhonda and I am 27 and live in Minnesota
Thanks again
Rhonda
I just wanted to email you my story since I saw your post on the babycenter board.
Long story short
I had my first daughter May 9, 1999. She was an unexpected pregnancy and pretty uneventful as well. When she was 10 months old I got pregnant again...not intentionally. I had a pretty hard time because I was sooo close to my daughter that I just wasnt ready for another baby yet. Of course after the shock we were pretty excited and then starting planning the pregnancy, then I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks. That was devastating because I felt so guilty. A few months later I got pregnant again...this time planned and had my second baby girl on January 31, 2001. When she turned 2 in 2003 we wanted to try again for a third baby. I went off the pill January 2 of that year. I found out I was pregnant in March and had my second miscarriage in April @ 8 weeks.
So after that I was frustrated but not discouraged as I knew I could have children obviously. Later that year after months and months of not getting pregnant my doctor did my progesterone levels and noticed they were very low...like a 1.5. They should be at least a 10 in order to get pregnant. So the plan was to take an oral progesterone until I had my menstrual cycle for 2 months and then take clomid. So after I followed through with that plan I found out I was pregnant after the first round of clomid on July 7, 2004. This pregnant too was very uneventful besides the normal pregnancy symptoms. I had to take progesterone suppositories until 12 weeks gestation. I was due March 14, 2005. On October 28, 2004 I had my third baby girl at 20 weeks. There was no heartbeat upon ultrasound and they found out she had died at 17 weeks. They are still in the process of trying to firure out what was wrong. Her chromosomal testing came back normal. I just had a doc appt this past friday and they took 18 vials of blood to do some more testing. I asked the doc if I was going to have to go back on clomid and progesterone in order to get pregnant again and she said yes probably. I see a high risk ob in January. Hopefully we will find answers.
Thank you for raising awareness. I didnt realize how common low progesterone was until I was diagnosed.
Rhonda
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#81, submitted Dec. 15, 2004:
Hello,
Here's my progesterone story:
I found out I was pregnant on December 16th 2003. I was so excited and thrilled beyond belief. I was 26 y/o and this was my husband's and my first month trying. At about 5 1/2 weeks I had some brown spotting and panicked. I called the OB who had me go in for some testing. My HCG came back at about 10,000 and my progesterone was 9.65. I started prometrium (100mg 4X/day) immediately and shortly after starting it, the spotting stopped. (I spotted brown and one instance of pink off and on for about 4 long days before starting the progesterone). My next HCG 48 hours after the first test was just over 16,000 which was an acceptable increase. Anyway, I stayed on the prometrium until about 14 weeks at which time I stopped taking it. I had an awesome complications free pregnancy and on August 30th 2004, my 9lb 7 ounce son made his way into the world. It was an amazing natural delivery, and the happiest day of our life. We used fertility awareness for avoiding pregnancy before conceiving our son, and so I'm familiar with my cycle. I had none of the signs of progesterone deficiency (normal luteal phase, no mid cycle spotting, clear temp shift.), but I still had low prog. in my pregnancy. I'll never know whether or not the prog. supplements saved my son, but the thought of not taking it and what "could" have happened makes me shudder. Feel free to add my story. ?R
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#82, sent Jan. 19, 2005:
Hi Everyone,
I am new to the list my name is Diana and I am 33 years old. I have always wanted a large family and I am currently hoping to conceive my 4th child.
I have always needed the help of fertility meds to conceive. My first two (girls) were conceived on Clomid I had no problems using the Clomid the first two times and no problems with the pregnancies, I never had my Progesterone tested with the first two so I am not sure how my Progesterone levels were.
I also have a son he is my third child and he is 19 months old. We tried Clomid first with him and I am not sure if using the Clomid caused a problem for me but when I started using the Clomid that time my Luteal phase suddenly started getting shorter, I was charting my temps and I could see that my period was starting 9 days after ovulation. The Clomid didn't work or if it did I probably lost those pregnancies because my period was so early. So, we went on to try Gonal F injections, during my Luteal Phase for that cycle I used Crinone gel (a Progesterone supplement) twice a day. On day 10 after Ovulation my period seemed to start even though I was still using the Crinone, my temp went down and I started spotting. I was disappointed but I had this gut feeling something was wrong, I decided even though it looked as though I started my period I would take a pregnancy test. To my surprise it was positive and just to be sure I took a second one, Positive! I immediately freaked out, I was so scared because I just knew I was losing the pregnancy. I called my RE and got a nurse she was really mean she didn't believe that I could have a positive that early and she said that the home pregnancy tests are not accurate. Well, after much talking I convinced her to let me come in and have a beta and Progesterone test but she made me wait two days to get the tests and by then I was starting bleed heavily. For those two days I took a ton of Progesterone suppositories I had left from a previous cycle I was so scared I must have used 4 or 5 a day (lol). But the morning of the test I did not use any Progesterone so we could get an accurate test result. As it turned out my Beta was 57 but my Progesterone level was only 3.4 The nurse called to give me the results and she told me most likely I would miscarry and that the clinic had never seen a level that low go on to sustain a pregnancy, she also told me that my body most likely was rejecting the pregnancy because there was something wrong with the baby. I was so devastated!! They said I should just continue the Crinone but it was obvious to me that the Crinone was not working for me.
After I got off the phone I had a good cry and then I started to get a little bit mad, I couldn't just give up I needed to do something, I called the nurse back and insisted that I felt strongly I wanted to be put on Progesterone injections she talked with the doctor and came back and told me that she felt I was just going to prolong a non-viable pregnancy and that the doctor felt the same way, but that the doctor had agreed to let me try the injections. When I went to the clinic to get the injections the nurse also handed me literature on dealing with a miscarraige. I used the injections for two days and the bleeding had almost stopped. I went back for another beta and Progesterone test and the beta had doubled and the Progesterone level was at 58.5. I continued the Progesterone injections daily until I was 12 weeks pg. I now have a healthy son.
I am currently on my first month of Clomid since having my son, I am very nervous that I will have some of the same problems I had before, I am using over the counter Progesterone cream with my Clomid and if I get pregnant I will immediately request a Progesterone test and start on supplements if needed. I am glad I found this list as I have been looking for a place like this where people are aware of Progesterone issues and how they relate to a healthy pregnancy.
Diana H
#83, sent Feb. 19, 2005:Hi,
I have a beautiful daughter that I thank God for every day. I don?t think I
would have had her if I wasn?t fortunate enough to have a doctor that tested
all of his patients for progesterone levels. Mine was 13, and his nurse
called me as soon as the lab work came in. They put me on suppositories
immediately. I got pregnant again in Oct. of this year. I had to switch
doctors because of insurance. I begged them to test me even though it
wasn?t something they believed in. My levels came back within normal
limits, and I believed I didn?t need progesterone for that pregnancy. I
lost the baby in December. I don?t know if my progesterone levels dropped,
but I will always wonder if being on progesterone would have prevented my
loss. I have already discussed this with my doctor and she is willing to
put me on progesterone as a preventative measure with my next pregnancy
regardless of the test results. I have done so much reading on this subject
and it is nice to hear about your project.
Thank You,
Carol
#84, sent April 9, 2005:
I have been pregnant 4 times. The first pregnancy resulted in a healthy
baby girl born at full-term, 7lbs 14oz. The second pregnancy resulted in a
missed miscarriage. I went in for a regular prenatal appt at 10 weeks. The
OB tried to hear the baby?s heartbeat with the Doppler, but was unable to
find it. He said that it still could be early to hear it on the Doppler so
he did an ultrasound. He couldn?t see any activity ? although he was able
to see the baby. He said he wasn?t very good at doing 1st trimester
ultrasounds and sent me to an ultrasound tech. The tech did an ultrasound
30 minutes later and brought the doctor back in the room. He said that
there was no heartbeat and that the baby looked to be 7 ? weeks old. So
even though I was 10 weeks pregnant, the baby had died nearly 3 weeks
earlier. A D&C was performed the next day. Two months later, I conceived
again. This was the 3rd pregnancy. It resulted in an early miscarriage at
6 weeks. The miscarriage was complete and no D&C was needed. I switched
OB/GYN?s after the second loss. The new OB has been very thorough and has
done several tests to help determine the reason for my losses. I was tested
for autoimmune disorders such as Lupus, all which came back negative. He
also checked my progesterone levels and discovered that they were very low.
Months later I conceived another baby, resulting in the 4th pregnancy. My
new OB put me on progesterone immediately after I missed my first period.
The next week, he did an ultrasound and we saw a sac and embryo. Two weeks
later I was able to see the heartbeat on an ultrasound and the baby looked
like it should have for its gestational age. I stayed on the progesterone,
Crinone, throughout the entire 1st trimester. I?ve heard my baby?s
heartbeat with the Doppler twice now and they say it?s a good, strong
heartbeat. I?m now 16 weeks and I?ve been able to feel the baby moving
around. The movements are still very light, but it?s so exciting. I
believe taking the progesterone saved me from going through a third
miscarriage. My OB said that somewhere between 8 and 10 weeks the placenta
starts making the progesterone for the baby, and I stopped using the cream
after 12 weeks.
It?s really sad that some doctors wait until a woman has had 3 or more
miscarriages before they will run any tests to determine the reason. Some
even require that the miscarriages be consecutive before they will consider
running tests. My tests only consisted of simple blood tests to check
progesterone levels, and autoimmune disorders. It really shouldn?t be so
difficult to get a few simple blood tests done to rule out causes for
miscarriage. I might not have lost my 2 babies if my first OB would have
run some tests and put me on a progesterone supplement.
Melissa in Texas
#85, sent May 27, 2005:
HI, My name is Tisha. And I am the PROUD mother of 15 month old [girl].
While I am happy and cheerful now that I am a mother, I wasn't always
this happy. In fact, Just getting her here alive was a God given miracle. My
story is long but I'll give you as much detail as I can.
I'm 25 years old but my first devastation began 10 years ago. I was only
15 when I had my first pregnancy. I was 15 1/2 weeks pregnant when I started
to bleed and went to the Dr and there was no heartbeat on the ultrasound. I
was devastated. I was told that the baby had a chromosomal abnormality and
that it could not have been prevented. I had a DNC on Jan 25th, 1995, because
they said the baby had been deceased for some time and wouldn't pass on it's
own so I went on with my life best as I could.
In 1997 I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian syndrome) in Sept
of 1999 would be my next heart break. I took several positive home pregnancy
test and went to the dr and was told I wasn't pregnant. Went home and took a
series of more pregnancy tests as they gradually got lighter and lighter
until they were completely negative. About 3 days after I got my first complete
negative HPT (home preg test) I started bleeding and passed a very tiny embryo
no bigger than about a half inch. The dr never confirmed a pregnancy But I
knew I had been pregnant. After having talked to my mother she had told me
that she tested negative on drs pregnancy test until she was nearly 6 months
pregnant with me. So I thought that this had to have been what happened with me
also.
My 3rd pregnancy would come just 1 year later. It was a honeymoon
conception. June 17th 2000. Again, I had a light positive pregnancy test at home
and went to the drs office to confirm the pregnancy and their test was
negative. I went home took another "series" of pregnancy tests over the course of 2
weeks that got darker to where I could definitely tell it was a true positive t
est that was on July 31st 2000. I went back to the dr on August 1st 2000,
Due to bleeding, with my last test in hand and they took another test and said
it was very very faint on their test and for being as far along as I would
that it would have been darker and that it must be a false positive and I was
sent home. on August 2nd I passed my 3rd embryo that was about a half to an
inch long. I was completely devastated being as this was my first baby with my
husband and his first EVER and he was 38.
We tried for an entire year to get pregnant again on our own and had no
success. So in July of 2001 we discussed with a new doctor using clomid. So I was
put on Clomid 50mg with no success. So they increased it to 100mg the next
cycle and nothing. Then I was increased to 150mg with nothing, Finally we had
reached the max at 200mg with no success. We did our 5th round of clomid at
200mg also and nothing. Five months of faithful trying and nothing so, we
decided to take a break. In Jan of 2002 I had symptoms of being pregnant so I
took a test. It was very faint line. I went to the Dr and they said their test
was negative. So I said OK and went home. I was having more and more symptoms
of pregnancy but my pregnancy test was negative. In Feb 2002 I was still
having symptoms & had started bleeding so I went to the dr and he said my test was
negative and that he suspected that I had a misimplantation. So I went
home with devastation #4.
I got on birth control pills to bring on my period in March 2002 which I
got pregnant again ON THE PILL. Had another Misimplantation in April 2002.
5 miscarriages, No explanation and yet my hormone levels were still
never checked to see if this was being caused by progesterone problems. I was
told I had recurring unexplained miscarriages.
June 2002 I changed doctors AGAIN. we got back on clomid. Did another 8
rounds of 50mg with nothing happening. Sometimes I didn't even ovulate and my
cycles would go on for 40-92 days. This lasted until April of 2003 when I
finally conceived. It was confirmed on April 30th at the Drs office. YAY
finally a positive. On May 2nd I started bleeding heavily and went to the Dr and
was told I was having a miscarriage and there was nothing they could do to keep
it from happening. This was miscarriage #6 and I WAS DONE. I accepted that
we were NOT going to have a baby and we stopped clomid and everything and I
started focusing on trying to lose weight. I thought maybe if I would lose
weight because I was over weight that It would help me from having miscarriages.
What could it hurt. So I discussed it with my doctor and he decided to put me
on Glucophage to help with my insulin resistance from my pcos & by
regulating this it would help me lose weight. So over the next 3 weeks I lost a
whopping 21 pounds. My period was due on June 3rd but it didn't come. I figured it
was my body playing tricks on me because I had never really been regular at
all since I was diagnosed with PCOS. June 8th I decided to take a test just
for the heck of it. Pregnancy tests had become a monthly ritual in my
household. And low & behold it come back with a STRONG positive line. I was in
disbelief. There wasn't any ands ifs or buts about this one. It was Sunday so
Monday morning I called my Doctors office and said You'll never believe this lol.
I think I'm pregnant again! SO they said come on in for a urine test and
we'll tell you if it's a true positive or not. I went in took the urine test and
they come back and said Mrs. Wood, your pregnancy test is negative. I said NO
WAY. And she said Yes maam it's negative. They said come back in the
morning and bring your first morning urine. So I said ok and went home and took
the 2nd test from the box & it too was positive also. I said there is NO way
this is a false positive. On Tuesday morning I went back with my first morning
urine and they repeated the test and it was what they called faint positive.
(To me it was very visibly positive) so they sent me for an HCG blood count
on Tuesday it come back 257. YAY this is a definite POSITIVE. They told me to
come back Friday for a repeat blood count and to come back in on Monday to go
over it. so I did and it was only 322. They proceeded to tell me that I was
likely having another miscarriage because the hcg hormone level should have
doubled every 48 hours or so and mine had only gone up 65 points in 4 days and
they said we're sorry Mrs. Wood and sent me home to miscarry. I WAS NOT
PLEASED WITH THIS AT ALL. Out of the blue on Monday afternoon I decided to call
another doctors office and tell them the situation and asked them if this was
true and there was an angel on the phone when she said No maam we can check
your progesterone level to see if it is a possibility that your progesterone
is low. She said it's fairly common with patients who have pcos to have low
progesterone levels. She told me to come in, in the morning and they confirmed
my pregnancy with a urine test & drew blood & went ahead and gave me
Prometrium. She said it wouldn't hurt me even if my levels were normal so I said OK.
They called me back in the following week and said that my progesterone
levels had come back low & wanted to recheck my HCG count. In just 1 week of being
on the Prometrium (oral) My HCG levels had gone from 322 to 4344. It was a
miracle! I was prescribed the prometrium to take until I was 12 weeks
pregnant. I was told to come back in 2 weeks for an ultrasound because I should be
about 9-10 weeks pregnant and we would be able to see the baby & estimate my
duedate based on the ultrasound. I went in for my first ultrasound June 27th. I
was very nervous because the last ultrasound I had had there was no heart
beat. but we saw my baby's heart beat just fine. I not only had pregnancy test
confirmation but now I had seen my baby ALIVE.
My daughter was born February 9th 2004 at 9:17pm weighing in at 9lb7.5oz
& 21" tall. She was born very healthy. I had a few complications during
delivery due to her size but she was healthy and ALIVE. I am forever indebted to
Dr Hannah for his braveness in taking a chance in giving me the Prometrium &
for following my pregnancy closely. He consoled my concerns & answered all my
questions. He was my angel. He is forever in my heart. Had I not changed to
Dr. Hannah and he not have put me on Prometrium right away and took a chance,
I HONESTLY believe my daughter would not be here today alive. After 9 years,
8 doctors & 3 years of trying to conceive, 2 years of fertility medications
& 6 miscarraiges later My beautiful MIRACLE is here all because I took the
progesterone suppliment Prometrium, just in the nick of time.
PS. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have or
comments.
Thank you for reading our story
#86, sent June 4, 2005:
Hello my name is misty and I am 24 years old. I lost my first baby in 2001
after I stopped using the natural progesterone cream I had read about on the
internet. I had used clomid to get pregnant and had researched a low
progesterone level and clomid use. I found that many women who use clomid had early
miscarriages that were unexplained. After hours and hours of research I came
to the conclusion that low progesterone had to be a key factor in these early
loses because genetic testing for many came back with no problems. I
started using natural progesterone cream as soon as I discovered I was pregnant.
At 7 weeks pregnant I told my ob what I was doing and he told me to stop using
it. So I did. About 3 days later i began to spot. This continued for the
next couple of weeks then i really started bleeding. An u/s at almost 11 weeks
showed the baby had stopped developing at around 7 weeks gestation. I was
furious with my doctor, because after much more research I found that I should
never have stopped using it and should have tapered off gradually later into
my second trimester when the placenta took over. I am now 9 weeks pregnant
with my second child and have used natural progesterone cream since i was 5
weeks, i have had no spotting and got to see a strong heartbeat at 8 weeks. I
am still not out of the woods yet, but I know low progesterone will not be a
factor this time because I am not even telling my doc about it. I did however
ask for a progesterone blood test and was refused it at 6 weeks. i was mad
but inside I know I am doing the right thing with the cream. I will keep you
informed of my progress and you have my permission to use my story if it will
help promote this cause.
#87, sent July 3, 2005:
I got pregnant at 39 and started spotting at 4 to 5 weeks there were no
tests done I lost the baby. I conceived again within 6 weeks of the loss and I
was terrified because the spotting started again at about the same time. by
then I was educated, I demanded blood tests and had a very low progesterone
level of 6. the Dr said it was not going to progress much further. I got
angry and demanded progesterone after 3 days they agreed but said I would be
postponing the inevitable. I went for an u/s at 6 weeks the Dr said there is a
baby in there but don't get your hopes up something has to be wrong with the
low levels. well he delivered a healthy 10 pound 8 ounce baby and I had the
pleasure of saying to him at every visit that he was wrong. All he could
say is that he was amazed every time he saw my growing baby. please never ever
give up fight for your unborn children sometimes they just need a little
help in the beginning. Sue
#88, sent July 11, 2005:
My name is Kerri and I'm 21 years old. I had 2 miscarriages due to low progestrone counts. Both time my Dr knew and did nothing. I lost my second baby on Christmas Day 2003 and the attending er doctor told me that I had a low count. It was a 3. I changed doctors and told him about my problem. He didnt seem to care, I was diagoniseing myself, he said. After I got pregnant the same thing started to happen I started to cramp and spot. I went back to the er and they gave me a shot of progestron...I can't remember the name., and I was put on 200 mg of prometruim until I could feel the baby move. Once my daughter started to move I was taken off. After that things went great. My daughter is 9 months old and is happy and healthy. I am pregnant again with a boy and I was put on the pills for the get go. I hope this helps. I don't think any women should ever have to loose a baby due to something that can be fixed!
#89, sent July 28, 2005:
Hello. I give you permission to use my story. In June of 2003, I was 12 weeks pregnant with my third child. My youngest was 5 yrs. old, so it had been a few years since I'd had a baby. My doctor didn't see patients until 12 weeks, which I though was odd but I'd never had problems with my previous pregnancies so I wasn't overly concerned. I was extremely sick for two weeks and then suddenly ALL my symptoms stopped. No nausea, no breast tenderness, no fatigue, nothing. I thought "great! this is going to be an easy one." I went in at 12 weeks to see my ob/gyn. He couldn't get a heartbeat, so he explained that I may have a tilted uterus and it may be harder to hear. So he sent me down the hall to ultrasound to check the baby and see how she was doing. I still wasn't worried, I accepted what he said to "explain" the lack of a heartbeat. But what I saw on the screen took my breath away, literally. I couldn't breathe, my heart hurt. My baby didn't have a heart beat. There she was, just laying there absolutely still with no little heart beating away. My husband and I were devastated. We contacted our priest immediately and he made arrangements to have give our little unborn baby a funeral and we were able to have her buried free of charge, at our local cemetary. After we buried our baby girl, Melanie Olivia, I was in a deep depression and state of shock. Many women from my church called to offer condolences and to say that they knew what I was going through because they too had experienced it. I was shocked at how many women had experienced miscarriage. I thought it only happened to women who had problems with fertility. So I started doing research to find out WHY it happened. The only answer I couldn't get from anyone. The answer that I DESPERATELY needed to here. I didn't get that answer until I became pregnant again 7 months later. I switched to a new doctor and I happened to pick a woman who had herself gone through several miscarriages. I explained to her my worries. She suggested that I get my progesterone checked immediately. I was already 5 weeks pregnant. She explained to me what progesterone did and how new studies were showing a link between miscarriage and low progesterone. I got the tests done and they came back with a progesterone level of 7!!!!! My doctor immediately put me on progesterone suppositories. They worked. My levels IMMEDIATELY started going up and 9 months later I gave birth to my sweet boy. He's now 11 months old. I am shocked and angered that most doctors do not offer a progesterone check as a routine prenatal check. It's NECESSARY for the pregnancy to make it through the first trimester... My Melanie could have been saved. I pray that the medical community will start taking a closer look at this and ATLEAST give women the information and the option to be checked. Many women have to DEMAND that their progesterone get checked, they have to fight with these doctors to check them. I'm so angry about it. I believe it would almost cut the statistics of miscarriage in half! Thanks for listening. And thanks for helping to get the word out.
Pepper
#90, sent August 6, 2005:
Well, I was one of the first posters on this board...I think in the
first 10... it was Feb 2004 and I was 8wks pg after a m/c in sept. I
never came back to update my post. I DID lose that pg, had to have an
emergency laparoscopy because they thought it was ectopic (no
symptoms), luckily it wasnt but I had to have a D&C right after. We
waited until april to start ttc again, this time with Clomid and
prometrium. I got pregnant that first cycle on clomid. I started
spotting at 5wks, but it went away....we saw a HB at 7wks and 9wks,
bleeding again at 11wks but still a HB. At 20wks we found out we were
having our 3rd girl. And I am very happy to report that Sofia Alyse
DID arrive safely 11 days early on January 20th 2005. She is keeping
us very busy and we have had a rough past 2yrs with ttc as well as in
other aspects of our lives so I havent been posting. I just wanted to
say that I dont think we would have Sofia if it werent for the Clomid
and Prometrium.
Robin
#91, sent Sept. 16, 2005:
Hi! I was just doing some research on progesterone n the internet and noticed your site. I, too, had to take supplements with my only child, who is now 4 yrs old. Fortunately, my doctor was aware we were planning a pregnancy and so when my home test came up positive, I called and they immediately had me come in for blood tests. I was horrified when the nurse called and explained that I would need the supplements...I am a pessimist and was already convinced I couldn't maintain the pregnancy. I cried off and on for a couple of days, but in the long run, everything was fine.
What bothers me is that my new obgyn told me that my first pregnancy visit (if I were to become pregnant) would not be until I was at least 10 weeks pg. I was so upset by that information that I am going to change doctors...what if I needed the supplement again? What about all of the other women in her practice that might could save their pregnancies?
Thank you for the oppurtunity to share this story.
Christie
#92, sent Sept. 29, 2005:
Hello,
I noticed your web site hasn't been updated in over a
year, so I hope your project is continuing! In fact,
it was your web site that really jumpstarted me to
take control of my medical care! Here is my story.
I'm 29 and live in northern California. I suffered
through two MISERABLE miscarriages in 2004 (one at 6.5
weeks and one at 9 weeks). With the second
miscarriage, I went into FULL ACTIVE LABOR and had
contractions 45 seconds apart for TEN HOURS. That's
worse than normal, child-bearing labor! They came so
fast and so intensely that I didn't even have time to
catch my breath. The doctor told me to go to the
hospital, but I suspected that would end in a D&C and
I was monitoring my blood loss carefully -- I made the
decision to ride it out in the comfort of my own home
(and am glad I did -- I did NOT want a D&C, and now I
know that I can handle natural childbirth!).
After the second, grueling miscarriage, I suddenly
stopped ovulating. It was as if my body said, "Forget
THAT!". I was given the lowest possible dose of
Clomid to kick-start my ovulation again (which
thankfully worked) and my husband and I got pregnant a
3rd time.
Although the doctor never did a test to see if I had a
progesterone deficiency, she prescribed progesterone
as a "why not? it might work and it can't really hurt"
measure. (I was given Crinone 8%, which is a vaginal
cream, beginning the 17th day after ovulation and
continuing through the 12th week.)
I am now 6 months pregnant with that pregnancy and the
ultrasound a few weeks ago looked fantastic. There is
NO DOUBT in my mind that the progesterone is what did
the trick. Even if it was a coincidence and the
progesterone was just a "Dumbo's feather" for me, it
had the same outcome either way... A healthy,
sustained pregnancy.
#93, sent Oct. 11, 2005:
Hi Cathy,
My name is Tonya, and I too have had recurrent miscarriages. You may post my story if you would like.
We were thrilled to find out I was pregnant with our first child when I was 32 years old. We went to our first Dr. appointment at 10 weeks, and found out that the baby had died at 6 weeks, and I was scheduled for a D&C.
The second time I concieved at 33, and I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl.
We started trying for another baby at 35 which also ended in miscarriage at 10 weeks. I was told it was probably genetic, and everyone wants to know why, but sometimes these things just happen. I was scheduled for another D&C.
I finally got up enough courage to try again at 36, and this pregancy also ended in miscarriage. This time, it was much more devasting though because the Dr. brought me in for U/S at 6 weeks, and there was a very low heart rate (68-72 beats per minute). I was told to go home and come back in a week, and that there was nothing they could do. That was the longest week of my life. I went back a week later to hear the same news "it doesn't look good, but come back in another week". I was praying very hard, but after my history, I began to accept that the baby probably would not survive. A week later, the baby had died. Before my next D&C, I demanded testing, but the Dr. said that there wasn't anything left to test. I did not think I would ever get up enough courage to try again after this traumatic experience.
I have a friend who had also suffered recurrent miscarriage, and she said her Dr. had prescribed Prometrium, and she now has a beautiful baby boy. I wondered why my own Dr. had not suggested that I take Prometrium, so I asked her about it, and she said I should really go see a specialist. I asked if we could give Prometrium a try first, and she reluctantly agreed. I started taking Prometrium 2x a day orally (200mg) along with 81mg baby aspirin. She also ordered chromosome blood tests for my husband and I, and they both came back completely normal (she had assured me that the reason for all of my miscarriages was probably a chromosome problem or my "aging eggs"). My husband and I have continued to pray that God will bless us with another healthy child. I am now 13 weeks pregnant, and have been to the Dr.'s office every week for the past seven weeks. The heart rate looks great, and the baby is growing. I am absolutely thrilled, and I am sure everything will go well with this pregnacy. I am just disappointed that my Dr. did not prescribe Prometrium sooner. I too wonder if the other miscarriages could have been prevented. I have never been tested (even after I requested it) for progesterone levels. If you have faith, continue to pray, and God will answer your prayers.
Tonya
#94, submitted Oct. 2, 2006:
Comments: My name is Jennifer; I am 34 years old and live in Pennsylvania. I had two miscarriages in 2005. I had my first child in March 2003, without complication. I have a perfect menstrual cycle in that I get my period every 28 days and ovulate every 14 days between periods. I never miss a cycle. My husband and I tried for a second baby in February 2005. I was pregnant immediately. In March, I contacted my doctor’s office and was told they schedule first visits with a doctor after 8 weeks. I started spotting and cramping at the end of March (start of 7 weeks). I called the doctor’s office and the nurse sent me to a lab to check my HCG level. The level was good about 18,000; however, by the end of the week I had a miscarriage. I stayed home during the miscarriage (Saturday night) and called the doctor's office first thing Monday. They gave me an appointment to see the doctor in two weeks. At the appointment, the doctor told me most miscarriages occur because of a chromosomal abnormality and it probably wouldn’t happen again. I waited for my HCG levels to come down and tried again. I was pregnant immediately. I called the doctor’s office for an appointment; they would not give me an appointment, but sent me to a lab to check my HCG level. Before the results came back, I had another miscarriage. The doctor never saw me after this miscarriage.
My husband and I waited three months and tried again in September 2005. I was pregnant immediately. As soon as the pregnancy test read positive, I called the doctor’s office for an appointment. I decided to deceive the receptionist this time and told her that I need to see a doctor because I was having hormonal issues, not because I was pregnant. I got an appointment two days later (with a different doctor in the practice, not the one that treated me for the miscarriages). At the appointment, I discussed my concerns with her. She sent me to the lab to check my HCG level, progesterone level and possible thyroid. She didn’t think the progesterone level would be an issue because I have perfect menstrual cycles and I can get pregnant so easily. She did give me a prescription for Prometrium 200mg/day, to fill if the progesterone was low. The HCG level was a little low 306 and the progesterone level was good at 24.7. She sent me back to the lab a week later to test the HCG and progesterone levels again. The HCG level was increasing as expected 4,200; however, the progesterone level was dropping fast. The doctor called me and told me to fill the Prometrium prescription. I started taking it on Tues. Oct 11th. I wasn’t spotting during this pregnancy, but I was very crampy. As soon as I started the Prometrium, the cramping stopped. On Wed. Oct. 26th, I went for an ultrasound on and everything looked great (strong heartbeat). I made it through the first trimester and stopped taking the Prometrium at 13 weeks. The rest of the pregnancy was uneventful. I had a healthy baby boy on May 15, 2006.
Note from Caneel: Many women (me included for several years) have regular menstrual cycles and still are found to have low progesterone problems either before pregnancy or during pregnancy.
#95, submitted Oct. 10, 2006:
Hi,
thanks for everything,i had posted here a long time ago (2 yrs ago) regarding early miscariages i had (2) , i started on progestorone suppositoeries, in the later part of the cycle,got pregnant.it worked like magic and i have a beatiful 15 month old girl.thank you! and thank you jesus! (i used a progestoerone that was formulated in a pharmacy (beacon pharmacy in east coast) it had no side effects of cramping pain unlike the other one that the doc subscribed)
#96, submitted Feb. 19, 2007:
I was trying to concieve via IUI with frozen sperm. We were lucky as we now have our miracle after only 2 tries!
Our first try resulted in 5 positive pregnancy tests, tons on celebration and my period showing up right on time. I was devestated. Everyone called it a chemical pregnancy.
From the beginning of watching my cycle, I noticed my Luteal Phase was only 11 days, sometimes 10. My doctor said it was on the short side. At our second IUI I mentioned my multiple positive tests and reminded her of my short LP. She brought up progesterone and asked if I wanted to try it or just to test it. YES! Please, let's test it!!
We did the IUI...7 days later I had my progesterone blood test. The next day my results came back....5.9, my 7 DPO level was 5.9. While it confirmed ovulation, it was too low to sustain a pregnancy. So I was started Prochieve 8% 8 DPO.
We thought that cycle was a bust. The doctor said we had a slim chance that we concieved. I tested the next day! 9 DPO and I had a positive test! I went for a beta the next day and it was 22, two days later it was 74. I stayed on Prochieve until week 10 of pregnancy.
Now here I am, my daughter is 1 month and 3 days old thanks to a doctor who paid attention and tested my level!
#97, submitted April 27, 2007:
I am 29 and am in my 7th week of my third pregnancy. I have a three year old son who is an absolute gift from God, and live in Florida with my husband.
In January of 2002 I got pregnant and was given the same story about not needing to see me untill I was 8 weeks along. At aprox 6 weeks I started to spot, but because the doctor hadn't seen me yet they did not consider me one of their patients. They finally put me on bed rest and arranged to see me in 2 very long days. When I did go in they actually did have the foresight to run a Progesterone screening to see where I was at. They were low (I don't remember how low) so they put me on oral pills. I left that doctor and found a much more agreeable office, and once they ran their own screening decided to keep me on the pills. That seemed to stop the bleeding.
While doing an ultrasound they had discovered that there was something else wrong with our baby. My doctor had set up an appt with a high risk office that had more high tech equipment. After many tests it was agreed that the baby would never be able to live outside the womb. My husband and I carry a recessive disease that has a 25% chance of occurring with all pregnancies. My OB/GYN had stated that if I was to continue to try to get pregnant they no longer wanted to see me and I should stick with the high risk office. That was fine by me, they were a far superior office with a much more knowledgeable and likeable staff.
When I did get pregnant again the new office immediately ordered a progesterone screening and my level was at 8.5. I started daily injections before my first official appt. I took the injections until I was about 16 -18 weeks. And delivered a big, but healthy baby boy 4 days prior to my due date. Three weeks ago I discovered I was 5 weeks pregnant. Again the wheels got turning, but due to insurance red tape it took a little longer to get the blood tests ordered. I got the results yesterday and my level is at 9.7. l was told that we are going to wait till my regular scheduled appt to make any further decisions about or next course of action.
I trust my doctors and respect every decision they make, even if for a second I might question it. With the help of my doctors and the love and support of my family, I hope and pray that we will be able to add one more member to our family in December.
I was very excited to find your web site and I hope you are able to accomplish spreading awareness.
Jessica
#98, submitted May 9, 2007:
In 2000 I became pregnate for the first time, we had been trying for 10 years. I went for my OB visit as soon as I found out and he wasnt' as happy as I was he said it looked like it might not last because I was bleeding some. He called me the next day and said my progestrone levels were low and he scheduled a ultrasound and the next day to come back to him. That night I began cramping and at 3am I started bleeding and I did have a miscarriage. We waited for another year before trying again. After no success we just quit all together. Well Christmas eve 2003 I was pregnate again and to a big suprise. I call my new OB and told him and that day with no appt. he called in progestrone troche for me to start and then come to him after the holidays, I started cramping and bleeding again and went to the ER and they said I had had another m/c I was so dissapointed. I went to my OB the very next day and he wanted to do an ultrasound himself to check. And he did and the Heart was just a beating away. So it was a miracle I took the progestrone for 12 weeks and everything was just great. Now it is 4-2007 and I am preganate again and have been on the progestrone for 7 days. This is the last go around for me. Thanks for your time. IT really does help to make sure you call as soon as you do your home pregnancy test so they can get you started on the progestrone as soon as possible it does work.
#99, submitted May 16, 2007:I am a 49 year old woman who suffered four miscarriages during 1978 - 1979. I took projesterone shots once a week for 16 weeks early in my fifth pregnancy and delivered a healthy baby girl in October of 1980. When I became pregnant again in 1984, I needed no further hormone treatment to deliver a healthy baby girl in July of 1985. Both girls are normal in every respect of their physical reproductive organs and now my youngest daughter and her husband are trying to get (and stay) pregnant. Three months ago she suffered a miscarriage. She is seeing a new doctor who has prescribed Prometrium because her hormone levels have dropped within the last two days. I ask for your prayers and positive thoughts and comments for her to deliver a healthy baby in eight months.
#100, submitted September 3, 2007:Comments: here is my story,i was 20 when i got pregnant the 1st time,i got off the depo shot at 16 and never used any other protection,so 4 yrs latter got preg. lost it at 5 1/2 wks. there was the baby but no sak nothing,dr. said it probley had trouble attaching to the lining,6 mths latter went in for fertility tests and found out my progesterone was very low i think it was 3 or4,all the other tests were great and i did all the tests.i went on clomid for 7 months on and off over the next year,starting with 100mg all the was to 200mg.never got preg,also was using progesterone cream in the 2ed phase and also done 4 iui's.however i did get preg again the very next month after going off clomid. dr said the clomid could still have been in my system.i found out i was preg at exactly 4 weeks,i called one dr. everyone said was good and asked his nurses if he would give me progesterone suppositories they said yes but when i got to his office 3 days latter he did give them to he after fussing about it for a long time,he didnt think it would do anything and was very rude but he gave them to me, he check my progesterone level which was 11 at about 5 wks and 3 days latter went down to 9, then i finally got the money to go fill my script,and started the suppositories.even though my level was low and dropping the dr said it dont matter because my hcg levels were still up,i dont agree,anyways he still wont check my levels for me again i wish he would to ease my nerves,i would have to pay cash for the test because he wont prescribe it which i will do when i get the money.i am still taking the progesterone 200mg 2 times a day and i am 10 wks now,5 wks longer than before,and at 6 wks this time on the ultrasound i got to see a heathy baby with a heartbeat!tomarrow i go to see if they can hear the hearbeat with the doppler,i pray that it will go good if the dont hear anything i know my dr now wont do an ultrasound til i am 13 or 14 wks,which may be too late so i might be changing drs.back to my 1st one who already said she would give them to me with no prob. only thing is i owe her 400$ still.but hopfully i do hear the heartbeat tomarrow,either way i am thankful for the suppositories at least i know i am doing something.
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