Fear of another m/c due to low progesterone- supplements?

[Ginnymarie]

Hello
I have this weird feeling that my last m/c at 7 weeks was a result of low progesterone, i am probably just looking for a reason but the heart was beating and when the placenta went to take over i lost it.

I am curious about supplements and baby aspirin and if it is worthwhile asking my doctor. Do any of you guys know anything about progesterone supplements and if you have to have x3 m/c to be able to get that kind of help?

I am seeing my doc monday.... I have very few symptoms just the odd headache and this is making me think my body is not pumping out the right amount of hormones, i hope im wrong...like many of you girls I am very scared but i am trying to be super serene and positive.

lots of luck and support to you all xx

 

[miffy]

Hi there

Sorry to hear of your loss earlier this year.

I have recently suffered 2 miscarriages, one in April and one earlier this month, like yours my first had a heart beat and then was lost. Not sure about the second but definitely lost symptoms. I too am desperate to find a reason and did start a thread on the Miscarriage section about the possibility of using low-dose aspirin. Have a look at it as there is some useful info but I think we all agreed that we shouldn't do anything without taking the advice of your GP. Sorry don't know much about progesterone - it is worth getting your levels checked if you can.

It's definitely worth asking your GP sooner rather than later. I will be doing the same as soon as I fall pg again

I'm sure you'll be fine this time around, the main thing is to try and remain relaxed. I was told I was just unlucky to have another mc, plus I'm 35 so I am getting on a bit!! The odds are against me!!

I hope it all works out for you and that your GP is helpful!

Good luck x

 

[lisa&alex]

sorry for your loses. talk to ur gp..

a friend of mine also lost ehr baby at 7 weeks.. the dr said.. perhaps the embryo was deformed and the only reason he could give ehr for the m/c was that the heart didnt start beating.. probably meaning that the cells that make up specific organs and cells were distributed wrongly..and that if it had started beating the baby could have been deformed.. my friend took this a lot better than having no reason, and said she would rather the embryo went on its own accord than for ehr to have had to make a decision or have lost it earlier..

tbh.. i really hope this isnt the case for you right now..but if you do m/c there is nothing you or doctors can do to keep it there..and nothing that you have done will make it stick or not..xx gl

 

[Happybunny]

Hiya Gemma honey,

I think it is completely natural to be scared, I feel exactly the same way. I went to the docs yesterday and asked if there was anything I can do to prevent another mc, but all he said I could do was hope, there were no guarantees. I suppose he is right really. He told me that he thought baby aspirin was a bad idea and could actually cause more bleeding.
It is worth asking your doc for supplements etc, but I am guessing the answer might be similar to my doc's, they wont do much until a third mc.

I completely understand how you must be feeling, it is hard to keep positive because you are so scared of being broken hearted again, it is almost better to assume the worst.

Cor I sound really negative, I don't mean to be I am thinking of you and I hope that everything is going to be great for you this time around....the odds are stacked in both our favours

 

[Ginnymarie]

thanks so much

i feel more reassured and will discuss with my doc, i guess i just have to see how it goes, I am 4 weeks and 4 days now.

The thread was really interesting, I am a bit of a wuss and don't go into m/c and loss forum because i get upset.....or tempting fate but i should because it would be worthwhile helping other girls....sorry to be selfish, when i get past the 12 week mark, if when if when.....only time will tell

thank god for this forum....and tea (decaf of course) oh and I have gone off chocolate for the first time in my life

 

[Squiglet]

Ah hun, sounds like you have reallly been through the mill....but I know why you don't go into the miscarrage forum, I feel the same way.

I was given progesterone...erhm...vaginal suppositories when I was pregnant this time as I had a lot of bleeding (at 7, 8, 11, 14 and 15 weeks) and my progesterone was low. I think it saved my pregnancy as when I started taking it, each time the bleeding stopped and often when I stopped the meds it would start again. Definitely see your doctor and suggest some sort of natural progesterone supplement. The chemical based progesterone (the one you take in the pill) is harmful to an unborn baby.