10mg provera prescribed today

[sixbillion]

So I went for my follow up appointment today, after normal blood work and a normal ultra sound my doctor suggested bcp, to treat my spotting 5 days before period. To that I said no so he suggested provera 10 days before period for 3 months, 10mg. Once I left I googled it ands I'm reading horrible things! My dr said it would be ok if I got preggo while on it but now I'm reading it can cause a mc! I'm not sure what to believe. I've also read it can make for horrible periods, does anyone have any experience with this? Totally confused!

 

[Aries28]

I was prescribed povera bc I don't get a regular period. I will go 3 months or more without. The only thing I experienced was bloating and a little acne like before any normal period. hope it helps u!

 

[Cupcake81]

I'm currently on my second round of provera. My first round I had a nice, normal period (I was having really long, heavy ones before) so it was actually nice compared to what I was used to. My period started about 48 hours after I took my last pill and lasted 5 days. Hope this helps!!

 

[sixbillion]

Did your doc say ok ttc on it?

 

[Aries28]

My Dr is testing my bloodwork tomorrow to see if I have ovulated yet in my 90 day cycle. Most likely not, so then they will prescribe the provera. I have heard conflicting information about provera while ttc. Dr's all have different opinions. If you read back to the uses of provera many years ago, you may even see that it was used as a pregnancy test. If you bled, then you were not pregnant. If you didnt bleed, you were pregnant. Why did your Dr prescribe it?

 

[sixbillion]

Irregular bleeding I've had spotting from like cd 24 until af around cd33, but I don't want to take it if it will cause a miscarriage... But I've also read it can be taken to prevent mc so much conflicting info!

 

[Cupcake81]

My dr knows I'm ttc. I'm on provera/clomid. I'm not ovulating, or getting periods on my own anymore - so I take 10 days of provera, then a round of clomid on CD 5-9. Last month was my first round (100mg) and I didn't ovulate at all I'm hoping this round is more successful!! I did ask her if it was safe to do take the provera to start my period while ttc and she said it was perfectly fine.

 

[Tina Bee]

Provera did the trick for me. I got my period 7 days after my last pill. Then I did Clomid days 5-9.

 

[sixbillion]

I don't take it to get a period, I take it to prevet bleeding before, just worried of the effects if I did get pregnant and was still taking it and didn't know yet.

 

[lisaf]

hey, hope you don't mind me chiming in... it sounds like you might have low progesterone which can cause spotting before your period (not the only cause of spotting, but one possible cause). The provera might stop the spotting from happening, but I don't know if it would really help you in the long run at all.

If they want to boost your progesterone after ovulation to hold off spotting and increase your chance of conceiving, provera is not the usual method. Usually they try clomid to give you a stronger ovulation and therefore a stronger corpus luteum cyst to make progesterone... or they give you progesterone suppositories to artificially keep your levels up (and the progesterone supps can be continued through pregnancy and are commonly prescribed).

I had low progesterone and a 12 day luteal phase with spotting for 2-3 days before my period. I insisted on a progesterone blood test and my levels indicated ovulation, but were lower than the average/minimum they like to see.
They were low on 4 consecutive cycles, even the 50mg of clomid cycles, but my GYN wouldn't give me a higher dose of clomid or progesterone supplements to take after ovulation.
I switched to a fertility specialist who said the first thing to do was to try a higher dose
of clomid... got normal progesterone for the first time that round and got my BFP.

hope some of that helps... not sure what country you are in but I'd be help any way I can!

 

[Cupcake81]

lisaf: what level of clomid were you on when you got your BFP? I took 100mg, CD 5-9 last month and didn't ovulate at all I'm going to try 150mg this month ... was your BFP as soon as you started taking a higher level of clomid?

 

[lisaf]

I did get my BFP at 100mg...
I wasn't ovulating at first on my own.. so I started on 50mg of clomid.. after 4 cycles, I took a 2 month break and ovulated naturally.
Then I did one cycle at 100mg and got my BFP. I'd also had an HSG that cycle.
For me, I didn't just need to ovulate, I needed to get the right progesterone level. I was 'borderline' (above 3 but below 10) 4 cycles in a row... then did the 100mg round and had a progesterone level of 15 (10 is normal for natural cycles, 15 is normal for medicated cycles) and got my BFP...

 

[Cupcake81]

I'm in the same boat. My prog level last month was 0.2 (super bad) so I'm hoping the higher dosage this month will work and get me my BFP I thought since clomid didn't work last cycle, there was no hope it would even work on me - but you have given me hope

 

[lisaf]

Well .02 is definitely non-ovulatory.. if clomid doesn't work, injectibles are usually even more successful at stimulating ovulation (but of course are quite a bit more expensive )

 

[keltank]

Hi Cupcake: I was wondering how many pills your doctor gave you? 7? 10?

Thanks

I'm currently on my second round of provera. My first round I had a nice, normal period (I was having really long, heavy ones before) so it was actually nice compared to what I was used to. My period started about 48 hours after I took my last pill and lasted 5 days. Hope this helps!!

 

[Alo]

Hi, im on provera 10mg for ten days because my husband and I are trying to have a baby. The only problem is that im scared to have sex because I have read that provera can harm the baby. Is that true or no? help. Its going to be my fifth day taking provera tonight.

 

[lisaf]

you won't ovulate when you're on provera so there is nothing to worry about for having sex!
And provera is not PROVEN to harm the baby... they used to give it as a pregnancy test.. they just don't quite know if its ok/safe when pregnant.

Even if you did miraculously ovulate while on provera, you would not fertlize and implant for several more days and by then you'll be done taking the pill!
Have fun!

 

[Alo]

Thank you so much! So I wont ovulate until after i finish my pills right?

 

[lisaf]

the pills should stop you from ovulating because its synthetic progesterone... you can't ovulate if your body detects progesterion (which is how the birth control pill usually works). Basically its pretending that your body has already ovulated this cycle so you won't release another egg.

Once you finish the pills, your body should have a period, and then hopefully it will start a new cycle and ovulate on your own.

 

[lisaf]

basically it resets your body and starts a fresh cycle for you