kdmalk
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I have a 13-14 day LP and 31-32 day cycle like clockwork. Had a mmc in Oct/Nov and got pregnant again during Dec/Jan cycle. I felt like my tests weren't getting darker, but my doctor wouldn't do bloodwork until after I missed AF (even though I had a positive test at 9dpo). She thought I was being paranoid/crazy. As a result, I had some red spotting at 16dpo and went immediately for my blood draw. Progesterone was at 3 at that point. She gave me the pills and put me on 3 a day, but it was too late by then.
Chicken or the egg? Was my progesterone so low that it caused the mc, or was my body trying to flush a bad baby and progesterone was low because it needed to come out? Obviously I will never know.
But now I am between doctors (because I hate that I always felt that she thought I was nuts) and DH and I won't give ttc our very best shot this month, but we will probably dtd during the fertile window and see what happens. Now that I have the progesterone, should I be taking it after O or should I wait until the bfp? The reason I ask is because I had told myself I was going to quit dealing with the stress of early testing. If my progesterone is likely okay because of a normal LP length, then I don't want to take it when I don't need it and end up delaying AF at the end of the cycle... but taking it only after a bfp means early testing because I want to give baby the best chance possible. I can't decide if I want to deal with the stress of early testing or annoy myself by waiting until testing at 14dpo and then stopping the progesterone at that point if it is a bfn and having a late AF.
I know we are not a group of doctors, but does it seem like my progesterone is probably okay with a regular LP length and that this last pregnancy was just a bad sperm/egg combo that my body was trying to flush? Or should I be cautious and assume the progesterone caused the problem and take it after O and stop at a bfn?
I recognize that the smartest thing to do is to wait and have a progesterone test, but to schedule appointments and time the testing, it will end up causing us to skip several cycles before knowing the results. I hate to waste so much time (I hope you guys feel the same on this, or I look nuts). Could I have just had horrible luck twice in a row and everything is fine? Advice?
This was very rambly. Hope you can make sense of it.
Chicken or the egg? Was my progesterone so low that it caused the mc, or was my body trying to flush a bad baby and progesterone was low because it needed to come out? Obviously I will never know.
But now I am between doctors (because I hate that I always felt that she thought I was nuts) and DH and I won't give ttc our very best shot this month, but we will probably dtd during the fertile window and see what happens. Now that I have the progesterone, should I be taking it after O or should I wait until the bfp? The reason I ask is because I had told myself I was going to quit dealing with the stress of early testing. If my progesterone is likely okay because of a normal LP length, then I don't want to take it when I don't need it and end up delaying AF at the end of the cycle... but taking it only after a bfp means early testing because I want to give baby the best chance possible. I can't decide if I want to deal with the stress of early testing or annoy myself by waiting until testing at 14dpo and then stopping the progesterone at that point if it is a bfn and having a late AF.
I know we are not a group of doctors, but does it seem like my progesterone is probably okay with a regular LP length and that this last pregnancy was just a bad sperm/egg combo that my body was trying to flush? Or should I be cautious and assume the progesterone caused the problem and take it after O and stop at a bfn?
I recognize that the smartest thing to do is to wait and have a progesterone test, but to schedule appointments and time the testing, it will end up causing us to skip several cycles before knowing the results. I hate to waste so much time (I hope you guys feel the same on this, or I look nuts). Could I have just had horrible luck twice in a row and everything is fine? Advice?
This was very rambly. Hope you can make sense of it.