Progestrone Levels

August 13, 2004

Anyone know how progestrone levels are supposed to range?? LIke what is good

and what is low?

I had blood work done since I had low progestrone with my daughter and had

to take meds and the dr called me back and started me on prometrium yesterday.

100mg 3 times a day when i asked the numbers she said 1079 but i dont know if

thats supposed to be 10.79 or 1079...I thought it was like 10, 20, 30

etc...LOL PLEASE HELP!!! LOL

THanks

Crystal

WLS Lap RNY 11/18/03

365/224/165-175

Found out on 8/9/03 I am pregnant

Wiating for U/S to find out Due Date!!

August 13, 2004

I am not sure but you should be able to type something in your search box and

get info on the web, thats what I did when I could not find info. I know my

progesterone was low when I found out I was pregnant and I was put on the

progesterone suppositories for awhile.

God Bless, Robin

Wife to Pup for 15 years

Mommy to-

and

(twin boys, 8 years) and

Daughter Madison- age 5 1/2

and new Mommy to-

Emerson Roger born

July 28, 2004 at 4:11 am

8lbs 7 oz, 20 1/2 inches long.

August 13, 2004

Hi Crystal,

Well before this pregnancy, I never knew I had a problem with

producting enough progesterone to sustain a pregnancy. Considering I

have lost 6 babies, I am amazed that none of the OB's I have used

have ever been concerned over my progesterone levels.....anyway, my

OB now is a high risk OB and he is awesome. When he first checked my

levels, my progesterone was just 11. He said it needed to always stay

above 15 for a healthy sustainable pregnancy.....in the early

stages.....before 12th week.....so, they put me on suppositories 2

times per day......OK.....I did that for a week and my levels went up

to 19. Last week they were up to 22. I don't do well with the

prometrium pills, my levels actually dropped when I took

that.....maybe I didn't take enough......they didn't tell me three

times per day, they told me twice per day.......I thought maybe since

I was a gastric bypass patient, maybe the oral progesterone was not

sufficient for me.....they have decided to keep me on 2 supp. per day

until week 12, which is next Thursday for me. I go to my OB on

Friday, Aug. 20. They will recheck prog. levels then and also that is

when I have my high level ultrasound to check for Down's Syndrome

possibility. (due to my age of 39).......so.....anyway, I think the

levels should be above 15....but if you are still newly preg, I

cannot imagine it would be in the thousands already.....but hey, I

don't really know....haaha....you might look it up online under

progesterone levels in pregnancy.......you might find your answers

there.....

Good Luck

Terri in Texas

EDD: 3-1-05

RNY was: 2-16-01

- In OSSG-pregnant , mommy2hannahbeth@a... wrote:

> Anyone know how progestrone levels are supposed to range?? LIke

what is good

> and what is low?

> I had blood work done since I had low progestrone with my daughter

and had

> to take meds and the dr called me back and started me on prometrium

yesterday.

> 100mg 3 times a day when i asked the numbers she said 1079 but i

dont know if

> thats supposed to be 10.79 or 1079...I thought it was like 10, 20,

30

> etc...LOL PLEASE HELP!!! LOL

> THanks

> Crystal

> WLS Lap RNY 11/18/03

> 365/224/165-175

> Found out on 8/9/03 I am pregnant

> Wiating for U/S to find out Due Date!!

>

August 13, 2004

I was told that progestrone levels could be between 1 and 10,000. They said

that is a large range, ut as long as they ontinue to go up. My last pregnancy

my progestrone was like a 9, then a few days later, like 12, then it went up to

89....all within one week. The dr was doing alot of bloodwork, looking for

specific things. He had also told me that the best time to take progestrone

levels was about 3 hours after taking the tabs. (I have never been given the

suppositories). And that was when my progestrone had jumped to 89. I have taken

progestrone with all my pregnancies, except my first which was a miscarriage and

the dr suggested it for the next pregnancy and it worked well for me. Pre and

post wls. after about 12 weeks you can usually stop taking progetrone, b/c the

baby produces enough by then. And I was also told during one pregnancy when I

was very sick, and still taking the tabs, that if you continue to take them,

they can make you sick (like morning sickness) b/c your body has produced

enough and you have too much then. But at the time i was afraid to quit taking

them, b/c I knew they were working and I didn't want to take a chance of

miscarring again..so I was going to finish off my prescription. But, that was

the

cause of extended and very bad morning sickness.

Hope this helps...it is what my drs have told me.

Sharon in GA

August 13, 2004

Hey Crystal,

My OB told me that normal progesterone during pregnancy should be around

25 and mine was at 8. So like Terri, I am on progesterone suppositories

twice a day until the 12th week. Kind of yucky, but I hope that makes

everything ok. This will be my first and I've never TTC. I'm 7 weeks

now.

Robin Irwin

VBG 9/17/03

Starting wt: 293

Current wt: 229

Goal wt: 165

EDD: 3/29/05

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