DianeArnoldPartner2 months ago

Hi pinky. I suppose there could be the possibility of twins?? You need to speak to the clinic/GP regarding what progesterone you should be taking now. Good luck! Diane

pinky30 in reply to DianeArnold2 months ago

Thanks Diane - I don't think so as only one sac seen at 4wk+5 & no corpus luteum to produce double amount of progesterone as was an FET so all coming from my drug dosage if i'm understanding the twins/progesterone thing right... But i've just never heard of it being as high as that?

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DianeArnoldPartner in reply to pinky302 months ago

Hi pinky. Whatever is causing it, I hope all turns out well. Diane xx

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pinky30 in reply to DianeArnold2 months ago

Thank you - have you ever seen this before?

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DianeArnoldPartner in reply to pinky302 months ago

Hi pinky. Yes, with too much medication. Diane

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pinky30 in reply to DianeArnold2 months ago

Oh gosh really? But is it too late to reduce progesterone? Can that not cause a miscarriage?

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DianeArnoldPartner in reply to pinky302 months ago

Hi pinky/ Not if done slowly. See what your clinic advises. Diane

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pinky30 in reply to DianeArnold2 months ago

ok thank you Diane. Is there a risk to the baby with levels this high?

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DianeArnoldPartner in reply to pinky302 months ago

Hi pinky. Your 6-7 weeks scan is not far away, so try and stop worrying and look forward to meeting your little "bean". Diane

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pinky30 in reply to DianeArnold2 months ago

thank you Diane. Just so terrified to do anything wrong - it's my last and only embryo after ovarian failure so it's last chance scallon terrified to let anything that could damage things go unchecked 🙈 I am scanning on Monday when i will be 6wks x

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DianeArnoldPartner in reply to pinky302 months ago

Hi pinky. There you go, not long to wait now. Keep busy over the weekend. It's my birthday on Sunday, so I will have a glass of wine for you! Diane

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pinky30 in reply to DianeArnold2 months ago

Happy Birthday Diane! so hope you have a lovely day. I just wanted to say how wonderful you are providing people with all this help and support 💕💕 xx

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DianeArnoldPartner2 months ago

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pinky302 months ago

I had a blood retest today as didn't believe the figures and it's back down to 50nmol 15ng/ml! Medichecks who did my bloods said occasionally with finger prick testing you can have contamination from progesterone pessaries that can stay on the skin for up to 2 weeks! Now i'm

worryigg no 50nmol is too low 🫤 I've have some cyclogest pessaries that my clinic prescribed me to use as a top up that i hadn't started as wanted to see what my bloods were doing after upping the utrogestan. I guess I'd better start them!

Twiglet22 months ago

hi pinky when you say you had a bleed diagnosed on a scan do you mean they could see the cause of the bleeding on the scan and if so what was the cause? If it’s a subchorionic hematoma that wouldn’t have anything to do with progesterone levels is my understanding and my clinic didn’t recommend doing anything progesterone related when I had one (although I cheekily added in another pessary myself just be sure for a few weeks!) what have the clinic said about your levels now at 50 and whether you should start taking the additional progesterone? Xx

pinky30 in reply to Twiglet22 months ago

Yes they said it looked like a haematoma. So i was cramping a lot and apparently increasing progesterone can both relax the uterus to stop cramping and help speed up the resolution of haematoma d according to research... I'm just waiting to hear back from the clinic RE my blood levels being back down to 50 but I have started on the extra cyclogest they have given me as before had only increased my utrogestan slightly which i wanted to see what difference it had made.... Am praying that the combo of lentogest, Uttogestan 600mg) crinone (x2) & cyclogest 800mg will ge enough to boost the levels a bit. Not sure what they can do after that unless they add a s/c daily injection of prontogest or something...

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Twiglet2 in reply to pinky302 months ago

the main thing with the hematoma is lots of rest hope it resolves quickly for you 🤗 our bleeding stopped at 10 weeks and couldn’t be seen anymore in scan at 8 weeks but there was lots of bleeding and clots in between that time so I know it’s a really scary time 😥 xx

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pinky30 in reply to Twiglet22 months ago

oh wow you had lots of bleeding after it looked like it had gone? Did you do bed rest?

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Twiglet2 in reply to pinky302 months ago

no sorry I mean lots of bleeding between 5-8 weeks 2 really large bleeds with clots and constant bleeding in between. I had bleeding for 2 weeks after it was no longer seen on the scan but finally tapered off to brown by around 10 weeks and completely fine by 12 xx

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pinky30 in reply to Twiglet22 months ago

oh gosh that's scary. i had lots of bleeding in my first IVF pregnancy with big clots & A&E visit but they never found anything. this time they saw the bleed on scan a week ago but i haven't had any actually bleeding yet. i have been trying to rest in bed as much as I can but not always easy. I've been taking ALA and progesterone and magnesium for the cramps and praying g they will make it go away!

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Twiglet2 in reply to pinky302 months ago

thinking of you and hoping it resolves itself quickly for you xx

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pinky30 in reply to Twiglet22 months ago

Tjank you so much 🙏 Hoping this cyclogest also ups my progesterone levels!

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MJE12 months ago

My clinics Uk and abroad said anything over 35nmol is fine. Mine was 47. This worried me a lot so I added an extra pessary and it went to 57. What is your current pessary dose/regime? X

pinky30 in reply to MJE12 months ago

Ahh that's interesting. I'm just scared because zi know it can fluctuate and ummm nervous it could drop below 35... I think you did the right thing upping yourself...

I'm on lentogest 3 times a week, utrogestan vaginally 400mg per day & 100mg orally, 2 x crinone and now have just added 400mg cyclogest twice a day 🤞

What are you on?

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MJE1 in reply to pinky302 months ago

initially 400x3 cyclogest. Got a bit panicky and added another one. That went up to56.

Had a bit of blood myself and clinic added in a Lubion shot, mainly to keep me quiet I think. So now 4x400 and 1x Lubion 25. I’ve not retested since. I also think the blood was from pessary irritation as it stopped when I stopped using them in the front. Then came back when I put one there a few days later. I use them in the back since and all ok x

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pinky30 in reply to MJE12 months ago

do you find putting them in th barn makes you want to poo them out? 🙈 I swear it stimulates my bowels!

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Solly-442 months ago

just saw your update - they are awful! I bought 2 packages of blood tests off them, for different things but with a few overlapping bio markers and they came back with wildly different results for the Ones which should have been pretty much identical. 🤦‍♀️

pinky30 in reply to Solly-442 months ago

wow - that's crazy! i had no idea they were so bad. Def won't be using them again in a hurry!!!!

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