when do your clinic stop meds with BFP?

[Rcs11]

Evening all Quick question, with a BFP when do you stop meds? My clinic say 12 weeks but the consultant I used to be under now works at a different clinic & he says there they stop at 7 weeks? Wondering what’s the best? Xx

[Boo718]

we started weaning off at 10 weeks off completely by 12 weeks xxx

[Allotmenteer16]

My clinic advised me to stop my progesterone at 8 weeks gestation. I asked them about it because when I was pregnant in 2019 I took them for 12 weeks. They said the evidence now is that if you don't have a history of miscarriage or spotting then 8 weeks should be sufficient. Having said that they were happy for me to continue longer as I had spare, so I continued to 10 in the end.

[Dani87]

I think by 10-12 weeks for most people, however i had to stay on them for the duration of my second pregnancy because my first was born 5 weeks preterm. Interestingly my second was a planned section at 38.5 weeks fullterm with no signs of coming early so it seems to have helped me!

[Rcs11]

great, thanks all. I have a history of miscarriage & spotting in preg so I’m staying on it all!!

[Kitkat10]

it was 12 weeks for me after a frozen ET.

[Crie1983]

Hi, I stopped at 12 weeks. Cold turkey so no weaning off. Xx

[Doodlebug23]

I stopped and started spotting so went back on progesterone. I’d advise making sure whenever you stop that you have spares to start back on it until you can get advice and get more.

[Belldandy]

My clinic advises to stop at 8 weeks, which I did and was fine.

[leo1980]

I my clinic said 12 weeks but I was petrified so I went to 13 weeks with some and 14 weeks with us. Eg prontogest every other day. I was terrified of stopping the meds.

[Catmumtogoose5]

I stopped cold turkey at 12 weeks but I was told that the placenta should’ve taken over by 8-10 weeks anyway xx

[Isabelclaire]

Depends if it's a fresh or frozen transfer, also what kind of down regulation you might have been on, or if you did a natural cycle etc.....

With my first transfer my clinic advised me to stop progesterone on test day! Felt v. Early but everything was fine.and my 2nd transfer I stoped at about 5 weeks and everything was fine 👍

[Cichy_88]

I started at 12w off completely by 14w...I'm scared too, it was like a "security blanket" for me...from now on I hope everything will be ok

[Blahblahblahxxx]

Think it mainly depends on whether it's fresh or frozen. I stopped at 8 weeks with my fresh and 12 weeks for frozen. Both are conservative though, I think your body/placenta would take over beforehand naturally. But it does also depend on your history. I have a friend who has a history of miscarriage and is staying in progesterone until 36 weeks.

[nat55zt]

My clinic starts lowering the dose at 14 weeks and I was completely off at 16 weeks.

[Tinkertinkerbell]

Hi, my clinic said stop at 12 weeks - cold turkey. But they said you really only need them to 10 weeks and they give you an extra 2 week ‘buffer’. This made me feel better about stopping them - in fact I couldn’t wait to stop them. All was fine and I’m 35 weeks now x

[Twiglet2]

12 weeks for us but by 8-9 weeks it is probs okay as placenta takes over but best to be over cautious is my clinic (and my!) approach

[Sams25]

Firstly congratulations!!!

I gradually started to reduce at 12 weeks and completely stopped at 14-15weeks. My clinic tested my progesterone levels every week during this phase along with a hormone panel to ensure everything progressed well. This was also because I insisted in knowing how things were going given my long history of TTC, and multiple failed IVF rounds over 5years.