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- Question: A blogless person asked me a question and I've never heard of this before--taking Prometrium BEFORE ovulation. She has checked with her doctor 4 times with this and the instructions remain the same. "After I miscarried in September my Dr has put me on prometrium to try and stop the spotting. I tried 200mg Prometrium starting on day 13. I know I didn' t ovulate until the 16th but the dr told me to start that day so I followed the directions. Still spotting. Now I have been told to take Clomid 100mg days 5-9 and Prometrium starting day 12. I know that is before I would ovulate now, based on temp charting and OPK. Could taking the Prometrium too soon in my cycle prevent me from ovulating? I have called my Dr. four times to double check this and the answer I got through her nurse, was that the progesterone would get my uterine lining prepared before I ovulated. But everything that I have read has said increased progesterone before ovulation could cause you to not ovulate." Has anyone else ever heard of this? Please leave answers in the comment section below since the questioner is blogless.
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I took prometrium for LPD (low progesterone in the 2 week wait part of the cycle) My doc (who specialized in recurrent loss) always said not to take it sooner than 4 days PAST ovulation or it could hinder implantation. I also noticed that so long as I was on prometrium (or progesterone at all) my periods would not come. I am no expert - but my experience with it and the advice from my doc was such that I would believe progesterone could delay as well as put off ovulation (a lot of the minipills are progestin only pills)as well as potentially mess up implantation if ovulation did occur. From what I understand - progesterone is produced by the corpus luteum cyst AFTER ovulation. Now, Clomid does dummy up your progesterone levels in the first half of your cycle causing your body to produce more estrogen in response - however, you don't take clomid past day 9 and you are usually expected to ovulate about 7 days following the last pill.
HTH - and good wishes to her!
For me prometrium always induced ovulation. I would have a wonky long cycle and then take prometrium to induce af and instead of af showing up a few days after stopping (like its supposed to) it wouldn't show up until 14-15 days later. I remember my RE saying that it can have an ovulatory effect on people so its not unheard of.
YES!! Do not take any form of progesterone before ovulation as it will stop you from ovulating! How annoying! Any class in reproductive biology will tell you that progesterone doesn't peak until after ovulation. Also, an ob/gyn should know that progesterone inhibits ovulation because this is what most bcp contain that prevent pregnancy (by preventing o). I'm annoyed by this ignorance and hope that this nonblogger can find a knowledgeable RE to treat her properly.
My RE had me start prog supps 6-7 days after ovulation. I've heard of REs starting progesterone around 4 dpo, but definitely NOT before ovulation. Like others have said, it could easily delay ovulation or cause you not to ovulate at all. My advice to your reader would be to chart her temp and to only start progesterone after at least 4 high temps. It also sounds to me like it might be time to see a specialist like a RE who is much more familiar with reproductive health.
Progesterone is in bcp's because it does hinder ovulation. Need to wait until after O to use.
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I think the nurse got the message wrong. Really. Very very odd.
Any cycle I ever took prometrium or progesterone on too close to ovulation, was a bust. It prevented the LH surge. Now---it might work for you, but I would only do that if you were being monitored with bloods and US.
If you are still spotting, then it's better to take baby aspirin and then start prometrium a few days past ovulation, and double up the dose. I did 200 mg in the am and 200 mg in the pm but intravaginally. (If you take it orally it not only doesn't work for maintaining a luteal phase but it doubles as a sleeping pill. Seriously)
As for the Doc--I am worried that he would put you on clomid without doing any monitoring of your cycle. It dries up cervical mucus so you'll have no idea when you ovulate. Or you might super ovulate and end up with lots of multiples which can be dangerous.
Ask for monitoring, like bloods and US to make sure you ovulate on it, and then ask about method of taking prometrium and how much. Even if he still tells you to take it before ovulation, don't.
FWIW, my first RE had me take progesterone--both oral and vaginal--as early as 1dpo. I conceived twice. *But* both RE's I've worked with this go around said progesterone prior to 36-48 hrs post-IUI/ovulation acts as a contraceptive.
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Progesterone in mini-pills (and IMs shots, and in IUDs) is not there to prevent ovulation. It is there to mess with the lining to put it out of synch with the age of any possible embryo and thus to prevent implantation. When made by the body, progesterone itself is not a signal for ovulation-- it is a marker of it. I.e. LH spike should trigger ovulation, which should then result in the corpus luteum making progesterone. There are times when LH doesn't trigger ovulation, so while the OP kits test for LH as an indicator for a good time to have intercourse, only a progesterone test later on in the cycle can indicate whether ovulation occured.
Now, I have no idea about using progesterone before ovulation. I can see an argument for doing it in conjunction with chlomide because of what chlomide does to the lining (i.e. make back the loss of what would've been gained in the absence of chlomide), but I can also see a legitimate concern about getting the timing wrong and having the mini-pill effect. Any way to talk to the doctor directly?
Here's a paper I found:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19079963
it talks about monitoring endometrial thickness and finding a thickness range predictive of success. So the question may be whether the early onset progesterone protocol is likely to hit the window of good characteristics of the endometrium or overshoot it.
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