Quote: Recurrent Miscarriage with Low Progesterone
I am in my mid-20s and my husband in his late 20s. In the past five months I have miscarried twice, both times before nine weeks pregnant. In both cases, my hormone level was extremely low (confirmed by several blood tests). What can I do to stay pregnant if my body doesn't produce the "pregnancy hormone" that it needs? --Jennifer
Mark Perloe
Dr. Perloe, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical College of Georgia, is medical director of Georgia Reproductive Specialists in Atlanta and director of reproductive endocrinology/infertility at Atlanta Medical Center.
Unfortunately, many women are led down this wrong path, receive the wrong treatment and ultimately suffer another miscarriage. Their physicians incorrectly decide that low progesterone -- the "pregnancy hormone" of which you speak -- was the culprit and promise that things will go better the next time if only you take enough progesterone. Research shows us that falling or low progesterone levels are a sign of a bad pregnancy and not the cause of pregnancy failure.
Maybe you have... but I found it quite interesting.
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