Conference moira::parenting_v3

    I think it is to maintain the lining of the uterus so that she doesn't
    lose the embryo.
    	Linda

    
    I believe a woman produces it for 3 weeks (starting around 9-10 wks?)
    to help the placenta form.....after that I believe progesterone is
    present later on to help start contractions ???? (I think)
    
    I think that is why some women will miscarry at around 12-14 weeks...
    they did not have enough hormones to produce the placenta properly.  
    And, thus, had a spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) which is usually 
    around 2 weeks after the embryo has died.
    
    Please add any additional info if I'm wrong...I'm trying to remember
    what my book said....
    
    Kristen              

    Progesterone is needed to help the uterine lining maintain the
    pregnancy.  I had to take it for the first trimester of my pregnancy
    because I have a luteal phase defect which means that I don't produce
    enough progesterone to create a lush enough uterine lining to support a
    pregnancy to term.  It is very common to use progesterone for the first
    few weeks after becoming pregnant from some infertility treatments (I
    had my twins from GIFT), so it is possible that she had one of those
    procedures done where they recommend progesterone be used.  I also went
    back on it for a few weeks when I spotted in my 13th week to help
    continue the pregnancy.

    I too took progesterone while undergoing fertility treatments.
    It is to help build up the lining of the uterus so the embryo
    will attach better.  
    
    I took shots but, it also can be taken with sapositories too.
    
    Deb

    A friend of mine took progesterone for several weeks as .3 says.
    
    --bonnie

    I too did the progesterone routine.  I was advised to take it from day
    18 of my cycle, or start three days after the day I believed I had
    ovulated, if that wasn't my 18 day.  I too have Ludeal Phase Defect. 
    My only complaint was that once you started taking progesterone,
    whether or not you had managed to conceive, I had a mild upset stomach
    much like morning sickness.  I also hated the mess the suppositories
    created after insertion (trying not to be too graphic here).
    I was told that if the progesterone isn't there almost at the moment of
    conception not only might it produce a spontaneous abortion, but also
    could cause a "blighted ovum", which is where conception occurs, but
    the fetus doesn't develop.
    
    By not taking the progesterone under these conditions, what you are
    doing is mimicing the effects of the RU 48(?)(abortion pill), That pill
    basically deprives the embryo of progesterone causing it to abort. 
    I've had one miscarriage this way, since it was not a planned pregnancy
    and I didn't get to the drugstore in time to get the suppositories. I
    wanted that baby, it's just too bad I didn't know I was pregnant
    sooner.
    
    Speaking of progesterone suppositories, I live in Worcester County (MA)
    and have found Monahan's pharmacy on West Boylston St Worcester to the
    *THE ONLY* source for these. 
    
    Has anyone else found a source for these besides Monahan's?  
    
    I just hate going there for a lot of reasons like their attitude, and
    the location is ify at best and inconvienient to get to.  They refuse
    to mail them out.

    I get my Progesterone injections from Rossetti's Boulevard
    Pharmacy on Shrewsbury St. in Worcester.  Not sure if they
    have the suppositories, but you could give them a call
    (508) 755-5972.  They are real nice to me.  I have to drive
    from Gardner about 35 miles away, but they are so pleasant
    that I don't mind.
    
    Good Luck,
    Deb

    I used to get my progesterone from the CVS in Acton, so I would
    imagine that other CVS pharmacies would also have it.  Call around and
    ask.