Topic: Doctor is pretty sure I had a miscarriage...yolk sac disappeared UPDATE advice please
kelmo
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I want to add an BUT...sometimes we lose a baby because it was so deformed it wouldn't have a chance of survival. In that case, it's a blessing to lose it early.
If you have repeated miscarriages, then it's most likely hormonal.
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progesterone making a difference fits for us... since progesterone is a steroid, it can damp down our excess immune response
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Hoosiers51
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Thank you for all the replies. They really mean a lot.
I read some of the replies earlier before I went out. While I was out, I was thinking about the progesterone thing.
I think that there is definitely a chance that progesterone could have something to do with all this. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't, but there's a chance.
I know this might sound like a bad idea, but there is already a 95% chance things aren't going well anyways....so I decided to pick up some progesterone cream at the health food store while I was out with a "what have I got to loose" sort of attitude.
I thought maybe I would take it for a few days, since I still am having pregnancy symptoms. Maybe if the baby is barely hanging on, it would help something.
Does that make any sense? I mean, it is now the weekend so I don't know how practical it is for me to go get my levels measured at the doctor. Should I go to a walk in clinic and ask to have them measured?
I'm sorry if I sound desperate, etc....but I feel like doing anything I can will at least give me closure if this pregnancy doesn't work out.
If I feel like I tried, I think I will feel better about it. Or should I just take the cream for the whole week I'm gone? Could it hurt me?
If anyone has advice that would be great.
Like I said, I still realize there is a 95% chance everything is already over, but I just don't think I can relax on vacation not doing anything/not knowing anything, because I haven't passed any blood yet or lost my symptoms.
If I passed blood, I would feel like there was closure, but there is absolutely no closure right now. So it will be hard to do nothing.
So my question is, should I use the progesterone cream or should I not? Or if the pregnancy is over, would this be really bad because it would affect my immune system so I should think of my own health first? But if it won't hurt me at all maybe I'll do it.
Thank you.
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Hoosiers51
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PS--my breasts are a little less sore today, but they are still sore.
I am also incredibly hungry, hungrier than I have been in my life. I am eating moderately, like a normal person, but not a ton b/c of my appetite.
I am also starting to get soreness over my abdomen, but even way up high like almost under my rib cage.
Don't know if any of those are just pregnancy symptoms or miscarriage symptoms but I thought I would throw it out there for those who have more experience with this kind of thing. Google isn't super-helpful.
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I think that progesterone is partly what kept my baby going this time. I was using it anyway to deal with horrible pms and I tend to use it in the days / 2 weeks preceding my period as needed. Of course, the month that I got pregnant, I had more sx, so I used it more without knowing that I was helping to prevent miscarriage.
My sister who has Lyme also just used it throughout the first part of her pregnancy.
I use the EMERITA pro-gest - get it from whole foods. I used it for the first 14 weeks and so did my sister.
In addition, when one miscarries, they tend to do it at the time they are supposed to have their regular period. So, if you are going to, it will happen at the 8 or 12 week mark, most likely, unless your body has absorbed all of the tissue already...
Hope this helps.
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Starfall1969
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When I had my miscarriage, my pregnancy symptoms continued for several more weeks.
My miscarriage finally completed itself (passing the whatever they call it, sac?) at 12 weeks.
(I chose not to get a D & C--just couldn't get it out of my head that doing that was like an abortion--irrational, I know).
Interesting what was said about progesterone--I had to be on progesterone for both viable pregnancies.
That's why I just can't help wondering how long I've had Lyme...
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Hoosiers51
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Thanks Luvs and Starfall.
Sorry have to keep this short....I am SO tired right now I am barely awake.
I did do the progesterone. Shortly after, I became really really tired. (sort of like the pregnant tired I guess).
Would the progesterone do that to me so quickly, or is this a coincidence?
I have a couple more errands I need to run before the trip, but I am so exhausted that I don't think I'll be able to do them.
Feeling very emotionally overwhelmed right now. I anyone knows about the progesterone and the fatigue it would be nice to know. Feeling really down too but I suppose that is normal. Mostly it is the fatigue.
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Progesterone can exacerbate pregnancy symptoms from what I know. I think that half of pregnancy symptoms are caused by the increase in progesterone. Can't write right now... More in a bit!
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sparkle7
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I don't know anything about this issue but I would like to say I'm sorry you had to go through this.
I hope you will come through the pain quickly & that your heart will heal in time.
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bettyg
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glad you are getting a lot of personal feedback from other members. xox
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kelmo
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Hoosiers, if you are misscarrying, you may have lost most of the conents, and you probably don't want to use the progesterone to hold it in. Just my opinion.
Have you had another pregancy test to confirm if you are still pregnant? I thought you completely miscarried.
There is a time to use the cream, and a time not to use the cream.
If you have a period. You count from day one of the start of your period. On day 12, you apply the cream (1/2 to full pump twice daily on clean skin).
On day 26, you stop and your period should start within 48 hours.
If you do not have a period (hysterectomy, menopause), you start on the first of the month, end on the 25th and give your body a five day rest, just like you did when you had a period.
For the person who said they didn't have a D&C. It's a personal choice. I'm prolife, but after my miscarriage (at 12 weeks), I didn't want any leftover tissue in there that might become infected.
The second miscarriage I had was so early, I didn't even have it confirmed I was pregant, but I just "KNEW" I was. Didn't bother with the D&C that time.
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