By Admin on Oct 30, 2009 in Medicine
I had two miscarriages prior to conceiving two healthy baby boys. With each of my pregnancies I had to take a low dose progesterone pill (prometrium) because my progesterone was so low. I have also heard that if your body produces more estrogen than progesterone, you are more likely to have little boy. My husband and I are trying to conceive #3 and although we love our two boys to death, would love to add a little pink to the household. I started taking a 200mg prometrium tablet a day to see if it would help boost my progesterone levels to favor a little girl, but after only 4 days I have started what seems like another period (I just stopped a couple weeks ago). Did the prometrium actually start my period? I thought since it was prescribed for my other two pregnancies it wouldn’t be harmful, but I am starting to think I was wrong. Any other ideas for a girl?
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Not sure about the girl thing. It’s more about the sperm than the woman. But prometrium will bring on a period if you did not conceive this time around. What prometrium does is it increased your progesterone during the luteal phase. What this is , is when the uterine lining gets all "fluffy" and ready to sustain a pregnancy. If the progesterone is low, then there isn’t enought uterine lining to keep the pregnancy and implant. Prometrium will help with that. But if an egg did not fertilize then a normal period will occur. Periods are when the unterine lining sheds and the body expells the lining which ends up making you bleed. Thus, your period.
It sound to me that you didn’t get pregnant this time and so the unterine lining that the prometrium helped create is starting to shed and you are having a period. Good luck next time.
lisaloxx | Oct 30, 2009 | Reply