To Recap It All....

Okay... realized I don't have a timeline that I can go back to... one that is written out for all of us who like to see the days and times and numbers written out in simple form. So.. here it is:

MC last July at 8.5 weeks, the day after we saw HB....

I was tested in December and have low progesterone, 9.6.

My doc put me on 50mg clomid in January and progesterone at 8DPO was 40.

I had already asked the doctor twice about progesterone supplements. He said:

Progesterone is 'ancient' and a 'waste of money'. He said doctors prescribed it to make their patients feel a false sense of security.

We got pregnant 2nd round clomid (February)....

I went to my regular doc for the supplement and she refused to go around my obgyn (he's the resident RE - we are in a small town)... That was about 14DPO.... She wouldn't even give me a beta because I had 12 positive tests and they were getting darker.

At 17DPO I started spotting a teeny bit and temp dropped... lines on tests became lighter.
So I went to the obgyn and he did give me a beta and I INSISTED on a progesterone count.

At 18DPO I went back to his office, and begged for a script, but found out my beta was 6. Horrid considering I was getting tests for ten days with lines. The baby was dying... and the timing was PERFECT for a dying corpus luteum and me failing to produce the progesterone needed between 2 and 14 weeks!

I insisted on pushing my point the obgyn, an older, 'been there done that' doc. He said 'show me something on the internet that proves progesterone works!' and I replied 'show me something in your medical journals that proves it doesn't.'

I walked out with a script for progesterone - with no instructions on how or when to use it, or how much to take, and my baby dying, or already have died. Too Late!

I did my research.... and in REOCCURING miscarriages, progesterone can improve the chances of a live birth from 30% to 80%