How will a doctor treat low progesterone?

[Lady-bug]

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has got any info; I've been taking Vitex and using a low progesterone creme to increase my luteal phase and its not working.

Has anyone been to the doctors to help with low progesterone? How do they treat it?

[Lisa B]

Hi lady bug,

I booked into see a FS. They can do a BT to test your progesterone, but the length of your luteal phase is a good guide. Mine was 9 days and because i knew that they didn't bother with a BT. They say you should have 10 at a bare minimum, but I have seen several women on BB fall with 9 days, so it's not that clear cut. Knowing when you ovulate it also helpful as ovulation and luteal phase can be interlinked for some people. I had ovulation at 21+ days. With me they treated ovulation with clomid and then FSH injections as I had -ve side effects from clomid. I also had progesterone pessaries (used internally). This combination gave me ovulation around CD14 and a long luteal phase. I actually had to stop taking the pessaries in order to get AF, and then it took me 2-3 days for AF to arrive.

GL