FET Progesterone support?

[Shannon22]

Thanks everyone for your answers...

I'm very confused as to why im not given the option or either during a FET. Think i will be discussing this with the FS.

At least having a blood test to check progesterone levels during the TWW to make sure they are definately not needed.

Thanks again

[briggsy's girl]

shannon - i think if you're doing a "natural FET" - where you O and then transfer after, you don't need the LP support as your ovary (and the corpus luteum) will produce the progesterone until the placenta takes over fully

if you're doing a "medicated FET" - where you have the HRT - the hormones are introduced and there is nothing being produced naturally - so you don't make the progesterone for yourself. in that case, you get the support

in some cases, FS makes it a matter of course that you need LP support - but a lot of people (like sushee) make enough P4 themselves and don't NEED it...

hope that helps to clear it up...

[AnnaBelle]

Hello there
I was interested in this thread & I hope you don't mind me butting in
but I have a question that you girls may be able to answer for me!
Would anyone know what is the "normal" level for progesterone during
the TWW ie: cd21 progesterone test.
I have googled but not getting a real clear answer on it.
TIA
Anna

[Lucia]

I am going through the same thing with my FS. Only done one stim cycle and with support after but all others have been FET with no support and I keep having chemical pregnancies but my FS is admant that I don't need any too.

My Ob ended up getting me to do a blood test 7 days after my last transfer just to see what's going as he was surprised I wasn't on anything either but he said that my FS knows what he is doing.

I have no idea anymore!

[Princess_Fiona_01]

Hi there,

I have just completed a 'natural' FET cycle and was not given any pessaries or gel for support until i rang the nurse the week after my TWW to tell her that I was feeling 'crampy'. SHe got me in there for a BT and we found that my P4 had dropped to less than half. She them put me on the pessaries and have had no problems ever since.

In my opinion- ask for them - they cant hurt and have the added effect that if you do have progesterone issues, it will be sorted and you will carry on with your BFP.

Good luck with it all.

Fi

[Loula]

im still also a little confused

If you do not need P4 support if you 'o' like on a natural cycle why do they then give it to you after EPU? as trigger induces 'o' or am i wrong?

[butterfly_warrior]

PP, I think it's a case of the trigger induces ovulation, but they suck the eggs out before the body ovulates naturally, which stops the corpus luteum from forming.

BW

[Lucia]

Hi there,
I have just completed a 'natural' FET cycle and was not given any pessaries or gel for support until i rang the nurse the week after my TWW to tell her that I was feeling 'crampy'. SHe got me in there for a BT and we found that my P4 had dropped to less than half. She them put me on the pessaries and have had no problems ever since.

See this is where I get totally confused - my last transfer I started cramping literally wihtin 12 hours of the transfer and cramped for days and they told me not to worry about it. The day I stopped cramping I got my period 2 days later .

I had my prosg.tested end of last year during a normal cycle - no IVF or FETand it was in the normal range - would that be why they won't put me on them maybe?

[butterfly_warrior]

Lucia, different clinics work differently. I'm in a similar position to you - I do natural FETs with no luteal phase support, I've had one pregnancy (later lost at 9 weeks), 2 chemical pregnancies (full pregnancy symptoms, AF arrived on time, trace amounts of HCG present) and one flat out BFN. My acupuncturist believes that I may have a progesterone issue - particularly because I tend to spot for a few days before AF starts on the chemical pregnancies.

It's one of the reasons I'm heading back to see my FS before we do another transfer. I've had no testing to check just what my P4 levels are like post-ovulation, though.

BW