Low Progesterone in Early Pregnancy

[Maruschke]

Hi All

I am confused about the role of progesterone. I had a BT done 14DPO and 16DPO and my prog was 28 nmol/L and then 30 nmol/L. From what I read online, this is barely ovulatory, let alone early pregnancy. I have found tables that ask for the minimum in pregnancy to be 30 nmol/L (equiv to 9 ng/ml) but really desire the levels to be at least at 50 nmol/L by 14DPO. One article said that 30 is ovulatory (at 14DPO), 70 is the average for women who go on to have a miscarriage and 200 is the average for successful pregnancies. Now I am concerned that I am going to have an inevitable miscarriage.

hcg at 14 and 16 DPO was 56 and 190 respectively.

Has anyone had such low levels at 14DPO (not at 7DPO checking for ovulation) and gone on to have a successful birth?

[Dotty]

hey Oscar, well my prog at 14 DPO was 55 and now has gone up t0 85 after taking progesterone pessaries. The nurses seem to think i am fine at that level! but i have been concerned about that too...fingers crossed it works out for both of us!!!!

[Maruschke]

Thanks heaps. The 80's sound good! I am just really nervous of having a mc. Don't know yet whether to prepare myself for the inevitable or to hope . All I can do is pray and beg God to let me keep this baby .

[myson]

oscar. i was worried about the same thing a couple of weeks ago. i am a bit low too. but "too low" is anything below 8.

also you get prog in little bursts. so you get a batch of it and it goes up, then levels out, then may drop again a little bit before the next burst comes. so depending on how long since the last burst will affect your result.

hang in there lovey.

[Maruschke]

Myson I saw your thread . Did you get your prog retested after the 6-7 DPO test? Still thinking of your and your ultrasound!

[myson]

didnt get prog done again, but got my first of 4 hcg results today. 23100 which is great for my dates. so looking forward to tomorrow to get result number 2 and check for doubling!

[butterfly*kisses]

Hi Oscar,

My test results in today from 5 wks and 1 day was Progesterone - 32. My doctor says that these levels are fine, and nothing to worry about. I did question him about it, but he was quite adamant that they were ok. I found a website that was useful
http://www.birth.com.au/Info.asp?class=6620&page=8#prog
according to this website - 9 - 47 is the range for Conception - 12 weeks.

Is it ok to put a link to another site? Please let me know if it's not ok!

[Maruschke]

Hi Oscar,

My test results in today from 5 wks and 1 day was Progesterone - 32. My doctor says that these levels are fine, and nothing to worry about. I did question him about it, but he was quite adamant that they were ok. I found a website that was useful
http://www.birth.com.au/Info.asp?class=6620&page=8#prog
according to this website - 9 - 47 is the range for Conception - 12 weeks.

Is it ok to put a link to another site? Please let me know if it's not ok!

Actually our progesterone is measure in nmol/L, and that site measures in ng/ml. To convert from ng/ml to nmol/L, multiple by 3.18. So really the range in ng/ml is 9-47, but in the units we use in Australia, it needs to be 28.62 - 149.46 nmol/L. So 32 nmol/L is at the lower end of the normal range, but 26 nmol/L just pops outside the range.

HTH

[butterfly*kisses]

Oh thanks Oscar!

Omg! you are very knowledgable on this! Thanks so much. I am not going to worry dreadfully about the levels until the next test is done on Monday - it's a wait and see approach.

But excitingly, my bleeding has momentarily stopped today....which is the first time in 2 weeks. Hopefully it will not return

[Dotty]

Hey Oscar, had my scan yesterday and all looked good, saw a healthy heartbeat which was just so exciting!! i'm still really scared though as my progesterone has dropped from 115 to 70 and thats with 2 prog pessaries a day!! the nurse didnt seem to think it was a worry, but i do!!! i know i should probably trust them but i dont think it should be dropping should it?? any more on your levels?

[Maruschke]

I just got my 6w1d blood tests back, progesterone went up to 68 after 2 x 200 mg pessaries per day. :woot: stick baby stick!

[Loula]

Hi All

I am confused about the role of progesterone. I had a BT done 14DPO and 16DPO and my prog was 28 nmol/L and then 30 nmol/L. From what I read online, this is barely ovulatory, let alone early pregnancy. I have found tables that ask for the minimum in pregnancy to be 30 nmol/L (equiv to 9 ng/ml) but really desire the levels to be at least at 50 nmol/L by 14DPO. One article said that 30 is ovulatory (at 14DPO), 70 is the average for women who go on to have a miscarriage and 200 is the average for successful pregnancies. Now I am concerned that I am going to have an inevitable miscarriage.

hcg at 14 and 16 DPO was 56 and 190 respectively.

Has anyone had such low levels at 14DPO (not at 7DPO checking for ovulation) and gone on to have a successful birth?

Bumping this to see what your outcome was please

[Maruschke]

DD1 was born May 09 .