Low Progesterone. What does it mean?

Just came back from my first Doc visit. And he said the BT I had last week to confirm Ov (using clomid) showed a Progesterone count of only 20. He would expect it to be 50-70 in early pregnancy.

His general vibe made me think that he does not hold out much hope for this baby. He didnt say that outright, but it is just a feeling I got. But he spoke a bit (a bit more than I wanted him to) about miscarriage and flawed embryoes and not getting too excited until the 8-10 week mark.

I could be wrong, I havent been seeing him long and he has a strong accent, so I am still getting used to communicating with him.

So I would love to know what others think of this progesterone reading of 20. And is it a bad thing, or I am worrying unnessecarily? I would have been 6 or 7 DPO when I had the test done.

from memory mine with DD was only 20, it didnt mean anything to me at the time, i was just happy i ovulated!

a result of only 20 doesn't mean much at all. you've had a BT a week after when they THOUGHT you would ovulate based on taking the clomid, but clomid is notorious for making people ovulate later and extending cycles. so it's highly possible that you simply ovulated later than anticipated, so you were only a few DPO, and your Dr is playing it safe by reminding you that early miscarriage is, unfortunately, far too common.

hope is the one thing that you have ultimate control over - and you need to remain positive through your pregnancy

BG

Thanks to you both. I am trying not to get hung up on numbers. Just taking one day at a time will be my approach I think...

when i rang to see if i "o" with clomid i wasnt even bothered what the progesterone count was. i as so stoked i actually "o" :) and im now nearly 30 weeks pregnant! good luck sweety

Congrats Hollye. IKWYM about being just happy to Ov. I was too, cant believe I managed to catch the egg first time on clomid.

You're in the normal range :)

First Trimester 9-47 ml
Second Trimester 17-147 ml
Third Trimester 55-200 ml

So hopefully that means everything is fine!!

Thanks Sarajane. I was trying to find figures like that but "low" is a little bit obscure on most of the sites I found. You have been a big help. THanks again xo.

These figures are in ng/mol, and most blood test reports in Australia are in nmol/L. For progesterone, 1 ng/ml is 3.2 nmol/L. Hope this helps. Of course those numbers are for pregnancy and a test at 7 DPO doesn't really reflect successful pg or not because it is too early.