Hi Mel,

I too am so sorry about your loss.

BG has given great advice, and all I wanted to add was that at the time of your beta to check your HCG levels, they should have checked your P4 (progesterone) levels too. I imagine if this particular level showed that you were lacking P4 they would have asked you to continue the P4 supps. But the only way to know what your levels were at the time is to call and ask for your medical notes to be checked.

So with the assumption that your P4 levels were probably within an acceptable range for your FS to feel reasonably confident that you were producing enough of your own, then stopping the Crinone would not have made your levels bottom out to a dangerous level within 36 hours.

Which means it's probably not likely that stopping the Crinone had caused this painful event in such the relatively short time that had elapsed since your last application. Of course without knowing what your P4 levels were originally, it can't be ruled it out completely, so my suggestion would be, to put your mind at ease, and most of all to find closure, call your FS and ask him to explain to you what your P4 levels were at your beta, and whether or not staying on the Crinone would have helped. That way you will know for sure, and then decide if you can move forward with some faith in your medical team.