Baby wanted - Asprin/Progesterone etc??

I used progesterone cream for about 6 months when I came off the pill. I have PCOS and wanted to improve my chances of getting pregnant. I don't know if it worked but I did manage to get pregnant in Dec last year...funnily enough it was the same month I stopped using the cream and decided to go and see a gynaecologist
I used Patient Advocates in Tauranga - they do phone consultations. Their website is here

I don't know if it was the progesterone therapy or just timing but I was keen to give anything a go.

Fingers crossed for you...and so sorry to hear about your 2 angel babies.

Firstly, big hugs... - life can be so unfair sometimes.

I had a MC at 13 weeks, and after doing some research started taking low-dose asprin from TTC until about 17 weeks with DS. I really believe it made a difference as I didn't have any of the spotting issues I had with my first pregnancy. As you said, it does no harm, so why not. I will be taking it again when we TTC number 2. Best of luck for a sticky bubba next time.

Thanks everyone!

It sounds like both are definitely worth a try given my situation.

Amybaby - I had spotting with both of mine around 8 weeks and shortly after was when things went wrong, so sounds like it may help. My concern is that if I stop taking it, then I'll cause the baby harm ? I know it helps blood get through the placenta so I think I'd be scared about coming off it Obviously that wasn't the case with you and my mind over thinks these things!

Kye - How long have you been told to take it for ?
I was thinking about Accupuncture too - I'll look up your guy in Mairangi Bay. Thanks xx

I am in the same boat (2x miscarriages in 8 months)and have been told that the doctors don't investigate until you have 3 as they are not considered recurrent. So I have decided to self medicate with low dose asprin. But have not heard about the progesterone treatment spoken of?

Hey PB, I asked my gynae about taking baby aspirin as well and he said the same thing...it can't hurt but there's no proven evidence that it actually helps. He said if it was a tried and tested formula for preventing miscarriages then they would tell every woman to take it! Which I guess is fair enough. So I thought I'd give it a go and I'm taking it now while TTC and will continue to take it throughout pregnancy. Good luck xx

Hi - just thought I would share my experience with you - after two MC as soon as I fell PG the third time I went to my normal GP and begged her to give me Progesterone Pills and aspirin. She phoned a fertility specialist just to double check that this was ok and he basically told her to give me what I wanted as it wouldn't do any harm, they both seemed to agree that giving me what I wanted would at the very least make me feel better and calm me down.

This one has stuck and I am due soon. So I would say take the aspirin and maybe ask again about about Progesterone - if not the cream then maybe just the pills.

Hey

I had 3 mc's within a year and went to see FS and like the others he said I could take it but there was no evidence proving it worked. I took Progesterone tablets up to 13 weeks and am taking aspirin up to 35 weeks. I really think it did something and will definitely do it again with #2. I'm nearly 30 weeks and still can't believe I've got this far. No bleeding or problems and baby is even measuring ahead! The thing with progesterone is that it ups the levels in your body to sustain a pregnancy and my body may not have been doing a good job at that. When you hit the 12 week mark your placenta takes over, instead of your body doing all the work (hence the morning sickness) and your body can then produce enough Progesterone to sustain the pregnancy. I was worried about what would happen when I stopped taking it but got advice and FS said to gradually stop it over a week at 13 weeks.

Sorry for your losses, but (and I know that people hate hearing this and the FS actually said it to me) at least you can get pregnant so you do have a good chance :) My motto was to never give up and I'm so excited to be having this baby now (still can't really believe it though!)

Oh and I also visited my GP a few months ago and she said her friend was having the same problems and took prog and had a healthy bubba so there must be something right with it :)

Good Luck!!

I'm so sorry for your losses. Two MCs is hard to cope with! I had two last year, saw a specialist who diagnosed us with "bad luck". Funnily enough it made me feel better.

I'm now 19 weeks preg with #3, and have been taking Cartia (low dose aspirin) since we started ttc again. I'm supposed to take it to week 36, then stop. I don't know if that was what did the trick but it can't do any harm. I also stopped working (due to an unplanned but well timed redundancy) so I pretty much just chilled out for the first trimester. I think not being stressed helped a lot too.

Good luck with things ... hope you're third time lucky too! xxx

hi ya,

thought i'd share my story also, i had two miscarriages (probably more) before i concieved my lovely girl, i fell pregnant again and was so scared i would miscarry again so went and saw a high risk pregnancy specialist who put me on aspirin and progesterone pessaries.

i'm convinced its the reason i have my baby, i took the aspirin up to 34 weeks as i had a feeling i might have a section so stopped taking it just incase. They recommend taking it up to 36 weeks.

if you go and see dr vijay bhoola at shore womans he will give you the progesterone if you want it, he is just lovely and if i had my pregnancy again i would have had him as my specialist the whole way through, a shame i didnt in the end!

BTW i also had endometriosis so had problems concieving due to this also, and i had normal levels of progesterone only after starting tot ake the pessaries so i think it definately worked for me and like they say there is no harm taking these during pregnancy so why not.

take care and wishing you all the best

What brand do you guys use...is it just called 'baby asprin? Was in the pharmacy at lunch time but didn't see it