What is Progesterone?
What is the function of progesterone?
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Why Am I Showing So Early in Pregnancy?
Not every pregnancy is the same, but when mom notices her tummy is bloating within the first 10 weeks and she looks like she is 4 or 5 months, she may wonder if she is having twins or more.
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Can Morning Sickness Predict Your Baby's Gender?
There are countless pregnancy maths out there, and as soon as you get pregnant, you will hear them all. But which are fact and which are true? Can morning sickness really predict a baby's gender?
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Progesterone Levels - Routine
Should I have my progesterone level checked?
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Progesterone and Pregnancy Tests
Can progesterone supplements influence the test?
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Progesterone Test May Identify Early Miscarriage
This study showed that a single blood progesterone test may help women who have a threatened miscarriage with bleeding and/or pain and an unclear sonogram find out early in pregnancy whether they are miscarrying or have an ectopic pregnancy.
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Roll of Progesterone in Fertility, Pregnancy and Corpus Luteum
Progesterone is a steroid hormone initially secreted by the corpus luteum, an area in the ovary which develops after ovulation.
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Normal Progesterone Levels
Progesterone levels during pregnancy. What are normal progesterone levels? What does progesterone do?
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Progesterone Levels and Ectopic Pregnancy
Can they predict an ectopic pregnancy?
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Progesterone No Help in Preventing Preterm Twin Births
This Lancet study shows that progesterone does not prevent preterm births in twins.
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Corpus Luteum Size And Appearance On Ultrasound
Sometimes, the corpus luteum appears to not produce enough progesterone to support the pregnancy, possibly resulting in an early pregnancy loss. This is called 'corpus luteum insufficiency' or 'luteal phase defect (LPD).
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Should You Supplement With Progesterone?
There is no real agreement among doctors whether giving progesterone early in pregnancy will improve pregnancy outcome.
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Vegetarian Diet: Can It Lead To Infertility?
Does a vegetarian diet lead to infertility? In one study, 9 healthy, normal-weight women who had regular ovulatory menstrual cycles followed a vegetarian diet and 9 followed a non-vegetarian diet.
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Clomiphene Despite Normal Ovulation
Why would Clomiphene help if I ovulate regularly?
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Tracking Fertility: OPK vs. BBT
Which is a better method of tracking fertility — using an ovulation predictor kit (OPK) or basal body temperature (BBT) charting? What works better to determine when I am ovulating?
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No Bleeding After Provera
Provera is often given as the 'Progesterone (Provera) Challenge Test' to women who have no period and who are not pregnant.
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