You’re thinking about having a baby. You’ve just started “trying.” You’ve been trying to get pregnant for awhile. Do any of these describe you?

If so, maybe … just maybe … you need to see a fertility specialist. How do you know?

Take a look at this list:
• I’m under the age of 35, and have been trying to conceive for a year.
• I’m 35 or older and have been trying to conceive for six months.
• I have a history of pelvic infection, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, or pelvic pain.
• I have damage to my fallopian tubes.
• I currently have, or have had painful periods or endometriosis.

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Tags : Conception, fertility, miscarriage

To sustain a healthy pregnancy, women must maintain healthy levels of progesterone.

As a woman’s body prepares for ovulation, progesterone levels go up. The corpus luteum can stimulate the production of progesterone for about two weeks and if a conception occurs, the pregnancy itself takes over the stimulation of progesterone. With no pregnancy, the lining of the uterus deteriorates and a period begins.

Some research indicates if a newly pregnant woman’s progesterone level begins to diminish,  miscarriage is imminent.

Many women who have experienced one or more miscarriages or are known to have a luteal phase defect (LPD) are being presented with a new option by their providers called Prometrium.

Prometrium is a synthetic form of progesterone that may help maintain a pregnancy and ward off miscarriage.

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Tags : miscarriage, prometrium