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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