I guess I just needed to vent and ask questions and possibly get some un biased opinions. I had surgery a few months ago and found out i had endometriosis, only stage 1 tho. So i was pretty bummed. My dr did a progesterone level check a few weeks back during my last cycle on day 21. I got the results back on October 13 and they said my progesterone levels were at a level 3 and they needed to be at a minimum of 10 to sustain a pregnancy-so basically, i wasnt ovulating. Even more of a bummer. But the thing about the progesterone check was that i had it checked on day 21, and that same very night, I started my next period. So i basically just skipped ovulation i guess? Well I took an ovulation test just for the heck of it that following saturday which was october 15. IT WAS POSITIVE! blew me away, but it was positive. My husband and I did the hanky panky friday night and saturday night and sunday night, haha..sorry if thats tmi but i am trying to give details. SO, just to make sure the ovulation test was accurate, i took another one the next night and the line was still there but it wasn't near as dark and then the next day it wasnt there at all. So it was consistent and it was in the middle of my cycle. So now, I am 2 days late-about to be 3 days late tomorrow and i have no pregnancy symptoms except some very minor cramping today. i keep feeling my boobs to see if they get sore and nothing! I know it is probably my period about to start and it is way to early to tell, but I have got to talk to someone and get some opinions...thank you for ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING!
My first pregnancy was 20 years ago, so my info may be dated. But my oby/gen said if I got pregnant, it would probably clear up the endometriosis. And that seemed to be the case.
Good luck and God bless.
Hi S. - Try not to make yourself crazy; be patient, take the pregnancy test when it's time. Breathe, relax, let your body do its thing.
Other than that, I don't have an answer for you, but just wanted to let you know I reported Jessica Wessica for the flaming/snarky comment. Totally not necessary.
I was diagnosed with endometriosis at 18 and now at 31 have been diagnosed with adendomyosis (endo in the muscle of the uterus). I got prego and had a pretty smooth pregnancy at 25. I have been ttc again for 7 months with no success. I know that I had no real symtoms of endometriosis for atleast a year and a half after I had my son. I wouldn't put too much pressure on getting pregnant and make sure to get a blood test at OB's office in a few weeks if you still do not have a period. Good luck!
Low progesterone does not mean you aren't ovulating. And it doesn't mean your body wouldn't produce the progesterone it needs during pregnancy-- the levels vary widely. Check out the book Taking Charge of you Fertility for a better explanation of your hormones and your cycle.
I don't know if you are pregnant or not but if you suspect you are and if you have a history of low progesterone you should go see your doctor ASAP. That way, if you are indeed pregnant, you can be started on progesterone if necessary. Best wishes.
I understand your anxious but thinking, worrying, driving yourself crazy can and will screw up your system. I know this because a friend of mine had a pregnancy scare in high school. I took her to get a pregnancy test done. When it came back negative she asked the nurse why she hadn't had her period and that's what the nurse said. It sounds like you really want to get pregnant... I wish you the best of luck. I hope the ovulation test was right and soon you will here the words "congrats your pregnant". I'm sending good thoughts your way... Can you feel it?
If you have no symptoms of endometriosis, I wouldn't worry too much. It can affect fertility, but doesn't always and symptoms vary greatly. Take a pregnancy test when it makes sense - pregnancy symptoms can vary. As for progesterone levels, progesterone levels fluctuate a lot during the day, so if it was a one point in time test it may mean something or it may not. If they tested over time then it means much more. If you are pregnant definitely talk to a Dr. to make sure they check your progesterone levels or give you progesterone to keep your levels high enough.
Hoping for your sake you are pregnant, but ovulation tests always gave me the wrong results. They would say I was ovulating when I wasn't. IMO they aren't the best thing to use. I would just have sex every other day when your not on your period. That is the best method. Good Luck!
My sister had low progesterone, and she was able to ovulate and get pregnant fine, just couldn't keep the pregnancy. She went on a progesterone cream and got pregnant, and was able to sustain that pregnancy. Then, progesterone problems weren't even a problem with her next pregnancy. I thought the hormones needed for ovulation were LH and FSH? How were those levels? I wish you all the best of luck in trying for a baby!
If you can get pregnant then the endo will likely go away. I did quite a few reports on it in college but I am sure the info now days is much more accurate.
It occurs when blood from the uterus escapes, maybe through the tubes, and makes it's way into other parts of the body. It attaches itself to the various parts (it's even been found in the brain) and then each month as the uterus does it's thing the little bits of tissue does it too. But since it's not stretchy it usually ruptures and therefore more of the tissue is out there looking for a place to attach and call home, then again the next month...well, it is a cycle that eventually leaves scar tissue all over the insides and that does not allow the organs to stretch, like the uterus, and they cannot sustain a pregnancy. If the body has a pelvic rest, like a pregnancy would do, or male hormones would do, to basically just stop the period cycle then all the little "uterus'" attaching themselves all over the inside of the woman's body would simply die off due to no hormones stimulating them. They would still leave the scar tissue that would never change but it would likely halt the spread of it.
Some of the old wives tales said the endometrius was the result of the couple not restraining from having intercourse during certain times of the month. It says somewhere that is referred to as laying with an unclean woman???, I think it went something like that. Who knows, that was 25 years ago. Anyway, the point is, that somehow tissue gets out, makes scars that are stiff and slick, that a med or a pregnancy can change the hormones and stop the spread of it.
I hope you are pregnant, that would be good for your body. If you are you may need to do more office visits and make sure things are progressing normally.
I used Naprotechnology to figure out when I was ovulating. I always ovulate late. I also have endo. and I have had to use progesterone supplements to keep from miscarrying. With my youngest child I ended up getting progesterone shots for the entire pregnancy. I can happily say that I have four kids that I chase around the house.
