Seeking New Ob/fertility Doc for Low Progesterone Issues

Where do you live and how do you feel about traveling?

I highly recommend Dr. Mary Wood-Molo, a Reproductive Endocrinologist who practices at Rush University Medical Center with Womens' Health Consultants. With us, she took her time to explain EVERYTHING in terms we would understand but not talking down to us. She was very open about risks, possible success and failure rates, how each treatment would affect me mentally and physically, and was very caring. My husband and I immediately formed a connection with her. With us, she ran a battery of tests and profiles to get an idea of the big picture and everything involved with my fertility issues, then started with the most basic treatments. IVF, typically more involved and sophisticated, was far far down the road for us. When I did become pregnant, I was on progesterone supplements for nearly the whole first trimester. She was the second doctor we went to; the first doctor recommended IVF right away for us, without any bloodwork, glucose fasting, Hystersalpingogram, testing husband's semen sample - ridiculous! If you want to know who that was so you don't waste your time, I'll give you that name privately.

The website is www.whcchicago.com (I think...just google Womens' Health Consultants, Chicago) and her phone number is ###-###-#### (baby). They are located in the West Loop/Little Italy area.

I am not sure of what my doc and her partner specialize in, fortunately did not have problems, sorry for yours =(, but there sign does say stuff about helping women with any female issue. They are both great doctors, more like friends than docs. The only problem is they are in the south suburb of chicago heights, but you could call to see what they specialize in. If the front person does not know, one of the docs will call you, even from home! They are awesome.
My doc: Dr. Toni Scott-Terry and her partner Dr. Cansler ###-###-#### Good Luck!

I highly recommend Pulling Down the Moon, located in River North in Chicago. They have other locations as well in the suburbs. www.pullingdownthemoon.com check them out, they cover everything alternative!

I also had and have hormonal problems. I tried the natural herbal meds and honestly I don't really think they work. They might if the problem is minor. I also had a friend that tried the whole natural healing blah blah for 5 years. Finally they gave up last year and went through IVF and had beautiful twins this year. IVF isn't that bad and the whole thing is controlled by constant labs and med doses. We ended up with beautiful twin girls and I recall having to take progesterone shots and pills for the first trimester of the pregnancy to prevent a miscarrage. We went to the human reproductive center / reproductive genetics institute. They are 2800 N. on halsted, the doctor has a strange name but his the head of the clinic...I don't recall the exact address or his name. But they are great very personalized service. Unlike large hospitals, where you kinda get thrown in with the general public. good luck

The Rinehart Center for Reproductive Medicine has a very well-known Dr who specializes in miscarriages, I believe her name is Dr. Collum. I was a patient of Dr. Rinehart's and through IVF with him we have two beautiful children, I can't speak highly enough about the practice and although I have never met Dr. Collum, she is supposedly very well-respected in the field. Might be worth a consultation with her. Good luck to you!