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For five years I went through hell and back to become a Mummy! I had three miscarriages from natural pregnancies, five IUI attempts, five IVF attempts, and three operations to remove endometriosis, a polyp and a fibroid. I have been with my 'almost perfect' Husband since 2003. We married in 2009 on Valentine's Day and we are extremely happy together. I decided to start a blog because I needed to write down my thoughts and feelings to show myself and others how I was never going to give up until we got our forever baby.

Since having my baby, I'm inspired to create: Baby Blankets by Me & Mum

Monday, 18 June 2012

Progesterone

I had a phone call from my GPs surgery last week saying the doctor would like to see me! So I went this evening and typically it wasn't the doctor who asked to see me so the conversation went like this:

Doc: Hello, what can I do for you?
Me: You asked to see me.
Doc: Oh, right did someone ring you?
Me: Yes the receptionist.
Doc: Ok, let's have a look.

The doc proceeds to scroll through my online notes while I sit there thinking I have an idea what it's about but I'll see what you come up with.

Eventually, with a bit of help from me, we found out that another GP must have been in touch with Prof Q and she confirmed that I should be prescribed progesterone while I am TTC naturally. So I got a prescription for that, which is very timely as AF is due any day! What is not timely is that I asked for this months ago and now my NHS Prescription Prepayment Certificate has run out so I'll have to payout again! But as I always tell myself - it doesn't really matter what it costs to get our Baby!

Why use Progesterone? Well some trials have shown that it can help ladies who have had recurrent early miscarriages. For example one big trial:  http://www.medscinet.net/promise/default.aspx
Also Prof Q said her partner Prof Brosens had had some success in his current trial with ladies using steroids and progesterone - so I'm giving it a go!

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