Progesterone cream

[Anonymous]

What is your experience with using this? I bought some natural cream at Yes! (progesta-care) and want to try it. I am temping and charting and so I know when I ovulate. My temps aren't getting very high above my coverline post-ovulation and so I am thinking this might help.

When in your cycle do you apply it? Have you had any success with it? (We have been TTC #2 for a year now). What could the side effects be? I have googled all this but would also like some real-life feedback from a community I trust. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

It does not metabolize the same way as RX supplements.

See your OB if you want your progesterone levels checked and possibly supplemented.

[Anonymous]

PP again. Even if you found one that did metabolize the same way, would you want to risk it? Dosage is important between implantation and when the placenta takes over producing progesterone. I personally wouldn't be comfortable with something that isn't FDA tested/approved.

[Anonymous]

It did nothing for me. I was tested pre-RE while using it and while not using it and had the same crummy progesterone levels both times. Also, I agree with PP. Knowing what I know now after IF, I would never try something like that again without input.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the other posters who said that you should go to a doctor and get an RX. I went into my ob/gyn with charts showing a short luteal phase after only a few months of trying. Even though they typically make you wait a year, because I had things so well documented they immediately allowed me to try certain RXs. I used clomid but in the end conceived two pregnancies using progesterone (1 healthy baby, pregnant still with #2).