Progesterone Side Effects!!

[Anonymous]

For those of you who have to take progesterone for one reason or another, how do you stop yourself from ballooning up on these pills?

I get so hungry when I take them and I am gaining weight!

I have to take them as soon as I get a positive hpt until 8 weeks. I also suffer from recurrent miscarriages so it feels like I am always on these damn pills. I'm at the point where I just want to stop taking them. It's not like they've helped me have a live baby yet and it's been YEARS. 3 years of on and off (mostly on) progesterone. Zero healthy babies. 10 extra pounds.

[Anonymous]

It does make you gain weight, but it goes away.

[Anonymous]

You don’t. You are pregnant and will gain weight. It will come off after the baby. As soon as you are showing it gets better.

[Anonymous]

Are you taking baby aspirin too?

[Anonymous]

Yes I am taking baby aspirin.

I know weight gain is normal in pregnancy and if I was "normal" and didn't keep having miscarriages I would gladly wear the extra weight with pride. I'm paranoid about people guessing I am pregnant bc chances are I'll probably just end up losing this one too. And then everyone will know I've had yet another miscarriage.

Sigh..guess this is just the hand I was dealt. A sucky one.