Clomid & progesterone
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RB2012
Clomid & progesterone
On an unmedicated cycle my progesterone was at 13. On 50mg of clomid it dropped to 8.9. Is it common/normal for progesterone to drop because of clomid? Why is it okay for one to move on to a higher dose (100mg) if the lower dose dropped progesterone? Just a little confused... Thanks in advance!
Last edited by RB2012 on Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Clomid & progesterone
Hi:
That's unusual. Clomid usually increases the progesterone but there can be quite a bit of variation between cycles. It's also possible that you surged early and did not develop a good corpus luteum to produce progesterone well. Increasing to 100 mg should raise the levels.
Arthur L. Wisot, M. D.
Reproductive Partners Medical Group
Redondo Beach, California
That's unusual. Clomid usually increases the progesterone but there can be quite a bit of variation between cycles. It's also possible that you surged early and did not develop a good corpus luteum to produce progesterone well. Increasing to 100 mg should raise the levels.
Arthur L. Wisot, M. D.
Reproductive Partners Medical Group
Redondo Beach, California
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RB2012
Re: Clomid & progesterone
Corpus luteum? Time to google! Hope the 100mg works it's magic. I appreciate the rapid response.
Re: Clomid & progesterone
That's the structure left over in the ovary after ovulation that produces progesterone.
Arthur L. Wisot, M. D.
Reproductive Partners Medical Group
Redondo Beach, California
Arthur L. Wisot, M. D.
Reproductive Partners Medical Group
Redondo Beach, California