Posts by velvetangler80

Sophia Wells72 said:Honestly, she probably should’ve just done an ultrasound on the spot and prescribed something else to kickstart things, though if I were you, I’d still hang tight for a bit.
If these long, irregular cycles keep happening, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have your OBGYN send you for some hormone testing before they even think about giving you anything to trigger a period.

The main thing is that Progesterone is usually taken less frequently than Duphaston, but it should do the trick just fine.

So I asked her if I should get an ultrasound or run some hormone panels first, but she basically told me this was the best way to test everything. But wait—if low progesterone is what causes the uterine lining to shed and triggers my period, then isn't it totally backwards for me to be applying it locally just to boost those levels? It feels so contradictory. But hey, I guess the woman spent way too many years in med school to be making some rookie mistake, right?

Alright, look... I know this thread is ancient, but instead of starting some annoying new one, I'll just dump this here.🙂

So, my period is like 14 days late (which is wild because it’s never been this late before), so I finally went to see my OBGYN. I told her I wasn't pregnant—not that there was much of a chance anyway since my boyfriend and I are super careful, plus the test came back negative—so she prescribed me progesterone to take vaginally, which is supposed to kickstart my period. But then I started Googling, and apparently, the vaginal route is mostly for pregnant women to maintain a pregnancy (while the oral version is for getting your period to actually show up), and even the instructions on the box say the vaginal application is for supporting pregnancy. Since progesterone is basically the "pregnancy hormone" anyway, why on earth did she give me this specific way just to get my period started?🤷
What are the actual odds that I'll actually get my period once I start taking this stuff?😢