What are the effects of low progesterone levels on the body during pregnancy?

Many women will go to the hospital for a check-up immediately after discovering they are pregnant. At this time, the doctor will check B-ultrasound, blood and urine routine tests, etc., and will also refer to the progesterone value. So what is the progesterone value one month into pregnancy? What effect will a low progesterone value have on the body if it is one month into pregnancy? We consulted an expert with these questions. Experts say that around one month into pregnancy, progesterone should be between 24.5-70.6 ng/ml and HCG between 500-10000. The progesterone level increases rapidly in early pregnancy and can be checked and compared regularly.

After pregnancy, it is found that the progesterone level is low, which has a great impact on the body. The impact includes many aspects, as follows:

1. Endometrium: Progesterone mainly promotes the secretion changes of the endometrium to prepare for the implantation of the fertilized egg.

2. Fallopian tube: Progesterone also promotes secretory changes in the lining of the fallopian tube mucosa, which is related to the nutrition required for the fertilized egg to pass through the fallopian tube a few days before implantation in the uterus.

3. Breast: Progesterone promotes the development of breast lobules and breast alveoli. However, progesterone alone will not cause the breasts to secrete milk. Milk is produced only when there is a large amount of prolactin.

4. Progesterone can also cause the basal body temperature to rise.

5. Immunity: During implantation and pregnancy, progesterone will cause a decrease in the mother's immune response and thin the protective mucus of the cervix.

6. Blood sugar: Progesterone secreted by the placenta will increase the mother's blood sugar, ultimately leading to increased nutrient intake by the fetus.

At the same time, patients should know that the level increases significantly during 9 to 32 weeks of pregnancy, reaching 10 to 100 times that of normal people, and the level of twin pregnancy is higher than that of single pregnancy. Increased progesterone levels are seen in patients with lipid-bearing ovarian tumors, corpus luteum cysts, hydatidiform mole, and choriocarcinoma. When progesterone levels decrease, you should be alert to ovulation disorders, ovarian dysfunction, luteal insufficiency, anovulatory menstruation, amenorrhea, hypopituitarism, Addison's disease, etc.

The progesterone value one month into pregnancy is unstable, which is related to the progesterone level in early pregnancy. The patient should observe abnormal physical symptoms and check the progesterone value every month to diagnose the progesterone value, which can detect abnormalities in fetal development. Therefore, the progesterone value of the patient one month into pregnancy can only be used as a basis for diagnosing early pregnancy, and cannot be used to judge the development of the fetus.