The relationship between progesterone and development in two months of pregnancy

Many pregnant women are particularly worried about their progesterone levels when they are two months pregnant, because normal progesterone levels can ensure the health of their babies. Therefore, many pregnant women want to fully understand the relationship between progesterone and development in two months of pregnancy. The following content gives a detailed introduction so that you can have a comprehensive understanding.

Every pregnancy depends on progesterone. Progesterone is one of the most important conditions in promoting the integration of a tiny embryo into the uterine wall. Progesterone helps the embryonic egg form the placenta, which will provide nutrition to the fetus for 9 months. Natural progesterone, or endogenous progesterone (produced by your own body), is produced in the corpus luteum of the ovary, where the egg sprouts. Around the fourth week of pregnancy, the secretory function of the ovaries and corpus luteum begins to be replaced by the placenta to ensure the normal progress of the pregnancy. Gradually, the fetus's placenta produces enough progesterone to take over from the ovaries to ensure the progesterone needs of pregnancy. In theory, by the eighth week of pregnancy, the amount of progesterone produced by the placenta has made the role of the ovaries as hormone-secreting organs less important.

Historically, doctors have given pregnant women exogenous progesterone (progesterone that comes from outside our body) for two reasons:

(1) Avoid "early pregnancy abortion";

(2) Maintaining a normal growth environment for implanted donated eggs is a common practice only in recent years. Taking progesterone to prevent miscarriage is an outdated practice. However, doctors are accustomed to giving progesterone to pregnant women who undergo egg implantation between the first 8 weeks and the first 16 weeks of pregnancy to "help the pregnancy succeed." Pregnant women who receive eggs have to rely entirely on exogenous progesterone in the early stages of pregnancy to ensure a normal living environment for the fetus, because the ovaries of these pregnant women do not have a corpus luteum to secrete this hormone. (It is the egg donor—not the egg recipient—who ovulates and produces the corpus luteum.)

The benefits of using exogenous progesterone for egg recipients are obvious, as the purpose of this type of pregnancy progesterone is to achieve a successful pregnancy. But how much progesterone is appropriate for this type of pregnancy - and for how long? Doctors' answers to the second question vary. Some doctors prescribe progesterone for 10 weeks, others for 12 weeks, and still others for 16 weeks.

Twelve weeks of progesterone therapy is reasonable (compared with 16 weeks). By then the placenta has already done its job. You can stop taking progesterone after 8 weeks. Progesterone (as a treatment) has little effect after the 8th week. Dr. Alan Killam expressed his views based on the physiological hormonal changes in normal pregnancy. He believes that after 8 weeks of pregnancy, the corpus luteum no longer secretes most of the hormones that the embryo relies on for survival.

The above is a comprehensive introduction to progesterone in the second month of pregnancy, as well as the relationship between progesterone and development. Many pregnant women already have a specific understanding of this. Because progesterone during pregnancy is particularly beneficial to the health of the child, it is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of this aspect and ensure that your progesterone is normal to ensure the normal development of the child.