How long after taking the progesterone injection should I go for a blood test?

For pregnant women, if the progesterone level in the body is too low, it will make it difficult for the fetus to develop normally, leading to miscarriage. Therefore, in order for the fetus to grow healthily, it is necessary to go to the hospital for regular check-ups, and even take progesterone injections to help increase the progesterone level in the body. After the progesterone injection, a blood test is required to determine whether it has returned to normal. So how long should the blood test be done?

If you take a progesterone injection, the progesterone level will go up. Expectant mothers all know that progesterone is very important for pregnancy. After excluding ectopic pregnancy, if the progesterone level is low, you can supplement it through injections. After the injection, you need to recheck. Normally, you need to go to the hospital to have a blood test to check the progesterone level three days later. At the same time, you also need to check hcg. Only when these two indicators are rising at the same time can the effect of the progesterone injection be seen.

When told that their progesterone level is low, many mothers are very scared, fearing that the baby they have worked so hard to conceive will be miscarried. At this time, they should seek help from a doctor as soon as possible. The fastest and most effective way is to get a progesterone injection. If you are in a hurry, you can go to the hospital for a follow-up check 24 hours after the progesterone injection. The accuracy of the follow-up check is also very high at this time, but you still have to follow the doctor's advice.

If you want to successfully increase the progesterone level, injections for one or two days are definitely not enough. Generally, it is necessary to inject continuously for at least 4 days. Only when the dosage and time are in place can the drug injected into the body produce an effect. The specific number of injection days varies from person to person. Some people have too low progesterone levels and even need injections for about ten days.

Are there any side effects of taking progesterone injections?

Progesterone injections may cause dizziness, headache, nausea, depression, breast tenderness, etc. Long-term use can cause endometrial atrophy, decreased menstrual volume, and susceptibility to vaginal yeast infections. Patients with liver disease cannot take it orally.

The use of progestins to treat threatened abortion is no longer recommended internationally, especially in early pregnancy. It is reported that the use of large amounts of progesterone in early pregnancy can increase the risk of fetal malformations of the spine, anus, limbs, etc. by 8 times. If synthetic progesterone is used (such as norethindrone, which has a masculinizing effect), about 18% of female fetuses will become masculinized. This outcome is very unfortunate.

The use of progesterone to maintain pregnancy is very limited. Progesterone is a progestin that is useful for threatened abortion caused by insufficient luteal secretion and progesterone deficiency. But first you have to figure out if you have a progesterone deficiency. Whether there is a deficiency can be confirmed by laboratory tests or by measuring basal body temperature. For those who do suffer from luteal insufficiency, in order to conceive, they can inject progesterone 3-4 days after the basal body temperature rises, and use it continuously for 9-10 weeks until the mother can secrete progesterone naturally. The use of progesterone in normal conditions of progesterone deficiency does not pose a risk. I hope you can correctly understand progesterone, correctly understand the different factors of miscarriage, and correctly understand how to preserve the fetus, so as to avoid doing good things with bad intentions.

How to treat low progesterone

In clinical practice, it has been observed that more women who have experienced fetal growth retardation have normal six sex hormone tests and no problems with luteal insufficiency. However, after pregnancy, their progesterone levels are too low and they cannot maintain normal pregnancy. Even if they take Chinese and Western medicine or inject corresponding Western medicine in time after pregnancy, they still experience abnormal pregnancy conditions such as spontaneous abortion and fetal growth retardation. This requires an in-depth analysis of the patient's physical constitution to find out where the problem lies, rather than using the results of Western medical instrument examinations as the basis for diagnosis. This is because many non-organic problems but functional problems cannot be detected by Western medical instruments. They require comprehensive analysis and diagnosis by experienced Chinese medicine practitioners, such as fatigue syndrome and menopausal syndrome. If you adjust your physical condition before pregnancy, make your internal organs function normally, have abundant Qi and blood, and have a healthy internal environment, you can ensure the safety of future pregnancy. Even if the progesterone level is not ideal in the early stages of pregnancy, it will return to normal after comprehensive conditioning, allowing you to conceive and give birth normally.

For expectant mothers who have low progesterone during pregnancy, they must pay attention to it. They can use Chinese medicine for conditioning, improve the mother's own factors, improve the progesterone deficiency, supplement the necessary nutrients, ensure adequate nutrition for the uterus, strengthen the placenta, inhibit uterine contractions, and better protect the healthy development of the fetus.