Patient's question:
Hello. I am experiencing early intrauterine pregnancy. A few days ago, the doctor prescribed progesterone pills for me to prevent miscarriage. I have taken them for three days. This morning, I noticed coffee-colored fluid discharge. What is this? Is it serious? I am very worried and don't know how my situation is. I can't afford to have another miscarriage. It was so hard for me to get pregnant. Thank you.Doctor's answer:
The use of progesterone for maintaining pregnancy is very limited. Progesterone is a gestagen that is useful for threatened miscarriage caused by insufficient luteal secretion or progesterone deficiency. However, it is essential to first determine whether there is a progesterone deficiency. Whether there is a deficiency can be confirmed through chemical tests or by measuring basal body temperature. For those who indeed have luteal insufficiency, progesterone can be injected 3-4 days after the rise in basal body temperature to conceive, and it should be used continuously for 9-10 weeks until the mother's body can naturally secrete progesterone. In normal cases of progesterone deficiency, the use of progesterone is not dangerous. I hope you can correctly understand progesterone, correctly understand the different factors of miscarriage, and correctly understand the preservation of pregnancy, so as to avoid doing good deeds with bad intentions.