Patient's question:
Hello. I am experiencing an 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 what my condition is like. 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. This 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 purpose of maintaining pregnancy, so as to avoid doing good deeds with bad intentions.