Stopping Progesterone?

I'm using progesterone during the 2ww. If I test positive for pregnancy I continue through 11 weeks, if I test negative I stop using them.

At what point do you stop testing for pregnancy? I got a positive opk on cycle day 11. Should I stop testing on cycle day 26? That would be 14dpo and the time I think AF should be due. Or should I test two extra days since my cycles vary between 26-30 days? If I wait until 28 days that would be 16dpo.

If I'm not pregnant I want to stop ASAP so I can get my period but I don't want to stop too soon just in case I am pregnant. Highly unlikely but that would be my luck.

I tested negative this morning at 12dpo so I'm pretty sure that I'm out and I would love to stop using these suppositories. What would be a good day to give up on testing?

Thanks and for all

Message edited 3/17/2011 12:00:30 PM.

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Do you go for betas? I usually stop if I spot b/c I know Af is coming, or after beta. I'd say if you still don't have AF by 14DPO, go for a beta.

Good luck!

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I went to my RE for the beta test exactly two weeks after the IUI. As soon as I got the phone call it was a BFN I stopped them right away and got AF 3 days later. Did your RE tell you to make an apt. for blood work? If not I would wait at least 14-16 DPO.

Good luck

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Are you not being monitored by an RE? Your RE should tell you when to stop your progesterone. Good luck!!!!

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I would wait until you have a beta....just in case....you never know!!

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I am not seeing an RE.

I had a miscarriage a few months ago and the chromosome testing came back normal so my OB started checking my mid luteal progesterone to see if I had a defect. It seemed like my level was fine and enough days long but the month we started trying (this month) my progesterone was lower than 20 so she wrote me a prescription for the progesterone "just in case" I became pregnant this cycle. She said it couldn't hurt. I don't want another miscarriage so I will do anything to help my chances as long as it's not harmful.

Now I am just waiting to see what happens. When I became pregnant the last time we just stopped being careful and it happened the first month. I tested positive on day 28 of that cycle with a very faint bfp. I was not tracking ovulation because I had just stopped birth control so I have no idea how many dpo I was when I tested on day 28. I could have been 10dpo or 16dpo. Who knows. This month we used the opk (because I needed to track for the mid luteal testing) and we a lot before, during and after O. I thought if I were to become pregnant I would have gotten a bfp by now since I got the positive opk on day 11. I am on day 23 of my cycle. Could it take longer? I think I'm out, but like I said, I don't want to stop using the medication prematurely at 14dpo just in case. At the same time I want to be realistic, this is our first month trying again and the chances are not in our favor.

I know this isn't infertility related but nobody else seems to have experience with using progesterone on the other board. I figured I'd get more help here.

Thank you all for responding.

Re: Stopping Progesterone?

trust me, i am in your shoes every month, but you should reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally wait for the beta. Once, i stopped them, b/c tests were -, but beta came back at 5 and kept growing. I lost that pregnancy at 7 weeks, but since then I always use them until an official negative beta.

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yes, suppositories delay AF. prometrium is not as strong as regular prog, so you might actually start AF on it. but usually AF staya away while you are on suppositories