Kara29
11-19-2005, 12:17 PM
I was on Clomid (Fetility Drug) that raises your progesterone for 8 months and the whole time I got urgency and frequency. Then my doc put me on birth control b/c I had a cyst on my right ovary and it has progesterone in it, it also raises the progesterone level. As soon as I went off of the Clomid and birth control, the urgency and frequency disappered. The he had to put me back on birth control this month and the urgency and frequency came back. So I know for sure that high progesterone levels cause urgency and frequency for me. This scares me b/c when you get pregnant your progesterone rises. And people who have fertility trouble like me, have to have progesterone support during their pregnancies so I don't lose the baby.........this is going to suck. I don't know how I am going to do it. I even have a new bladder and this is still happening. All of the urine cultutres I have dropped off have been negative.............My Urologist said women going through fertility treatments can have urgency and frequency but he did not know for sure which hormone was the culprit. Well, now I know. I just discovered a new thing about IC. I am going to call him next week to tell him what I have discovered. Unforunately if I want to have kids, this is what I have to go through to do it. After I have my babies, I can try to get help for this. Maybe there will be some way they can lower my progesterone level. My kids will never know what I went through to have them. I hope it is all worth it in the end! It sucks b/c I have to catherize myself with a huge catheter every time I go. I can barely make it 2 hours with this progesterone problem. Each time I cath it irritates the bladder and urethra even more. Then it gets swollen. There is no med on the face of this planet that makes this urgency and frequency feel better. I know b/c I have tried them all!
OH AND BY THE WAY.....if we are not on birth control, and we cycle normally, the reason why we all feel rotten and get HUGE FLARES before our periods come is due in part to the fact that our progesterone level rises right after we ovulate and right before we get out periods. Interesting huh? Let's see what my doc has to say about this one!
I will post the research I found to support this theory. This is my theory and only my experience.
Kara :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
OH AND BY THE WAY.....if we are not on birth control, and we cycle normally, the reason why we all feel rotten and get HUGE FLARES before our periods come is due in part to the fact that our progesterone level rises right after we ovulate and right before we get out periods. Interesting huh? Let's see what my doc has to say about this one!
I will post the research I found to support this theory. This is my theory and only my experience.
Kara :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: