![]() Eitherway, if you are not tolerating injections, talk to your doctor about whether vaginal progesterone is right for you. Interestingly, some patients prefer injections over vaginal suppositories. Studies have shown that progesterone injections are equivalent to vaginal progesterone suppositories in FRESH IVF cycles as it relates to livebirth rates. Which route and for how long, though, have been questions studied for some time and practice patterns vary by clinic so talk to your MD about what is right for you. As a result, progesterone supplementation is required in IVF. When one undergoes a fresh IVF cycle for example, all of those follicles that are aspirated at the time of egg retrieval makde progesterone but the hormone signals from the brain that KEEP those follicles making progesterone is blunted by the IVF medications that are responsible for prevented ovulation. Progesterone helps support implantation and the IVF process blunts your body’s natural ability to make progesterone.
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