Just got a packet from RE on what I need to get done to prepare for my first Clomid with IUI. A lot! One of the prescriptions is for Prometrium. What is it for?

I was perscribed Prometrium by my OB and was told it makes AF arrive.

I don't understand then why I being prescribed to take Prometrium after the IUI... Has anyone done it this way - Clomid, then Ovidrel to trigger O, then IUI, then Prometrium inserts?

I was just prescribed prometrium tonight, and it is not to make AF come, it actually prolongs it from coming. It is a progesterone supplement. I will find out on the 7th if I am pregnant and my progesterone bloodwork just came back at only a 13.5 (where in the past months it was a 22.5 or 26.5) so this is a supplement to help keep my progesterone up which is necessary to sustain a pregnancy. My prometrium is an oral tablet that is taken at night before I go to bed.

I hope that helps. They probably gave it to you to help boost progesterone if necessary:)
cmarie

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{removed} It is a oral form of progesterone. It can be used to to help sustain a pregnancy if your body is not producing enough, but it is also to help regulate AF. In my case my cycles were very irregular and I did an IUI. After it was determined I was not pregnant my OB gave me prometrium to take to make AF arrive so I wouldn't wait 60 plus days for her to arrive on her own. You will be fine as long as you follow doctors orders as to how to take the med.

Thank you, this was helpful.

good luck!