Yes, Low Progesterone Hampers Pregnancy, since progesterone is an essential hormone to prepare the woman's body for pregnancy and also to ensure the evolution of gestation.
Low levels of progesterone may cause failures in the implantation of the embryo in the uterus, which makes it difficult to start a pregnancy. Low progesterone may also repeat abortions, thus impairing the maintenance of gestation.
Progesterone activates the cells lining the uterine wall and increases blood flow, preparing the uterus to receive the embryo.
During pregnancy, progesterone maintains gestation, relaxes the muscles of the uterus and stimulates the development of mammary glands.
In addition progesterone is closely related to the fertility of woman:
- After the release of the egg, in the second phase of the menstrual cycle, progesterone is the most active female hormone, because it is its function to ensure the development of the embryo until birth, if the egg is fertilized;
- From the age of 35, the production of progesterone falls, which reduces the chances of becoming pregnant due to the aging of the eggs and the decrease in the number of eggs that the woman stores.
If you want to become pregnant and have low progesterone, talk to your gynecologist or obstetrician.
