Progesterone Levels:
Discover why this hormone is so important

Your progesterone levels are extremely important to get right if you are trying to get pregnant.Alot of women who have miscarriaged have done so because they didn't have the right progesterone levels. Your body can be out of whack for many reasons, including from lack of exercise through to not eating right, or even suffering high stress.
Whatever the reason, if you think you have low progesterone, you need to rectify it so that you can safely become pregnant and maintain and sustain your pregnancy without the threat of miscarriage.

Here's a short video about why progesterone is so important and how it works in our bodies:

What Is Progesterone?

Progesterone is the hormone responsible for kicking into gear immediately after ovulation. It is the hormone that helps thicken the lining of your uterus so that any embryo that comes to visit can safely implant into the uterine wall and hopefully grow to form a baby.
Without progesterone, your uterus is a hostile and unwelcoming place for any embryo. If you don't have enough, your embryo may start to grow but than miscarriage from lack of the hormone to sustain its growth.
If you have low progesterone, then you might have a luteal phase defect. But if this sounds like your situation, there's no need to panic. There are actually things you can do to fix your hormonal imbalance.
I actually had low progesterone, but through some changes, I now have the correct levels of progesterone to get pregnant.

Checking Your Progesterone Levels

Basically to check your progesterone levels you can do it via a blood test from your doctor, or you can monitor your cycle with a basal body thermometer.
If your temperature isn't slightly elevating in the second half of your cycle after ovulation, or if your temps aren't staying elevated for a minimum of 10 days (but preferably 14 days), than you could have progesterone deficiency issues.
You can correct your progesterone problem with progesterone cream, progesterone injections each month, by taking pessaries or suppositories, or you can do it naturally like I did by using a herb called Chasteberry (or Vitex Agnus Cactus).
It takes about 6 months to do it this way, but it also helps to regulate your cycle so that you aren't having a 34 day cycle and than a 26 day cycle - it helps to make your period dates more predictable and also helps to balance your progesterone hormone.