I would be very afraid of receiving any type of hormone while pregnant. Back in the 50s they gave women a hormone called DES (diethylstilbesterol-not sure of spelling) to prevent miscarriages. Some of the children developed cancer of the reproductive organs in their teens and twenties due to the drug.
This was discussed in a book called "Women and the Crisis in Sex Hormones" by Barbara Seamans (from 1977).
My older son (almost 5) is autistic and was premature (28 weeks). He is not behavioral, is very compliant and easygoing, nice temperament.
My younger son is typically developing and I was given progesterone shots from about weeks 21-34 based on a study that was done in women who had previously given birth prematurely-that the shots helped keep them pregnant longer in future pregnancies. My younger son is extremely bright. He is 2 1/2 and knows his letters (upper & lower case), numbers to 20, days of the week, colors, shapes, learns things quickly. He crawled at 7 months, walked at 10 months, started talking by 10 months, etc. However he is very behavioral and tantrums (worse when hungry or tired), most of it stemming from wanting to be independent/do things himself, and he is very controlling in an OCD-like kind of way at times, to get his way and be manipulative. He is strong willed and can be difficult to deal with. We recently wondered if follow-up studies were done on kids whose moms got progesterone when pregnant. Glad I saw this post - I will look up this study.
Monica
I got progesterone shots with my second pregnancy to prevent preterm labor and my younger son is typically developing. It is my older son who was premature (28 weeker) and autistic, and I had a normal pregnancy up until I went into preterm labor. Personally, I don't think there is a correlation between progesterone and autism.
Monica
[QUOTE=MyDearColin]I took progesterone for continuous spotting during my first thirteen weeks, as well as one major "bleed". I bled a minimum of twice a week (bright red blood) until my second trimester. Hence, I took the progesterone.
Colin is autistic.
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I took natural progesterone suppositories during both my pregnancies for the first thirteen weeks also. (To prevent miscarriage, because I had lost two before.) Both my kids are autistic. Rules that out.
Patty
I took progesterone for continuous spotting during my first thirteen weeks, as well as one major "bleed". I bled a minimum of twice a week (bright red blood) until my second trimester. Hence, I took the progesterone.
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8. Progesterone could raise children's IQ by 35 points (to
about 135) and greatly decrease, if not eliminate, the
plague of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders.
(Note an IQ of 135 is not only higher than 98% of those
taking the test but is considered in the borderline genius
to genius range).
9. One way progesterone blocks cancer is by boosting the
gene causing cancer cells to die, as well as, exhibiting
other cancer blocking affects.
Most research on natural progesterone and its effects on pregnancy appears to have been done in the past. In fact I've found it very difficult to access progesterone studies. Dr. Dalton's study is truly astounding. Progesterone, unlike Provera, is safe. Progesterone appears to be a hormone that has many effects, but some of its important effects during pregnancy are optimizing fetal nutrition and stabilizing brain cells. Less known is its ability to have a socialization like affect.
Women possess more progesterone than men and, perhaps, for that reason are more sociable. Moreover, on the average their IQs are higher are born normal and survive childhood. It's been said that progesterone is a hormone of balance. Women's brains are said to be in better balance than men's. One sees far more lower IQs in men than in women. Is progesterone the difference?
I wonder if early diagnosed autistic children and other challenged children were supplemented with progesterone and perhaps T-3 early on plus an optimal vitamin and mineral supplement if that might help ameliorate some of their challenges. It seems that progesterone's calming but not sedating affect on the brain and its anti-seizure affects might prove helpful?
Kenogen's oral progesterone with vitamin E is one of the best progesterone supplements I've seen. Those who are interested might want to google Ray Peat. He's an expert on this subject. I am simply speculating here.
In the US many women become depleted of progesterone early on, some by 35 or so, which results in a relative excess of estrogen (a known carcinogen, particularly when progesterone is not there to balance it). This imbalance eventually leads to cancer of the female reproductive organs and the breast. Taking natural progesterone should alleviate this problem.
What's more men also develop cancer of the reproductive tract, prostate cancer, with rising levels of estrogen unopposed by progesterone or testosterone. Dr. Robert Lee advised men to take natural progesterone to prevent prostate cancer. This makes sense. His research proved progesterone increases bone mass in older women. Hence, progesterone builds bone and should help alleviate osteoporosis.
What's more, one must wonder if progesterone, due to its brain stabilizing affects, could prevent Alzheimer's and other degenerative diseases?
Due to pharmaceutical industry's profit driven attack on vitamin and mineral supplements and particularly vitamin E and C, I am very suspicious of their research. Could the lack of progesterone research and the misinformation concerning progestrone by the medical-pharmaceutical complex belie it widespread potential salubrious affects?
I am not a medical doctor, but a medical researcher. My degrees are in optometry and psychology with a little ballroom dancing for balance.
http://www.parenting-healthy-children.com/child-nutrition.ht ml
Points to remember (about progesterone study by Dalton):
http://www.parenting-healthy-children.com/child-nutrition.ht ml