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Gaining weight while using progesterone suppositories. Please help!

Hello there! I'm having a very hard time lately with weight gain. I was warned that progesterone suppositories may effect weight and I am worried. I had a miscarrage in Dec 2014 and bled for 2 months. I then waited another month before attempting to get pregnant again. My obgyn put me on 100mg progesterone suppositories everyday from
Ovulation onward. And I'm embarrassed to say it but have since gained 25 pounds. No matter what I do I can't get the number to go down. I'm a strict vegetarian as well as I ordered a month of Nutrisytem to just attempt to kick start some weight loss. I actually gained while doing it! Does anybody out there have this same issue? Please help me as I am now concidering taking a break from TTC just so I can stop taking progesterone for awhile. I'm so overweight and miserable from these hormones. Terrified to stop taking them but terrified to continue this horrible weight gain.
Thank you <3

5 Answers • 8 years ago


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I had a chemical last May and we stopped ttc to conceive until this year May 2015. I have gained 25 pds since May using progesterone and like you it kills me b/c I cant seem to stop it or back it down no matter what I do.

8 years ago


Thank you @mamaorbust it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one. I know my body has never reacted well to any form of birth control either (when I was younger) and they tried me on so many different kinds because I was gaining so much weight. I had a bad weigh reaction after the depo shot and I gained 60 pounds in a VERY short amount of time. And the doctors said that I couldn't be on it because the ingredient in it that leads to weight gain kicked my butt. It took me years to lose it. So I've always been so scared about gaining a ton of weight. Now These Suppositories are doing it again. It's so frustrating!

8 years ago • Post starter


I too have had a similar case. While trying to conceive my first child I gained about 25 pounds in about 3 months from all the medications the doctor put me. When I asked about trying to control it they said there was no way that unfortunately it was the medication. I finally after about 6 months of trying was able to get pregnant and once i stopped all that medication in the first 5 months of my pregnancy I only gained about 5 opens. Needless to say my son will be 3 soon and I finally just lost the baby weight but now there's still the 30 I gained trying to get pregnant. In the end it was worth it even though it was a struggle dealing with the gain. I hope it all works out for you! Baby Dust!!!

8 years ago


Hey ,I am also suffering from excessive weight gain .I had 1 miscarriage before and now I am pregnant again 8 weeks . I am on progesterone since 5 week .It would be really difficult for me to lose weight after pregnancy .One of my friend recommended me to get some organic Nuez dela India seeds from http://nuez-dela-india.com after pregnancy which are effective for weight loss .

8 years ago


I purchased Fat Diminisher program before pregnancy and started it on January 21. I found the book to be very informative and easy to read.I’ve lost 18 pounds in 9 days, I’m just concerned that I’m losing too much weight, too quickly. I will admit I haven’t followed the guide exactly. I’m not sticking perfectly to the listed foods and meal plans (but mostly) and doing very little exercise, but the weight keeps flying off. It clearly works and I am really happy for that and I am tell to my dear friends just try it ( reduceweight.tumblr.com )

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