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In peri-meno w/3 wks of bleeding! going away so i got progest to stop it. it stopped by itself. take it anyway or could that cause bleeding to resume?
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Ask your doctor: The progesterone used in the perimenopause makes the lining mature and the lining sloughs off after you stop the progesterone. In the perimenopause u still have estrogen making the lining grow but only produce progesterone when you ovulate which happens less often. Giving you progesterone is like a medical D&C with the benefit of maturing the lining and thus decreasing the risk of uterine cancer.
Answered 4/23/2016
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