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What Causes Spotting After Getting A Primolut Depot Shot?

Hello, am currently having post miscarriage complications. On 12 january 2017 i found out i was 5 weeks pregnant. [ My last period dated back to 10 dec 2016.]. On 14 jan 2017, i started spotting. I went to hospital on 16 january 2017. On 17 jan, they did normal echography and found nothing. Later on they did transvaginal echography and we saw the embryo but it was not stuck to the wall of my uterus yet. Later on that day, they injected me with primolut depo 250 mg. My bleeding only increased. Still bleeding 5 days later. Then it stopped for a day and it started again and on 22 jan my miscarriage started. By 28 jan i had passed out all clots but the bleeding continued several days later. Then it went to spotting. Then few days of nothing [ during which i had protected sex with my husband]. Then. spottinng started again and on 17 feb i got what i thought was my period [ 6 days of bleeding then 4 days of spotting then nothing for a day]. I thought it was over and we started TTC again.A day after the sex [TODAY ], i started bleeding again, not heavily but definitely more than what you would call spotting and my breasts are itching a lot at night. What could it be? Is it the primolut injection side effects or am i having something more complicated?
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Thanks for trusting us with your health concern. In the current scenario, your symptoms are more likely to be due to the hormone disturbance associated with the miscarriage and also the progesterone injection administered. If the embryo is not viable or sometimes when there is a threatened abortion, progesterone is better not given. Before you plan for another pregnancy, I suggest that you undergo proper appraisal of your hormone status and correct any deficiencies. You may need another sonogram of the pelvis to clarify. Hope this helps.
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What Causes Spotting After Getting A Primolut Depot Shot?

Hello, Thanks for trusting us with your health concern. In the current scenario, your symptoms are more likely to be due to the hormone disturbance associated with the miscarriage and also the progesterone injection administered. If the embryo is not viable or sometimes when there is a threatened abortion, progesterone is better not given. Before you plan for another pregnancy, I suggest that you undergo proper appraisal of your hormone status and correct any deficiencies. You may need another sonogram of the pelvis to clarify. Hope this helps.