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It would be foolish to believe that the first article you will want to pour over would be corpus luteum functions but at least give it a chance. Corpus luteum – Latin for “yellow body” – is of the utmost importance to TTC. It is all about the progesterone baby!
What if I ask you, “How important is progesterone to your baby, to your pregnancy and to the placenta?” That might jar your attention a little more.
By the very fact that I asked in that way, you might perk up and take notice. In this post, you will learn more about corpus luteum definition and functions.
What Is The Main Function Of The Corpus Luteum?
Corpus luteum is essential for maintaining and establishing pregnancy in women.
The ovary is where many things are hosted for female reproduction. For instance, the follicles are matured in the ovaries.
Apart from hormones and follicles, the corpus luteum is extremely important to getting pregnant. Doing what we can to make sure it is the best functioning corpus luteum possible is an important work in TTC.
We do this with healthy eating, herbs, female libido booster supplements and making sure that hormones are in balance when pregnancy is possible.
Is Corpus Luteum Cyst A Good Sign?
Another function of corpus luteum has to do with ovulation. I can honestly say that it took a while for me to recount the order of this. But gladly, I learned that the follicle of the month is matured and becomes an egg during a menstrual cycle.
The egg is forced from the ovary and a sac of fluid forms behind, at the site of the follicle, growing with progesterone. Immediately, blood vessels begin to form in preparation for progesterone production. This progesterone will either be enough (hopefully) for the rest of the cycle. Or with some help of hCG after pregnancy occurs, enough for 8-12 weeks when the placenta should be fully formed and nourishing your baby. If the corpus luteum functions properly, it will last somewhere, normally, through the 6th month; sometimes beyond.
Why Is This So Important?
When you read about Luteal Phase Defect (LPD) – you will find that the lack of progesterone is the most popularly known reason for miscarriage. If you are not producing a good egg and corpus luteum is not supplementing with progesterone, then you will soon be in danger of miscarriage after waiting so long to conceive.
One important point to note about the corpus luteum is that it can be torn from the ovary if a cyst ruptures. This is common in early pregnancy.
If you have a history of cysts or PCOS / PCOD you may have this situation and not even know about it. It is even more important that you have progesterone enough to support these first important weeks of pregnancy.
Don’t be caught off guard but be armed with natural progesterone cream upfront. We have products such as Balance Natural Progesterone Cream and Fertile Balance Organic Progesterone Cream made for that.
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