HM Diagnostics & Clinics Progesterone Test Price and Details

Last Updated On Saturday, January 18, 2025

What Is The progesterone Test?

A progesterone test is a blood test that measures the level of the hormone progesterone.

Progesterone is essential during pregnancy. It gets your body ready to support a fertilized egg. When you're pregnant, progesterone stimulates your breasts to produce milk.

Progesterone also aids in period control. Progesterone levels typically rise each month when you ovulate and your body prepares to become pregnant. If you do not become pregnant, progesterone levels fall and your period begins. Progesterone levels will continue to rise if you become pregnant. Progesterone levels are approximately ten times higher during pregnancy.

When Is progesterone Performed?

It is performed when you experience sudden changes.

• Even within a single day, your progesterone levels can fluctuate dramatically. In some cases, abnormally high or low progesterone levels can indicate an underlying health issue.
• High progesterone levels can be caused by a variety of factors, including pregnancy.
• Cancer of the ovaries
• Cancer of the adrenal glands
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a group of disorders affecting the adrenal gland that occur at birth.

Progesterone levels are low:

• This could be determined by the stage of your cycle at which the test was performed. If the progesterone level is lower than normal, it could be due to:
• Your ovaries aren't working properly, or you didn't ovulate.
• Possibility of an unusual pregnancy
• Progesterone levels are high:

If your progesterone levels are higher than normal, it could be due to:

• Pregnant with one or more children
• Your ovaries have cysts.
• A growth that causes pregnancy symptoms (molar pregnancy)
• A problem with your adrenal glands
• Cancer of the ovaries

Progesterone levels are normal:

Progesterone levels in a certain range can indicate ovulation. The test should be performed 18 to 24 days after the start of your period or 7 days before your next expected period.

What Does progesterone Detect?

A progesterone test can help determine whether low progesterone levels are causing female infertility (problems conceiving after a year of trying) or pregnancy complications. The test may also aid in the diagnosis of certain adrenal gland problems that can result in high levels of progesterone in both males and females.

• If your doctor orders a progesterone test, you may also receive the following:
• Other blood tests to determine your ability to become pregnant
• Home urine tests that use progesterone byproducts to predict ovulation
• An ultrasound to measure the thickness of your uterine lining A specific blood test, if you're pregnant, to determine whether there are any problems with the pregnancy

What Are The Benefits Of This progesterone?

A progesterone test may be used by your doctor to:

• Learn why you aren't getting pregnant when you try.
• Check to see if and when you are ovulating, and if you are at high risk of miscarriage during pregnancy.
• Keep an eye on high-risk pregnancies.
• When a fertilized egg implants outside your womb, you have an ectopic pregnancy.

When Should I Know The Results Of the progesterone Test?

Progesterone levels rise after ovulation and peak five to nine days later—during the second half of the menstrual cycle, after ovulation—so progesterone levels are usually checked six to eight days after you ovulate (about day 21 of a day 28 cycle).

What is Progesterone Test Results Range?

Depending on the certain menstrual cycle and pregnancy periods, the following ranges are considered normal: Less than 1 nanogram per milliliter (ng/mL) or 3.18 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L) for females during pre-ovulation Female (mid-cycle): 15.90 to 63.60 nmol/L or 5 to 20 ng/mL. Less than 1 ng/mL, or 3.18 nmol/L, in males.