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Progesterone vs Progestins

Posted by mycycle on Jan 26, 2012 in All Articles, Progesterone Articles |

There are vast differences between the natural “progesterone” that the body makes and “progestin” that is a man made chemical substitute.

Progesterone is produced by the ovary once the egg matures and is released.  A cyst forms in the area called a corpus luteum and this is what produces progesterone during the 2^nd half of a woman’s reproductive cycle.  Progesterone is also produced by the adrenal cortex and by the placenta when pregnancy occurs.

Progesterone’s primary role is to conduct the entire endocrine system (balancing all the hormones in the body.)  Reproductively progesterone helps to maintain and thicken the uterine lining in the luteal phase of the cycle, it helps to maintain a pregnancy when a fertilized egg implants.