Hormones are biologically active agents which regulate processes of activity of all systems of an organism. During pregnancy the hormonal background changes. There is a hormone which amount in a female body is especially significant during this period.
The main hormone of pregnancy, motherhood hormone, call progesterone. It provides preparation of a mucous membrane of a uterus for attachment of an embryo, creates optimal conditions for pregnancy. Progesterone influences nervous system, preparing a female body for pregnancy and childbirth. It suppresses activity of muscles of a uterus and reduces reaction of rejection of fetal egg. This hormone stimulates growth of a uterus, influences development of milk in mammary glands. Progesterone at women is formed in ovaries and adrenal glands. At its deficiency the infertility can be diagnosed - the impregnated cage is not able to keep in a uterus for a long time.
When there is a fertilization, the placenta begins to make the raised doses of this hormone. At pregnancy the level of progesterone increases by fifteen times. Determine a condition of a placenta by amount of this hormone, especially in the second half of pregnancy. Therefore the analysis of progesterone is a necessary stage for diagnostics of a condition of a fruit. Decrease in its quantity can be observed at threat of termination of pregnancy, at a delay of pre-natal development of a fruit, at insufficient function of a yellow body or a placenta. Besides, progesterone helps to diagnose perenashivany pregnancies. Also low progesterone can be as a result of intake of some medicines.
If progesterone is raised, it gives the grounds to assume dysfunctional uterine bleedings, deviations in development of a placenta, violation in formation of hormones in adrenal glands, a cyst of a yellow body or a renal failure. Intake of some medications can increase the level of this hormone. It is very important to take correctly a blood test on progesterone and to receive reliable results. For this purpose it is necessary to follow the recommendations of the doctor. Usually advise women to take a blood test on this analysis for 22 — 24 day of a menstrual cycle. It is necessary to take a blood test strictly on an empty stomach, it is better in the morning. If the woman had an irregular cycle, the analysis is done several times.
The absence or lack of protein significantly affects amount of the produced progesterone. Besides, it is possible to raise progesterone level by means of vitamin therapy. Here vitamins E and groups B play a major role. Therefore when planning pregnancy the spouses need to adjust intake of these vitamins and also to use more proteinaceous products - meat, cereals, fish, soy.