If you tested positive for Lynch syndrome, but do not have a cancer diagnosis, or your doctor suspects that you have Lynch syndrome, the following cancer screening plan may be recommended.
It may delay ovulation but when you stop taking the progesterone, you would bleed and your ovulation would resume. Sometimes taking progesterone cyclically on cycle days 15-24 can help with symptoms that occur in the second half of the cycle.
Progesterone is known to have effects on other female organs. In the ovaries, progesterone and estrogens are thought responsible for the release of an egg during ovulation. It is believed that if the egg is fertilized, these hormones are influential in the prevention of further egg release until the pregnancy has terminated.