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Article: Progesterone; Overview.
- Article from:
- NWHRC Health Center - Progesterone
- Article date:
- April 27, 2005
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Progesterone is one of the hormones in our bodies that stimulates and regulates various functions. As its name suggests, progesterone is a pro-gestational hormone with a role in maintaining pregnancy. The hormone is produced in the ovaries, the placenta (when a woman gets pregnant) and in the adrenal glands. Progesterone helps prepare your body for conception and pregnancy and regulates the monthly menstrual cycle. It also plays a role in sexual desire.
During the reproductive years, the pituitary gland in the brain generates hormones (follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone) that cause a new egg to mature and be released from its ovarian follicle ...