Right so forget the books Jmargaret. If you have a womb then you need to take progesterone whatever regime you are on. When you are in peri - all the hormones are declining (at different rates) - when you are in full meno (defined as 12 months without any period at all) they are pretty much gone.
If you have a womb then you need both the hormones if you have symptoms such as flushes, anxiety, joint pain, reflux, dryness etc etc.
So based on the fact you need both the hormones, oestrogen and progesterone (testosterone comes later) replaced to control any symptoms the question is - do you take the progesterone on a continuous basis or on a cycle?
As I said before it is very hard (and Hurdity agreed) for a peri women to try and balance a continuous regime of progesterone (every day or every other day) because they get breakthrough bleeding when their own homones kick in. This is what is happening to you.
There are no nasties if you ensure you take the required amount of progesterone, that is (1) either every day (or other day) which can be 100mg or (2) 200mg for 12 days a month.
It is up to you - either keep going with what you are doing for another month or change as Hurdity said to the cycle method. You usually change to a cycle method on day 1 of the month using only gel - go to day 15 and then start using your utrogesten for 12 days together with your gel every day - then stop the utro after the 12 days but continue on with the gel only. A bleed should come 4/5 days after you stop the utro. This is the "bleed" from stopping the utrogestan. However, as you switch over you may have problems with your own "periods" kicking in until you can work out which is the "fake bleed" (so to speak) and which is being generated by your own body.
If you can work out which is being generated by your own body - work back from the period start date by 12 days and adjust the cycle accordingly. You just need to make a decision Honey and stick to it xx
