I got a little sidetracked with things, sorry for not getting to this sooner.
Progesterone is a topic I've covered before in other posts. Rather than repeat myself, I'll just link you to each part in that 5 part series.
Important things to remember about progesterone:
The basic building block for making progesterone, is cholesterol. Cholesterol is also the building block for testosterone and cortisol. If your body's balance is shifted in the stress management direction, it is likely that any cholesterol you might have had to make progesterone…was used up to make cholesterol.
One of the absolute most important things you can do to improve your progesterone levels, therefore, is to manage your stress.
I noticed after writing the original five part series that traffic to this blog increased significantly. The most common keywords were,"foods to enhance progesterone". Unfortunately, simply adding foods or supplementing with progesterone is not going to be the answer. If you really, truly want to have good progesterone balance, a commitment to better stress management is going to be a very important part of the solution. Some days it will be easy to do that, other days you will be challenged. Being gentle with yourself and accepting the best you can do on any given day…is what you deserve to give yourself credit for!
Here are the other five links with more information.
Watch out for environmental estrogens
Tackling insulin resistance
Enjoying food
Stress management
Physical activity