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Progesterone
Progesterone rises after ovulation. A carefully timed sample may help assess whether ovulation occurred during a particular cycle.
Price for this test on its ownAED 170Test price AED 70
Clinical authorDr Nirupama SabhapathySpecialist Clinical Pathology
- Sample
- Serum
- Laboratory turnaround
- 24 hours
- Collection
- Dubai
- Laboratory
- Intel Lab
Understanding the test
What does the Progesterone test measure?
Also called Female Reproductive Hormone
Progesterone may be used to assess whether ovulation occurred or in selected pregnancy investigations. The clinician chooses a sampling time for the particular question.
When it may be requested
Looking for recent ovulation
A specimen taken at the right point in a cycle may support evidence that ovulation occurred.
Making sense of timing
The likely date of the next period is useful when planning a luteal-phase test.
Before your sample
Prepare for collection
SpecimenSerum
Your checklist
Agree the timing before booking. When the question is ovulation, the clinician often chooses about a week before the next expected period. Other uses have different schedules.
A clinician takes a small sample of blood from a vein. The laboratory uses serum, the liquid separated from the blood after it clots.
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Understanding your result
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Result guideProgesterone
Reading your result
The level fluctuates over the cycle. A value taken for ovulation assessment cannot, on its own, establish the location or health of a pregnancy.
What can affect it
- One level alone does not determine egg quality or confirm that a pregnancy is progressing normally.
From sample to follow-up
Your testing journey
Laboratory testProgesterone
- Specimen
- Serum
- Turnaround
- 24 hours
Open your laboratory report
Look for Progesterone in your report. Use the sample type and collection time when comparing it with an earlier report.
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Discuss the next step
Bring the collection date and the date of your next period if known. They help the clinician judge whether the sample was taken in the intended window.
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Patient questions
Before you book
Is a “day 21” sample right for every cycle?
No. The right collection date depends on when ovulation is expected and the usual length of your cycle. Follow the date set by your clinician.
What does a high progesterone mean if I am not pregnant?
Most often it is simply ordinary ovulation, with an active corpus luteum in the second half of the cycle. Progesterone taken as a pessary, injection, tablet or some contraceptives also raises it directly. Less often it reflects a corpus luteum cyst that keeps producing the hormone, certain adrenal conditions, or, rarely, an ovarian tumour making the hormone independently of the cycle.
Why is the timing of this test so specific?
Progesterone is only produced in quantity after an egg is released, so it is naturally low for the first half of the cycle. Sampling roughly a week before the next expected period catches the point where a corpus luteum, if one formed, is most active. Outside that window the result cannot answer the question it was ordered for.
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Sources & further reading
Written by Dr Nirupama Sabhapathy, Specialist Clinical Pathology. Medically reviewed by Dr Joyce Jose, Specialist Clinical Pathology, on .
Catalogue information and AED price checked on 2 November 2026. Clinical suitability, preparation, collection arrangements and turnaround are confirmed for your selected test.