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Prenatal progesterone and long term sexual behavior

Hi, my wife and I are trying to conceive. My wife has PCOS and a very short luteal phase (~5 days). They prescribed her micronized progesterone suppositories (200mg, bd) during the first trimester.

But we found a few articles indicating prenatal exposure to progesterone may have a significant effect in the baby's long term sexual behavior/development.

Here are the ones we found:
In Humans:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28374065/

In Animals:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78976-x
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3652903/

And now we're concerned, we're almost giving up using progesterone.

Is that really the case? Are there other (quality) articles refuting them? What's really the consensus and is it science/evidence based?

Thanks so much.
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What is your fear? I have had many friends go to fertility treatment and this was the only way they could conceive. They have never mentioned the sexual preferences of their children. These friends of mine seem to have perfectly normal and healthy boys and girls with some now being adults.  I would not be deterred from parenthood from this hang up.
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