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Progesterone inhibits lactation during pregnancy, allow for the acceptance of the pregnancy, converts the endometrium to its secretory stage to prepare the uterus for implantation, affects the vaginal epithelium and cervical mucus and also decreases contractility of the uterine muscle.

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