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Progesterone Supplement
| Wed, 04-02-2003 - 10:54pm |
Had my first u/s today and b/w for prog. It was amazing to see the little heart beating!! Everything was fine except my prog. came back at 17.6. So now I have to take prog supposities!! YUCK!!!!!!!!! I never used a suppository before and the nurse said it was like using a tampon except I've never used those either! I am so dreading this. I have to do it 2x a day a lay down for 30 minutes afterwards each time. That means I have to get up a 1/2 hour earlier each morning then go back to bed.
Can anyone share their experiences with me?
Thanks in advance
sharlene 6w5d and on prog til 10-12 weeks.
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I haven't BTDT with the prog. suppositories, but I KNOW you will survive them just fine, sweetie! It's just for a few weeks, anyway. Then you can go right back to sleeping longer (until the 3rd trimester, at least!). ;-)
(((Hugs))) - Hope the next few weeks pass quickly for you....
Leigh
Looks like we are truly "PG Buddies". I am 6 weeks 6 days today and we have our first ultra-sound next Tuesday.
I have been on progesterone supplements since prior to our frozen blast transfer. I am doing Crinone gel (sounds like this may be what you are going to be doing) 2 times a day. I get up an hour earlier in the morning to do it and then go back to bed, and then I do the second one right before I go to bed at night. It really isn't bad at all. The applicators are pretty thin and you don't feel it at all. I am also doing PIO shots every night as well. I actually have gotten so used to them that they don't bother me anymore either! Good thing, since I have to continue it all until I am 11 or 12 weeks!
Good luck to you. I am sure you will do just fine!
Smiles,
Leigh & Baby Bear
Congrats on seeing the heartbeat ... quite a site, eh?
As for the progesterone suppositories ... they are nasty little buggers aren't they? I had to use them once day for the first thirteen weeks.
Here are my suggestions ...
When you insert them - get them as close to your cervix as possible.
Wear a panty liner - all the time. They will cause you to leak and the progesterone is in an oil base - so very messy.
Just get used to the slimy feeling - see above point about the oiliness.
If you and dh bd - do it before inserting the progesterone.
All of your pregnancy symptoms will be amplified when using the progesterone. Progesterone made me very irritable and weepy.
Laying down after insertion definitely helps. It gives your body time to absorb some of the meds before they leak out.
That is all I can think of right now. Good Luck sweetie!
Gia
Good luck!
Heather
I was just wondering how low you were? My progesterone went from 19.8 one week to 13.2 the next and then down to 9.8....when I started on the oral prometrium. I was so upset when I found out about the 9.8! Doctor prescribed the prometrium and I have been on it for about 5 days now. Just went for another blood test, and I am hoping that my levels went up. I wonder why my progesterone started out so well and then plummetted? Reading email like yours only gives me hope.
Best of luck!
Lin