https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:44:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879903 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 15:24:27 +0000 momazon 1879903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those sound complicated! :) Shooting across the room and everything! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879878 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 14:47:39 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1879878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LalaLove: open slowly from the top. </p> <p>And definitely refrigerate. </p> <p>I never had one break or crumble, or had any difficulty with insertion. I took them for months. </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879801 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 12:57:17 +0000 LalaLove 1879801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I called freedom and they said unless your RE specifically asks for crinone or endometrin, you get the compounded bullets. He said not to worry at all. I just used one and boy are they messy. The first two I opened up went flying out of my hands and across the room and the third started to crumble and fall apart lol ughh how fun.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879798 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 12:56:16 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1879798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LalaLove: those are the ones I had! I also got them from freedom. </p> <p>I got those specifically bc my insurance didn't cover progesterone, and crinone was $18/day. </p> <p>Anyway, keep them in the fridge. The instructions said you didn't have to, but I found insertion so much easier if they were cold. </p> <p>Make sure you get them in as close to your cervix as possible. Mine didn't leak an awful ly but I still wore a pad just in case. </p> <p>There's a post from last fall floating around about them, too. I took them in November (BFN) and December (BFP), and stayed on them until I was 11 weeks pregnant. </p> <p>My insurance would only issue a 4 week supply at a time. Freedom took 3-4 days to process and deliver the order, so find out how long you'll need to be on them and what your insurance will cover, then reorder when you have 2 weeks left just to be safe! I was in a snafu over NYE last year!</p> <p>ETA: my insurance wouldn't cover name brand progesterone but these suppositores were covered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879751 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:23:31 +0000 LalaLove 1879751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Yes, they're like little white bullets and covered in a clear plastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879739 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 10:49:02 +0000 shopaholic 1879739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine were generic made at a compounding pharmacy. I actually had an issue where they caused irritation, then the pharmacist made new ones with a different compounding agent. So I am sure they have different ingredients (i.e. more synthetic vs. natural) that they can choose from. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879724 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 10:31:06 +0000 kentuckygirl 1879724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also used a bullet shaped one that was compounded by the pharmacy for my IUIs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879624 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 07:10:12 +0000 momazon 1879624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my IUI cycle, they prescribed Prometrium, but I just did the generic and it was a small yellow oval football. Is that what yours looks like? My clinic does that for IUIs but does the Endometrin for IVF cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879564 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 02:24:22 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1879564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are they in a white package and shaped like a bullet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesterone-brand-question#post-1879543 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 00:13:37 +0000 LalaLove 1879543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I picked up my progesterone suppositories from Freedom fertility and I'm pretty sure they're generic. They don't have a brand name label or come with instructions. I've heard and read so much about endometrin and crinone that I'm surprised that I wasn't prescribed one them. I called the pharmacy and asked if this was natural progesterone just to make sure and honestly the pharmacist seemed a little confused by my question and said it's fine to take but then went on to say, " I would say it's more synthetic than natural"...what?! I thought the synthetic was the dangerous one to take while pregnant. I'm supposed to start tomorrow morning but now I'm confused and a little nervous. Anyone take the no name suppositories compounded by the pharmacy? </p>