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@Weswife: lol sorry I keep responding to all your P threads. Mine are also suppositories. You get used to it but there can be quite a bit of leakage. Use a liner!

@Weswife: no applicator for me! Mine are just tiny little balls. I just push them up, not too far. I was cramming them way up but it was irritating my cervix and I spotted a bit which I didn't like. So maybe just a couple inches? Honestly the first few times it's kinda weird but you get used to them. My first few months I took them from 3dpo until about 13 DPO (and tested to make sure I wasn't pregnant). When I stopped I'd get my period 1-2 days later. Progesterone helped increase my luteal phase immensely.

Mine have never been pills, but big waxy pessaries. For mine, the instructions were always to insert, lie for 30 minutes for absorption. The pills may be slightly different! That said, always always use a liner or some rolled up loo paper. The aftermath is gross.

@Weswife: Ha, definitely! Worth every icky minute. I was on three a day until 12 weeks, just weaned off not long ago. ABSOLUTELY worth it! x

@Weswife: Yep! But I always did the progesterone after... otherwise it was all a bit much!

Mine we little pills, and I would just lay down and push them up as far as I could reach. Definitely wear liners, things get messy

Mine are similar to yours and delights!! Little round pills that I just inserted near my cervix. It was gross in the beginning for sure, but then you get used to it!! Definitely wear a liner!! The P gave me some mild cramping and headaches. Nothing too difficult!! Best wishes and hopefully it works!!

I've had to insert pills vaginally for other reasons, and I've also done the crinone gel/cream/whatever it is.

I would lay down on my back for both.
For the pill I would pretty much insert it as far as my finger would go before hitting much resistance. Everyone is different (I imagine) so you may have to adjust the first couple of times to figure out what is comfortable for you.

I did prefer to do it at night right before bed so I could keep laying down after. But for the crinone my doc did eventually say he preferred them to be done in the morning. Something about movement and body temperature making them absorb better. But not sure if a pill would be the same.

And lastly - ask your doctor! If she wants it at your cervix that will tell you it has to go pretty far up. But if she only wants it a couple inches in that will be much easier.

Oh and this is random but at the drug store you may be able to find these little things that almost look like finger condoms Usually in the first aid section. I know it shouldn't bother me, but I really don't like the way it feels up there and I was worried about bacteria and stuff. So I used those little finger condom things to insert stuff up there and to help "clean out" the old crinone.
There is a term for them that is escaping me. Definitely not finger condom.

@Weswife: I started taking them in December after our first appointment with a fertility specialist for recurrent losses. For the first two cycles I started them at 3dpo and stopped them around 13dpo after getting negatives. I had always had my positives previously by 10dpo. Once I stopped I got my period within a couple of days. So December and January my luteal phase was 14/15 days. Before progesterone I was lucky to get 10 days. I got pregnant on the February cycle. My doctor had given me a 3 month supply to start and then extended it when I was pregnant.

I'm sorry you got a negative. Your luteal phase is just the time between ovulation and your period. Have you been charting your cycles? How many DPO are you now? Was it just a family doctor that gave you progesterone or a specialist? I hope that you find something that will work for you.

@Weswife: how many dpo are you?

@Weswife: yes I get cramps before AF. Have you stopped the progesterone yet? Sorry I didn't reply yesterday. You aren't hopeless. You will have your baby. Here's my story: birth control 15 years, then pregnant second month off. Miscarriage at 8 weeks. Three cycles later pregnant with my DD. Became pregnant again when she was 1 but that baby was sick and I lost her at 22 weeks. Worst time of my life. It took us 9 months again to get pregnant but then I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks (this past October). That is when we were referred to a specialist and we did lots of testing and I was put on progesterone and daily low dose aspirin. I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve and we were booked for our orientation for IUI/IVF in March. Found out in February I was pregnant and I am 15 weeks now with a healthy baby. There is always hope. I know it is frustrating seeing everyone around you get pregnant and after a loss all you want is to be pregnant again. I've been there. Trust in your body and in your doctors and keep the faith. I hope it happens for you soon.