Infertility

Which Progesterone?

Progesterone in Ethyl Oleate (Injectible progesterone?typically cheapest option but it is an intramuscular injection)


OR

Endometrin 100mg tablets (tablet inserted vaginally; three times a day?)


OR

Crinone 8% (gel inserted vaginally; once a day?)

 

Ready, Set, Debate....  Wink


Married 2005 | DH & I are 33 | DH diagnosed with CAVD & I have PCOS

IVF #1: February 2013
ER 02/13: 15R, 12M, 10F
ET 02/18: 5DT of 2 beautiful AA Blasts!
(none to freeze)
Beta Hell resulted in Chemical Pregnancy
Taking a Mental/Physical Break (vitamins & weight loss!)

IVF #2: July 2013
ER 07/03: 12R, 8M, 6F
ET 07/08: 5DT of 1 Early Blast & 1 BB Blast
(none to freeze, again)
HPT & Beta 07/17: BFN

IVF #3: April 2014
New RE (yay!)
ER 04/07 37R, 35M, 26F
Froze 5 Beautiful Blasts
PGS shows 3 are "Normal"
FET One 5AA Blast on 05/07
HPT & Beta 05/20 - BFN 

FET: August 2014
Planned to transfer 2 embryos but only one made it.
Transferred one beautiful blast that had started to hatch!
BFP on FRER at 9dp5dt on 08/21
Beta #1 08/22 - 185
Beta #2 08/26 - 1123
Beta #3 08/28 - 2697
Ultrasound 09/05 - One beautiful bean with a heartbeat!
 
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Re: Which Progesterone?

  • I'll be on crinone at some point very soon. I've never done it before

    Unmedicated and medicated IUI's: all fail
    IVF #1: Dec 2012 16m/15f 12/9: 5dt of 2 beautiful blasts and 5 frosties
    TWINS!
    15w4d:baby a-pProm
    March 25: 18w...2 baby boys born sleeping
    July 29: FET-BFN

    Sept: TAC placed

    Oct 27: FET #2-Cancelled-monster cyst producing insane amounts of estrogen

    Nov 13: FET #2-take 2
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  • Are you asking which is more effective or which is easier?

     

    Of these I've only done Crinone and didn't have any issues with it. The "gunk" wasn't even that much or bad for me. If I do IVF again my RE wants me to try PIO, but I'm not sure how that would play out as DH is not an injection giving kind of guy so I'd have to give them to myself. Boo!


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    Me: 30 ~ Stage IV Endo ~ AMH .38 ~ AFC 8
    AMH .97 as of 4/2012! ~ AMH 1.63 as of 4/2013!?!

    Him: 29 ~ perfect swimmers

    Laparotomy w/partial oophorectomy 8/2009 to remove cysts/endo.
    Stopped BCP 4/2010.
    Multiple clomid rounds from 11/2010 to 6/2011. ~ All BFN
    IUI w/clomid 7/2011. IUI w/clomid & injectables 11/2011 & 1/2012. ~ All BFN

    IVF:EPP 5/2012 ~ (4R, 3M, 2F w/ICSI). Both embryos txfrd. ~ BFN
    BCP to manage endo from 10/2012 to 12/2012.
    FET w/donor embryos #1: 10/2013 Cancelled
    FET w/donor embryos #1.2: 11/2013
    ~ ET of 2 beautiful blasts on 11/27.
    Beta 1: 503(12dp5dt) Beta 2: 1035(14dpt) Beta 3: 3001(16dpt)
    Beta 4: 8503(19dpt)
    Twins with an EDD of 8/15/14! Team Purple
    G&B born 6/30/14 at 33w3d via emergency c/s.


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  • I did PIO my first cycle it wasn't that bad for me. I'm doing the endometrin suppositories and they suck! They are a leaky gooey mess! I don't have experience with Crinone so I can't comment.

    Me 38 MH 41 - TTC since June 2010 - dx with Severe MFI. Straight to IVF with ICSI. IVF #1 - ER 06/13/12 - 9 Eggs Retrieved - 4 ICSI'd - only 2 fert. 06/15/12 - 2DT - 3 cell & 6 cell with fragmentation. Beta 06/29/12 - IVF #1 = BFN. 07/20/12 - WTF Appt -Told by our RE to quit IVF. Second Opinion from RE is good. IVF#2 - November 2012. Estradiol Pills Started 11/6. Stims start 11/16. ER 11/26 - 7 eggs retrieved - all mature. 4 fertilized with ICSI. ET 11/29 Transferred 3 embryos. Beta is 12/10. 1st Beta 81 2nd Beta 160 and 3rd beta 360!!! First U/S 12/21/12 - We saw one beautiful gest. sac. 2nd U/S is 01/04/2013 - H/B 183 02/05/13 - NT Scan - everything looks good and IT'S A BOY!  Aiden was born 08/20/2013.

    IVF #2 is in progress.  ER was 05/12/14 - 11 eggs retrieved, 8 fertilized with ICSI.  ET was 05/15/14 - we transferred 3 embryos as we did on the cycle my son was conceived.  We were able to freeze 3 embryos. Beta is scheduled for 05/26/14.  1st beta - 111.  2nd beta - 159 didn't double :( 3rd beta Friday 5/30) - not a lot of hope left. Beta # 3 is 247 - probably ectopic.  Beta # 4 is 813 - possibly vanishing multiple sydrome?  06/05/14 - 5w4days - first U/S - we see a gestational sac and yolk - still have hope!  06/17/14 - 7w1day - U/S and saw and heard the heartbeat - Finally!  06/27/14 - 8w4days - Baby and heartbeat look and sound great :)  EDD 02/01/14 and It's a boy!


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  • I am doing PIO.  They aren't so bad, at least from what I thought they were going to be.  I've had to give the last few myself as my DH went out of town.  It actually hurt less (as in not at all) when I do them.  So now he isn't allowed, I choose to do it myself!!
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  • I'm on the PIO as well and as much as I was scared of allowing DH inject me, I'd choose it again....even with my new POI lovely lady lumps.  Probably because I KNOW my body is absorbing it.

    Me- 32, DH- 32- TTC for 4 Years
    IUIs 1-6 BFN
    IVF #1= BFP- M/C
    FET- Beta#1: 69, #2: 482, #3: 1088, #4: 28,318, Ultrasound- 1 beautiful heartbeat
    It's a boy!

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  • I was prescribed Crinone.  When I went to fill it the pharm tech told me it would be $18.  I thought hey-pretty good!  She later came out to inform me that she made a mistake it is $18 each, not total.  So for the 30 my doc prescrible it would be over $500.  We are OOP for meds-so I am going to ask her about the IM injection-she did tell me it would be cheaper, and to let her know if the crinone was too expensive!  Just trying not to think about it being IM.  I don't have a problem with the sub-q but not sure if I could do that.  My hubby already informed me that he won't to it to me.  My sis is a nurse-I think I'll be hitting her up for help! 
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  • My RE had me alternate days between Crinone and PIO. Crinone is super easy, and PIO really isn't too bad yes, its IM. Next round, we are doing only PIO though because my progesterone blood work came back low, and as Crinone isn't necessarily picked up on b/w, we decided it would be easier to monitor if I was just using PIO.
    Me: 37, DH: 38: ttc 7 years, dx: unknown
    10/11: after 2 years, saw a RE, FSH 5.4
    11/11: BFP! (surprise after thyroid & normal hsg),
    12/11: missed m/c after 7 week u/s, 1/12: D&C
    6/12 IUI#1-IUI #3: clomid = BFP!, C/P
    IVF #1(10/12) FSH 5.4, AFC: 16 long Lupron, 5R/5M/4F, all 4 made it to 5dt, 1 blast/1-8 cell transferred=BFN
    IVF #2(12/12)AFC 21, MD lupron, 4R/4M/3F, 5dt of 1 blast and 2-8cell. BFN.
    IVF#3(4/13) Natural start antagon protocol, 12R,11F. one PGS normal at day 6 transfer. BFN.
    IVF#4 (11/13) C.CRM (ODW.U normal 8/13 Still no Diagnosis) EPP/antagonist. ER 13R/7M/6F. Only 1 made it to freeze. Abnormal. Looking into options of DE, Fresh vs frozen.
    10/14 new local RE to look into what's next. CD3 FSH 4.7, AMH 0.9. Met with DE agencies and exploring options for feb/march 2015.
    Surprise natural bfp (4 days before donor is signed). Beta #1 at 9dpo: 51.8, 2nd beta: 195 (25 hours doubling) @11dpo. 3rd beta (12/15): 516 (35 hrs doubling) 4th beta(12/17): 895 (58 hours doubling) 5th beta(12/19): 2120. U/S at 5w0d(12/22): one gestational sac with yolk sac. U/S #2 (6w0d)12/29. One little bean measuring 6w0d with HR 124. 3rd u/s(1/4)7w0d: baby measuring 7w2d. HR 134. 3/30: A/S at MFM went great except for low lying placenta. Verifi results are normal! Team Blue! Please send any positive thoughts our way! EDD:8/24/2015
    Baby Will born 8/18. He's perfect.
  • Loving the feedback!  I wasn't asking about anything specific, but am definitely curious about the "experience" with each.  This may sound strange, but I'm such a prude the thought of the gel or tablets totally freaks me out.... I don't even use tampons!!!  Haha!!  However, I'm not a needle fan either... if I see them I faint!  I have issues.  LOL

    Married 2005 | DH & I are 33 | DH diagnosed with CAVD & I have PCOS

    IVF #1: February 2013
    ER 02/13: 15R, 12M, 10F
    ET 02/18: 5DT of 2 beautiful AA Blasts!
    (none to freeze)
    Beta Hell resulted in Chemical Pregnancy
    Taking a Mental/Physical Break (vitamins & weight loss!)

    IVF #2: July 2013
    ER 07/03: 12R, 8M, 6F
    ET 07/08: 5DT of 1 Early Blast & 1 BB Blast
    (none to freeze, again)
    HPT & Beta 07/17: BFN

    IVF #3: April 2014
    New RE (yay!)
    ER 04/07 37R, 35M, 26F
    Froze 5 Beautiful Blasts
    PGS shows 3 are "Normal"
    FET One 5AA Blast on 05/07
    HPT & Beta 05/20 - BFN 

    FET: August 2014
    Planned to transfer 2 embryos but only one made it.
    Transferred one beautiful blast that had started to hatch!
    BFP on FRER at 9dp5dt on 08/21
    Beta #1 08/22 - 185
    Beta #2 08/26 - 1123
    Beta #3 08/28 - 2697
    Ultrasound 09/05 - One beautiful bean with a heartbeat!
     
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  • I've never used Crinone, but of the other two, I definitely prefer the Endometrin. I hated those PIO shots so much. They don't hurt going in but afterward was nonstop (though admittedly not serious) pain, lumps and soreness. I still have lumps in my butt from those shots, months after my cycle ended. No gross discharge can be as bad as that, in my humble opinion.
  • I was on progesterone until 13 weeks pregnant. I've done all three.

    PIO is cost effective, but hurt like a muthah!!!

    Crinone required vaginal sweeping, which is gross and weird, but not that big of a deal. Best done in the shower...

    Endometrin has to be administered more often and for me, resulted in a slow and steady stream of nastiness.

    Good luck picking!
  • I use the injections.  The pills that you can take orally or vaginally made me crazy.  I always get the fun reactions.  Poor dh was so scared of me and I was scared for him.  So the cream one was my next choice but it was hundreds of dollars and it is all oop so I do the injections.  Dh gives them to me and if he is out of town my dad does it.  More poor dad had to give me the trigger once too.  He is so good to me.
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  • I used PIO with some numbing cream. I had a sore behind here and there but nothing major. DH always did the shots. After hearing about the other two, PIO sounds easy!
  • Yeah, I'm leaning towards the shots.... which I NEVER would have thought I'd say that in my life, but the other stuff freaks me out and I need to save money anywhere I can!

    Married 2005 | DH & I are 33 | DH diagnosed with CAVD & I have PCOS

    IVF #1: February 2013
    ER 02/13: 15R, 12M, 10F
    ET 02/18: 5DT of 2 beautiful AA Blasts!
    (none to freeze)
    Beta Hell resulted in Chemical Pregnancy
    Taking a Mental/Physical Break (vitamins & weight loss!)

    IVF #2: July 2013
    ER 07/03: 12R, 8M, 6F
    ET 07/08: 5DT of 1 Early Blast & 1 BB Blast
    (none to freeze, again)
    HPT & Beta 07/17: BFN

    IVF #3: April 2014
    New RE (yay!)
    ER 04/07 37R, 35M, 26F
    Froze 5 Beautiful Blasts
    PGS shows 3 are "Normal"
    FET One 5AA Blast on 05/07
    HPT & Beta 05/20 - BFN 

    FET: August 2014
    Planned to transfer 2 embryos but only one made it.
    Transferred one beautiful blast that had started to hatch!
    BFP on FRER at 9dp5dt on 08/21
    Beta #1 08/22 - 185
    Beta #2 08/26 - 1123
    Beta #3 08/28 - 2697
    Ultrasound 09/05 - One beautiful bean with a heartbeat!
     
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  • I tried injection, both olive oil and ethyl oleate, and I tried the endometrin.  I thought the shots were less messy.  I am not a pad wearing person... so it was annoying to be dealing with that all the time.  I was on the progesterone shots for 8 weeks straight, and it was better for me that way.  Ethyl oleate is better than olive oil by far!
    BabyFruit Ticker 9 Failed IUI 1 very lucky IVF, 14 eggs, 5 low quality embryos all transferred -BFP Thanking my lucky stars to have this little one growing.
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