Evening Primrose Oil

madurr8

I know that there have previous posts about this, but for some reason I can't find them at the moment.  I just bought 500mg primrose oil gel capsules.  I was wondering what others experiences were with it and what exactly did they do.  My doctor has said that it's okay to use, but didn't go into detail about exactly what to do or how much to take.  I have seen that they can be taken orally or inserted vaginally.  The most common thing I saw was two 500 mg capsules vaginally at night or three times a day...

MrsGreen620

I'm taking 2 500mg EPO morning and night orally, and 1 vaginally at night. 

devotchka81

My midwife said it's safe to use - orally 500 mg 3x a day with food. I tried it once orally and it made my stomach upset - I was nauseous so I didn't really want to keep taking it. I read mixed things about using it as an insert and will probably not try it myself I read something on the Mothering.com board last night that scared me a little too much (someone who had a much more intense experience than usual after using EPO as an insert) to want to go there, and a few people saying their midwives said to only take it orally. Then again, a friend's mw told her to take it vaginally - so who knows!

I'm a FTM and want to see how my body does on it's own w/o any extra help! The midwives I see (hospital) will let me go to 42w and I think I will try acupuncture if I go over 41 to try to avoid medical inductions.

DinabethL

I take one 1000mg a day.

TeamHayes

devotchka81:

I read something on the Mothering.com board last night that scared me a little too much (someone who had a much more intense experience than usual after using EPO as an insert) to want to go there, and a few people saying their midwives said to only take it orally.

What did you read? I think I have been OD'ng on the stuff. I take 1 capsule (500mg) 3 times a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and 2 vaginally at night.