Help! PIO vs P in ethyl oleate

lincoln79

I am supposed to start progesterone injections tonight for my FET 

OK, so all of my FET instructions say PIO. When I pulled out my box tonight, it had progesterone dissolved in ethyl oleate. 

Do I need to call the RE's service to see if the dosage is different for these two things?

Kicking myself for not catching this until when I need to inject...

 

jschwind22

My box says the same.  They are the same thing

Crystal120410

The one you have is supposed to be a little thinner I hear, not as painful and absorbs better. I don't know personally since mine is still sitting in the box due to two cancelled FET's.

nawlinsgrl

It's the same thing, you're fine.  Apparently it also comes in sesame seed oil, which kind of weirds me out, but ethyl oleate is what you want.  Good luck!

lincoln79

thanks ladies! sorry about being cancelled crystal  : (

i was just worried it wasn't the same dosage. it does look quite a bit thinner than what she had in the office during injection training.

guess i will bite the bullet and do the first injection. 

nawlinsgrl

They generally don't use the same stuff during injection training.  It could very well have been water, or something else thinner than oil.  They can't afford to keep using the real stuff, it gets expensive.