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Updated: Progesterone suppositories: applicator or finger?

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My pharmacy only gave me one applicator for the progesterone sups, and you're not supposed to use those things over and over again. So, I've been using my finger to get it where it needs to go. Am I putting myself at risk of infection by doing this? Of course I'm washing my hands like a surgeon both before and after doing it. But it just occurred to me that maybe only sterile things should be going up there right now. 

ETA: I just realized that if I had intercourse right now, that would be far from sterile, so a clean finger is nothing! I guess I just outed myself that I haven't DTD since the FW!  

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Re: Updated: Progesterone suppositories: applicator or finger?

  • ashleyl31ashleyl31 member
    I never had an applicator, so I have always used my finger. 
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    BFP #1 9/1/11, EDD 5/15/12, Missed M/C at 9w4d, discovered at 11w3d, D&C 11/2/11
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  • Mom2anAngel2Mom2anAngel2 member

    imageashleyl31:
    I never had an applicator, so I have always used my finger. 

    This!

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  • Jenny935Jenny935 member

    Finger. It's gross, but I do wash my hands before and after each time. I didn't feel like the tablet sat in the applicator very well, and I could easily see myself dropping it on the floor and wasting valuable medicine. :) 

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  • pamiva1pamiva1 member
    I've used my finger in the past, but with this pregnancy the type I was prescribed came with an applicator. It was 100 times better! If the  drugstore can give you more applicators, I would totally ask for them.
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  • jobiannjobiann member
    I didn't have an applicator, so I just used my finger.

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  • littlemaybabylittlemaybaby member
    Finger.  Like you said - definitely no less sterile than foreplay or intercourse!
    ds #1 | our perfect miracle born 39w1d | 12.9.2009 loss #1 | natural m/c 7/2010 (~8w) loss #2 | chemical pregnancy 6/2011 (4w4d) loss #3 | chemical pregnancy 7/2011 (4w3d) loss #4 | natural m/c 11/2011 (10w1d) RPL Testing 12/2011. Results 100% normal. ds #2 | our 2nd perfect miracle born 36w3d | 12.31.2012
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  • panacea05panacea05 member
    I ordered Preseed applicators off Amazon. I didn't feel like I was getting the pill up there far enough with my finger, because I had tons of leakage. If you do go the applicator route, though, be careful not to bump your cervix like I did. I'm pretty sure that's what caused the pink streak on my TP--and my heart attack.
    It was a rough road, but Arlo Daniel was born April 1, 2013—and our second rainbow is due October 12, 2014.
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  • morkmork member
    imageMom2anAngel2:

    imageashleyl31:
    I never had an applicator, so I have always used my finger. 

    This!

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  • KMac570KMac570 member

    imagepanacea05:
    I ordered Preseed applicators off Amazon. I didn't feel like I was getting the pill up there far enough with my finger, because I had tons of leakage. If you do go the applicator route, though, be careful not to bump your cervix like I did. I'm pretty sure that's what caused the pink streak on my TP--and my heart attack.

    I do this too!  They work like a charm.  My RE did say that the applicator can cause spotting though, I guess baccuse of how high up it gets the pills.  

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