Progesterone Side Effects

Re: Progesterone Side Effects

• jencity9 member

  February 2014

  I take the vaginal suppository twice a day. It causes lots of PMS symptoms for me... lots of random cramping, moodiness, etc.
  

  
  

  Me: 32  DH: 33  Married: March 2004
  

  
  

  July 2006: started TTC
  2008: HSG (normal), couple rounds of clomid through gyno
  2008 - 2010: dragging my feet out of fear and procrastination
  October 2010: first consultation with RE, dx PCOS and fibroids (DH slightly low count/motility)
  Oct. 2010 - Dec. 2012:  In DENIAL! avoided the issue because I was scared of surgery
  January 2013: returned to RE, fibroids grew significantly
  February 2013: second HSG, fibroids pushed on tubes which blocked them somewhat
  March 2013: MRI to determine what type of surgery may be necessary
  July 29, 2013: fibroids (5) removed via robotic laparascopy
  August 2013 - Nov 2013 : benched due to recent surgery
  

  
  

  IUI #1, Dec. 24, 2013, BFN 
  

  IUI #2, Jan. 25, 2014, BFN
  IUI #3, Feb. 25, 2014  BFN
  IUI #4 canceled due to lack of response to letrozole
  IUI #4.1 April 28, 2014, BFN
  May 16, 2014: wtf consult, start prepping for IVF in June and add injects for one last IUI in the meantime
  IUI #5 started letrozole and bravelle but canceled after HSG led to new diagnosis
  May 21, 2014: third HSG, tubes blocked, one at the beginning, one hydrosalpinx??
  

  June 11, 2014: consult, approved to move on to IVF because the hydro is not completely blocked therefore allowing fluid to move through slowly rather than backwards
  IVF #1 August 8, 2014 - 3dt of 2 embryos, BFN
  September 17, 2014 - 4th HSG, the right tube is very patent (open!!) dye went straight through this time. Weird!
  October 2, 2014 - started metformin treatment
  November 14, 2014 - blood work, brought A1C down from 5.8 to 5.5
  November 26, 2014 - RE finally back from vaca and reviewed my chart, no more IVFs for rest of calendar year
  December 1, 2014 - Right after Thanksgiving, I called a new clinic and got in right away! Plan for IVF
  December 17, 2014 - ER! 29 retrieved (!!), 16 mature, all 16 fertilized (ICSI)
  IVF #2 December 20, 2014 - 3dt of 3 embryos, BFN
  

  
  We are done with treatment unsuccessfully.
  
  

  
  

  PAIF/SAIF/All Welcome!
  
     
  

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• Sammydan703 member

  February 2014

  I took the progesterone orally last time and it made me super dizzy, i felt like I was drunk.  I was supposed to take it once at night and once in the morning but luckily my doctor okayed 2 pills at night.  I'm not sure how I would have made it thru the day like that.
  
  This try I am on vaginal suppositories, first one tonight.
  

  DS born @32 weeks with IUGR and a heart defect.  Passed away May 2015
  DD born July 2016
  TTC #3

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• ebwhit member

  February 2014

  It makes me just feel ktfu- nausea and all.

  

  ME (26) DH (32) Diagnosis- unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss

  BFP #1 7/12- MC 8w.3d
  

  BFP #2 10/12- CP 

  BFP #3 1/13 - CP

  BFP #4 8/13- MC 6w3d

  IUI #1 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel 1/13-BFN

  IUI #2 2/14 100MG Clomid/Ovidrel- BFP! grow baby grow

  
  

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• Pintobean39 member

  February 2014

  I took the pills before all my miscarriages and it just knocked me out but I took it before bed. I'm taking the suppositories with these medicated cycles and it makes me a raging bitch, I leak white shit all day, sore boobs, and crampy.
  
  

  Fucking bump!!!!

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• CandaceC1020 member

  February 2014

  I'm supposed to take the suppositories with my first IUI.  Honestly, how mad is the leakage?  Is it pantyliner manageable or is it full blown granny panties with a pad?

  Married on October 20, 2012.  Began trying in January 2013.
  RE appointment & testing December 2013 - February 2014= Unexplained IF, possible endometriosis
  IUI#1- March 22 (100mg clomid, 75 mg of Bravelle, Ovidrel trigger) = BFP!!!
  

  
  
  

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• DharmaChick member

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  I'm doing the suppositories (gel) and the nurse warned me that it sucks.  Sure enough, I've been gassy, bloated, crampy, grumpy, and my skin is breaking out like crazy!
  
  @CandaceC1020 - Pantyliner has been fine, as it is not particularly wet (it's "chunky" blech), but it is gross.
  

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  ME: 34, Atypical PCOS (lean, no O without meds) + unexplained; DH: 33, mildly low motility
  09/2012: Start TTC after stopping NuvaRing.  No cycles seemed to occur.
  01/2013 - 05/2013: Tried Provera to "jumpstart" cycles. No luck.
  12/2013- 01/2014: Clomid 50mg - no big follies, stepped to 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel (HCG trigger), IUI #1 completed - BFN
  02/2014: Clomid 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel trigger, IUI #2 completed, Crinone - BFN
  03/2014: Clomid 100mg - no big follies on 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; One mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #3 completed, Crinone - BFN
  04/2014-05/2014: Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel HG to prep for IUI #4 switched to TI, Crinone - BFN
  05/2014-06/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #4.1 completed, Crinone - BFN
  07/2014-08/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #5 completed, Crinone - BFN
  09/2014-10/2014: IVF Prep - Insurance requires IUI #6; Letrozole 5mg - no big follies 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; IUI #6, Crinone - BFN
  11/2014: "Break" - Letrozole 5mg to cycle before prepping for IVF - successfully O'ed, but BFN
  12/2014: Extending 'break' one more Letrozole-only TI cycle for mental health break - BFN
  01/2015-02/2015: Prep for IVF - BCP then Gonal-F, Ganirelex, Novarel trigger;  ER scheduled 2/11!
  http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4cf919
  PAIF/SAIF Welcome.
  

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• PurpleDaisy923 member

  February 2014

  I take prometrium orally. One pill a day at bedtime. It makes me extremely tired, but that is the only thing that I have noticed. 

  ********Siggy Warning********
  
  Me: 25 DH: 29

  Married 9/23/2012, TTC since 3/2013

  Dx: PCOS, Anovulation/Amenorrhea

  HSG: All clear, SA: Normal 

  Oct 2013: 1st consult with RE

  Nov 2013-Dec 2013: Letrozole + Trigger + TI = BFN

  Jan 2014-May 2014: IUI#1-4: Letrozole + Trigger + Progesterone= All BFN

  Sept 2014: IVF#1: 24R/13M/11F

  Transferred 2 embryos on 9/24, 2 frosties = BFP!!
  Beta#1: 8dp5dt: 188, Beta#2: 12dp5dt: 822

  Beta#3: 15dp5dt: 1965

  1st u/s 10/13: TWINS!!

  u/s 12/23: TEAM PURPLE!!
  All Welcome! 

  

  
  

  
  

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• Pintobean39 member

  February 2014

  CandaceC1020 said:

  I'm supposed to take the suppositories with my first IUI.  Honestly, how mad is the leakage?  Is it pantyliner manageable or is it full blown granny panties with a pad?

  What she ^ said. I found the more active I was the more I leaked. I went shopping one day and I was constantly changing my panty liner.
  
  
  Just curious how many days after your trigger did your Dr tell you to start the progesterone? Last month my Dr told me 3 days after and this month they told me the day after.
  

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• Pintobean39 member

  February 2014

  Oh I forgot about the zits! I broke out like a teenager on my face. I don't normally have breakouts.

  Fucking bump!!!!

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• MAnn620 member

  February 2014

  I cannot take it orally. I second what the others said. I'm absolutely exhausted, moody and crampy. Panty liners will be your best friend. Unfortunately, it's needed to support possible pg.

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• jencity9 member

  February 2014

  Ugh I forgot to mention the breaking out too! It's horrible!! I had bad acne as a teen and a little as an adult, but now it is just so horrible.
  
  I would say a panty liner is fine. The discharge hasn't been that awful for me... Though the second month was worse than the first so I guess we'll see how this month goes.
  
  @pintobean39 last time I was told to take it the night of the day after my iui (I take in the morning and night). So essentially 36 hours later. But I've read 2-3 days too.

  
  

  Me: 32  DH: 33  Married: March 2004
  

  
  

  July 2006: started TTC
  2008: HSG (normal), couple rounds of clomid through gyno
  2008 - 2010: dragging my feet out of fear and procrastination
  October 2010: first consultation with RE, dx PCOS and fibroids (DH slightly low count/motility)
  Oct. 2010 - Dec. 2012:  In DENIAL! avoided the issue because I was scared of surgery
  January 2013: returned to RE, fibroids grew significantly
  February 2013: second HSG, fibroids pushed on tubes which blocked them somewhat
  March 2013: MRI to determine what type of surgery may be necessary
  July 29, 2013: fibroids (5) removed via robotic laparascopy
  August 2013 - Nov 2013 : benched due to recent surgery
  

  
  

  IUI #1, Dec. 24, 2013, BFN 
  

  IUI #2, Jan. 25, 2014, BFN
  IUI #3, Feb. 25, 2014  BFN
  IUI #4 canceled due to lack of response to letrozole
  IUI #4.1 April 28, 2014, BFN
  May 16, 2014: wtf consult, start prepping for IVF in June and add injects for one last IUI in the meantime
  IUI #5 started letrozole and bravelle but canceled after HSG led to new diagnosis
  May 21, 2014: third HSG, tubes blocked, one at the beginning, one hydrosalpinx??
  

  June 11, 2014: consult, approved to move on to IVF because the hydro is not completely blocked therefore allowing fluid to move through slowly rather than backwards
  IVF #1 August 8, 2014 - 3dt of 2 embryos, BFN
  September 17, 2014 - 4th HSG, the right tube is very patent (open!!) dye went straight through this time. Weird!
  October 2, 2014 - started metformin treatment
  November 14, 2014 - blood work, brought A1C down from 5.8 to 5.5
  November 26, 2014 - RE finally back from vaca and reviewed my chart, no more IVFs for rest of calendar year
  December 1, 2014 - Right after Thanksgiving, I called a new clinic and got in right away! Plan for IVF
  December 17, 2014 - ER! 29 retrieved (!!), 16 mature, all 16 fertilized (ICSI)
  IVF #2 December 20, 2014 - 3dt of 3 embryos, BFN
  

  
  We are done with treatment unsuccessfully.
  
  

  
  

  PAIF/SAIF/All Welcome!
  
     
  

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• Kissmark member

  February 2014

  I was told 2 days after. So we had IUI on Friday, and doc told us to start with the progesterone on Sunday. 

  Me: 38, DH: 41
  TTC#2 since Feb 2013
  10/13: 1st IUI, BFN
  02/14: 2nd IUI, BFN
  03/14: HSG done, found out right tube is slightly blocked
  04/14: 3rd IUI, BFN
  05/14: 4th IUI, BFN
  07/14: IVF no. 1, BFN
  11/14: IVF no. 2, BFP

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• Sha259 member

  February 2014

  I'm on Prometrium 200mg twice a day vaginally. So far I haven't had any really bad side effects. If I don't eat good one day I may get a bit gassy, but that could be because of the food. Also, my boobs started to get sore. Other than that though, nothing.

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• Sammydan703 member

  February 2014

  My doctor had me start (the gel version Crinone) 3dpIUI.  So my IUI was Saturday and I started it Tuesday.  I did wake up this morning with a new pimple but I'm hoping that was just a fluke.  I was cramping since Saturday and pleasantly this morning I am not.  I think I am in the same boat as @Hoping4LO
  

  DS born @32 weeks with IUGR and a heart defect.  Passed away May 2015
  DD born July 2016
  TTC #3

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• Sha259 member

  February 2014 edited February 2014

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