Day 24 FET Cycle -Progynova 2mg 3x daily, Progesterone pessaries 3x daily
WARNING THIS POST IS CLASSIFIED
Okay OMG i have to share, and for all those out there that really dont want to know, i am warning you now this is going to be way "to much information".
So after 2 cycles and five days of using crinone i have switched to pessaries...
... i mentioned this yesterday and there is a reason behind the switch - it comes down to $$ Thats right... at $14.00 a pop three times a day for the first trimester... there is NO WAY i can afford the Crione... in a normal IVF it is included, but as i found out in a FET none of the medications are covered.. so at $4.00 each the pessaries are the ones i must choose!
Many of you i am sure know the joys of the pessaries, i however had no idea what to expect, and i was bout to say that nothing could be worse then being clogged up by cottage cheese style progesterone, but, oh dear, once again, i may just be proven wrong... There may just be something worse then cottage cheese.
I started the pessaries last nite, and in answer to my posed question "how the hell do you put two in?" Well it can be done... nothing more to say, then it can be done.
I also managed to wake myself up enough at 3.30 this morning to insert another one.
It wasnt that hard, like inserting a tampon - without the string, more slippery / waxy then i thought... all in all an 'i can do this if it means saving $2,500' moment. i am just hoping that i put them in far enough... Anyone HELP?!?
So i went back to sleep and thought nothing of it, arose at 4.30am for my sunrise walk.
About hmmmm half an hour to three quarters of an hour later as i am walking now here really gets to the TMI... i begin 'leaking' ewwww - i even cringe now as i think about it, and not only was i leaking, but i assume what may either have been some of the left over crione cottage cheese, or wax, or god only knows what, came out as well - AS I WAS WALKING! ARRGHH and there was nothing i could do but keep walking.
I was almost waddling, but i didnt want to walk any faster, because i am 'taking it easy' (my nurse tells me she has a camera on me 24/7 - i think his name is DH!) and because it is getting to summer here and i must not get hot - as DH does the 'beetroot' test when i get home.. and because i really do want this to work.
So for the next half hour i suffered in silence, well not really i was trying to listen to my ipod to think of all things not slimy, gooie, chuncky, or moving around in my non panty liner protected pretty undies.
Anyway i think that is enough, needless to say it was gross, im not too sure if it was grosser than my first encounter with crione - not sure if i have shared the 'clogged story'? and no im not talking about the clogged that fibre will fix.. Or whether this just fits in a separate category... but i am telling you if you ever have to go on progesterone pessaries - BE PREPARED!
This is nasty nasty nasty stuff, but on the positve side, it is not messing with my brain as much - or that could just be all my amazing positive thinking? All i know is that for the next three months i will be wearing some heavy duty panty liners... *cringe* just thinking about it...
Repeat after me, it is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it....
"Optimism is faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without HOPE of confidence." Helen Keller
