Thursday, March 4, 2010

Snap, Crackle, Pop

I've been a bit absent this week. It's because I've been in pain. I told you last week about my neck and shoulder pain. The massage helped for about 3 days. Then the pain came back with a vengeance. And I've spent most of the last 3 days laying on a heating pad. Yesterday I broke down and called a couple of friends who are chiropractors. They were able to squeeze me in and I spent about an hour being poked and prodded - but I'm used to that! Then another 30 minutes of them "adjusting" the upper half of my body and I was outta there.

I feel better, not 100% yet, but I go back tomorrow and I'm hoping I am out of pain by Saturday.

I did disclose to my practitioner that I *could* be pregnant, so no X-rays or elctro-stim was done. And fortunately she specializes in maternity, so I felt comfortable letting her work on me.

Now, let's talk progester0ne. Today is day 4. So far, so good. No apparent side effects. Here's exactly what I'm taking:



I insert it, squeeze the bulb and then lay flat for 20 minutes. I guess I figure that most of it should be absorbed in 20 minutes. I wasn't instructed to do this, but I wasn't really given any instruction, so I'm winging it the best I can. I will say that I've had very little "loss" of it though, while I have had some normal moisture, I don't feel like it's pouring out of me, and I don't even need the panty liner.

MAJOR TMI ALERT::: The paperwork that came with the applicators, did say that after a few days I could see some clumpy white pieces in my CM and that this was completely normal. I did only after the second day and I was in shower cleaning and felt them. I haven't seen any more.

On a related note, I have temped 3 mornings now. Tuesday = 98.62, Wednesday = 98.98, Thursday = 98.61. I think there might have been something wrong with my BBT on Wednesday because it shot up to 98.98 in under a minute. Way too fast to be accurate. It's really rather obsolete at this point anyway, the progesterone could be giving me false highs, it is known to do that.

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3 comments:

  1. Hey Alison - I used Crinone gel until 14 weeks w/Eliza. I liked it, too. Just wanted to warn you that, um, there can be quite a bit of 'build up' after a week or so. And yeah, the clumpiness is normal, too. Also, don't be alarmed if the clumps are tinged with brown/dark red - that is normal, too. Okay, I'll stop with the assvice now :) Thinking of you, hoping this cycle is IT for you!!!

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  2. I used something similar, more like a tablet, that was solid. TMI warning- I never noticed 'chunks' but one time my husband looked down after we we were 'done' and freaked out, he was like, "What is that?!?" and sure enough... a few small 'chunks'... so just be warned!

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  3. I used Crinone with my IVF. Nothing special that I can remember, other than I used a panty liner That's about it. Hope this is the cycle for you!

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