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well girls i just have a little question about the crinone gel .
im getting a lot of af type pains every time i use it and i even have back pain
it doesnt last all the time more so after the gel,i have no spotting and im 3 days past transfer with 2 embies
im just after some stories to see if any one else suffers from the same thing ive never used the gel before its terrible stuff:lol: pmsl
ANY ANSWERS GIRLS please make me feel better ;)
crinone is renowned for being not only gross (disgusting, horrible - insert any description you can!) - and will often give pains. essentially, it feels like AF the whole time you're on it - not pleasant at all!
Unfortunately, hun.. welcome to the hideous world of crinone :rolleyes:
EVERYTHING you're describing is exactly what the side effects are... and it will get worse as you get closer to the end of the 2ww :rolleyes:
It starts to do your head in by the end - it mimicks AF pains & pregnancy symptoms...
Its feral, feral, feral - but its completely normal, so no need to stress xxx :D
YEP!! Disgusting stuff my friend! I get AF type pains on it all the time. I'm still on it now Smithy and it plays with your head!!
Soon it'll start coming out in clumps like wet toilet paper and it can also come out with a slight pink tinge too.
All is normal for the lovely crinone.
Been thinking of you Smithy...sending you love and hugs,
Bel and baby/ies!!!
:lol:OH THANK YOU
honestly i was really hopeing bg you seen this one lol i new you would know lol
Aw Smithy, it is so gross isn't it. The first time I used crinone I felt like I had a giant fat tampon shoved up there and that it would pop out if I sneezed or coughed (he he sorry TMI!). I also had really heavy AF feeling and found the first week the worst. The second week seemed to ease off a bit though. The second time I used it I had much less symptoms - who knows why. It can also cause spotting (brown mucus) which comes from it iritating your cervix. I really think for me the crinone stage is the worst part of an IVF cycle worse than the Lucrin/Syneral/injections/trigger/scans/EPU/ET etc.
Another thing the nurse told me is you can digitally remove the left over substance every couple of days. I wouldn't do it until just before you are due to have your next crinone treatment. I found that helped the symptoms a bit too without affecting it effectiveness.
Smithy, if you get a BFP and they say you need to be on P4 support longer term, ask about pessaries - nowhere near as gross (IMO), less side effects (again IMO) and, if you're paying out for them yourself, heaps cheaper!
;)oh thanks BG i sure will do that
:wall: NOW I FEEL LIKE IM GETTING THRUSH (TMI)
can i take anything girls ????
Not sure Smithy. Sorry it is bothering you so much. Hope someone has a suggestion for you.
xx
Oh, can't help you there.. but I guess using cotton briefs would help...:
i would contact the clinic - they might change you to pessaries and allow you to use some topical cream (canestan etc) if need be. you might just find it's irritation from the crinone though - it's not pleasant
ok thank you ill give them a call its really just when i use the gel i get so itchy
if it's only when you're using the gel, it might just be a sensitivity to the actual crinone - thrush would normally itch more than that
i would contact the clinic and let them know though
Hmmmm...Not sure if you can do anything for thrush Smithy. I agree with BG. Now I'm pg, I have switched to pessaries. MUCH cheaper and not so repulsive.
Hope you get some answers my friend.
Thanks for the PM and enjoy your Sunday.
Big hugs always,
Bel
HI Smithy,
Unfortunatly this is not going to offer you any practical help at all - as everyone else has said crinone is horrible and is evil stuff. Which is where I come to my impractical help - I firmly belive that crinone is evidence of the male dominance of the health/pharmacutical industry - no woman in her right mind would make something like crinone for another woman!!!
Hope that things are getting better, but it is horrible and as BG suggested the pessuries (which are often used for thaw cycles) are a heap better.
Good luck.
FG
OH FG YOUR FUNNY
:lol:but your so rite only a male could have done this to us :rofl: so true
things are a bit better today but still up the **** lol;)
i feel like i have clag glue coming out of me (tmi i no ):rofl: i told dh no doing the deed in this tww but i really dont think hed wanna go near that any way:p OMG its terrible stuff lol
all you girls are wonderful thank you
:rofl: FG!! Absolutely hun. So nice to be able to get a laugh out of something to do with crinone.:
Smithy perhaps they can move you onto pessaries 'cause as BG said, they are much nicer (although a little waxy).
i found the pessaries only mildly waxy - a liner was enough to keep any mess at bay.
FG - so many things that we go through HAVE to have been the design of males!
Smithy
Wow I have never used nasty crinone - glad about that! I have had the waxy pessaries which were not too bad really...
I hope it all settles down...
FG you are a cracker :rofl:
rach xx
Ok so please excuse my ignorance but what is the difference between the crinone and the presseries?
crinone is a thick white gel that comes in an applicator that needs to be squirted close to the cervix. it's yuk. builds up and comes out looking like cottage cheese
pessaries are little waxy pellets that are inserted and "melt" close to the cervix. they come away daily so no real build up - and not the ick factor!
Ooooh sounds like so much fun NOT. Hmmmm wonder if I get an option at our clinic :-S
kasam you'll find almost all clinics will, after a stim cycle/fresh transfer hand you crinone...
;)waiting for phone call back in the morning to see what they want me to do.did i say how itchy i am :ROFL: ahh the fun and games lol
Guys sorry but have only just read this thread. FG you are hilarious - thanks for the laugh :ROFL:
The first time I used the evil Crinone stuff, it actually didn't start coming out until AF came and by that time it was black and very clumpy. I thought that I was passing big blood clots and kinda freaked out - was at work at the time, so not really a good thing. Nobody warned me that could happen :redface:
Ever since then have only used the pessaries, much easier to use, cheaper and less side effects.
:doh:oh girls its me again lol
well today i have woken up and done my morning wee and when i wiped there was this big clump of cronine gel with the lightest tinge of pink through it and it happend twice before the other day but wasnt near as much
i think i have about 3-4 days left on the gel but just wondering if this is a common thing or is it just my sily body
the crinone will irritate the cervix big time hunny - it might just be that...
;) oh thank you hun xx
Smithy my sweet friend. I always have pink tinged crinone coming out. It is truly disgusting stuff. Freaked me out at 1st but now I'm like "this is just foul!!"
Hope you are getting through your TWW ok. 8 sleeps to go....and counting for you!!
Thinking of you.
Hugs Bel
xx
i will probably be doing crinone gel this time as the fs thinks i need some extra support and i had it with fresh tfer. it was discusting.
maybe a bottle brush for you smithy? could help.
i used canesten when i was preg with one of boys it's ok if you're pregnant.
hope you feel better soon or maybe a wire bottle brush is the answer. ouch tmi.
good luck
:rofl: oh so true if i could have taken to it with the hair brush i would have .
thank god its all gone now and the canasten did wonders ,would recomend it to any one and as for that stinken gel 1 DAY LEFT YAY its terrible stuff but better with out the thrush
Oh my lordie, I hope I don't have to take that stuff. But at least I am well informed by this thread - thanks everyone!
I'll be going out to buy a bottle brush and canestan if they put me on the evil crapone.
im not looking forward to the gel then if i use the wrong soap or anything i get like that its going to be some fun not
sarahxxxx