Progesterone in oil advice please🙏 - prontogest or progesterone in oil 500 mg per 10 mL

[Chinese13]

Hi, I am looking for advice please. For the ladies that have used progesterone in oil injections after embryo transfer, which one did you use please and manage to get easily from uk pharmacies? I can’t find it online from fertility for you and my clinic is in Cyprus and they don’t have it? I believe the dose is usually 1ml per day.

I will be using with vaginal pessaries too.

Finally, did you also use lubion injections into your tummy whilst on daily progesterone in oil injections too?

Thank you so much xx🙏💕

[Sarah770]

when I did my first transfer in the US they made me do progesterone in sesame oil injections. I bought them online it was very easy. I had pessaires as well. Look at pharmacies online in the US they are very used to this product! I did my three other transfers in Europe and I was never given progesterone in oil again, now I have Prolutex (pure progestérone would oil).

[Chinese13 in reply to Sarah770]

Thank you very much for your reply. I don’t seem to be able to order from US pharmacies unfortunately. But I can get prontogest in the uk now. I used Lubion and pessaries last time and I kept bleeding still so it didn’t work well for me. Therefore after my losses I really want to change something this transfer and add PIO. Hopefully I won’t be allergic to it and I am allergic to a lot of foods and I have read people can react badly to it🙏. I hope everything works out well for you x

[Sarah770 in reply to Chinese13]

Bummer. Have you tried Amazon pharmacy? Wishing you all the very best Xxx

[Mikz359]

Hello, I am using prontogest - one injection every 3 days, plus cyclogest pessaries 4 times a day. Previously I used lubion instead of protogest but never at the same time. I got mine from Asda pharmacy, and it was available easily - but it sounded like sometimes they need to order it in, so if you have a bit of time might be best to check with your pharmacy or have a call around. I have also found Asda cheaper than other places I have tried (well worth the 40 min walk to get to my local!)

Best of luck with it all!

[Chinese13 in reply to Mikz359]

Thank you so much your reply. I will check with my local Asda and see if they can help. I was advised to use it daily, so I am wondering are you finding your levels high enough with using every 3 days? Or are you not monitoring them if they are not low? Also I was recommend 1ml per day of prontogest is that the dose you are on also 1ml every 3 days? I hope it all works out well for you🙏. Thank you x

[LateRiser]

Hi Chinese13! My wife and I are using Progesterone in oil intramuscular injections and we have found it easy to pick up the meds closeby to our fertility clinic in London Bridge.

I’d say overall a couple of hundred pounds more expensive compared to when we used Asda during our first round but this time we haven’t had any anxiety with meds starting to run out and waiting around for a callback from the pharmacy to collect. That was our experience in this regard so I would only advise if you’re ordering the meds just leave yourself as much time as possible to cover any delays, etc.

We are 10 weeks today with twins and we are using daily progesterone pessaries and bi daily injections of Prontogest (progesterone).

For our previous transfer we were on tummy lubion injections and this time we are on Prontogest injections to the buttocks. I don’t believe you would be taking both simultaneously but obv double check with your fertility consultant. I hope this helps and wish you all the best on your journey! 🙏❤️

[Chinese13 in reply to LateRiser]

Thank you so much for your reply. Huge congratulations on your twin pregnancy❤️! Thank you so much for the information. Because my clinic is in Cyprus they use different meds to the UK so I have had to do a lot of research for myself on the UK equivalent of their PIO. Can I ask please what dose your wife is using for the prontogest every other day please? I was going to be taking 1 vial / 1ml per day and was wondering if this is standard dosing? Thank you and all the best with your pregnancy🙏💕

[LateRiser in reply to Chinese13]

Hi Chinese!

Thank you for your kind words of support. It really does mean a lot! ❤️ Yes we were on 1ml of Prontogest every other day. We have now finished all meds and are having our 12 week scan tomorrow! 🙏 Wishing you all the success on your journey and if there’s anything else I can answer please feel free to ask 👍

[Chinese13]

Ah wow that’s amazing to have finished all of your meds now. I really hope your 12 week scan went well🙏and your babies are doing well. I was wondering what time of day you use prontogest injections please? I am reading mostly in the am but some are using in the evening so I am confused when is best because I thought you needed progesterone inj’s in the am and then pessaries are spread out?

Also did your wife ever do the injection in to her buttocks herself please? I have to inject myself as my partner is away and usually do all of my injections but never had I/M ones before (and am really nervous about the huge needle)? Thanks so much again and lots of luck on your pregnancy journey I hope you can both start to relax a little now, it’s very hard I know🥰🙏