CD 17: Ummm Gross.

Do you know how gross progesterone suppositories are?  If you are reading this, you probably actually do.  Having taken Crinone for one cycle, and oral suppositories for another, I was NOT happy to see the type of progesterone that my RE put me on.  Let me introduce you to the strand of bullet shaped progesterone that I "insert" twice a day:

Classy right?  Almost in time for deer hunting season.

Now I've gotten loads of advice from other TTTC'ers, including "use a pantyliner" and "wash your hands."  What I wasn't prepared for was how difficult it was to work one of these guys out of their package at 6:20 a.m. when I'm half awake.  Hopefully tonight will go better.

I'm having some side effects already.  I am fully aware that its probably all in my head, but I feel super bloated and even a bit nauseous.  Taking progesterone supplements really throws a wrench in the phantom symptom game, because there really is a logical explanation for everything.  I am inserting bullet shaped forms of medicine into my vagina to trick my body into thinking that it's pregnant.

I'll probably start posting trigger pics tomorrow.