Epo?

[Brees_Mama]

Has anyone used EPO (evening primrose capsules) I got dh to buy me some last night but haven't used them yet. Advice?

[Friday13th]

You can take them orally, vaginally or both. I have one MW who strongly recommends orally, another who thinks vaginal is the only way it's effective and a third who recommends both just to be safe.

I'm currently taking 3 a day orally and just DTD a lot instead of using the capsules vaginally. When I was inserting them, I'd just poke a hole with a pin and insert. I do use the oil as lube when we DTD so it's sort of a two for one.

It's not going to hurt anything or put you into labor but it should help your cervix thin and prepare. I'm pretty sure you can just keep up-ing the dose as you get further along and since you're so far along already, I might start with more than one orally. I'm pretty sure you can't OD on it.

[crsta33]

I take 2 at night. Don't know if it's "helping" but it doesn't seem to harm. I find EPO burps unpleasant though...which is why I take it before bed.

Christa

[DucetteMama21842]

FWIW...

A great tip I found was to if you are inserting vaginally, to do it right before bed. You don't have to do anything except insert it and lie down. It will melt inside on its own... and then you don't have to get up and be goopy if it leaks some back out...

Much nicer.

[kittywitty]

I've been following this protocol:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...73&postcount=4

Except my pills are 1000mg. So I take one three times a day, a 500mg one at dinner as well, and insert 2 at night.

[Belleweather]

I'll start EPO sometime later this week in my 10 months long quest to have this baby in December, Damn it! I used 2 500mg vaginally at night for the 3 nights before going into labor last time, and I felt like it made a difference. I've also heard that if you have cervical scarring from a LEEP or biopsy that it can help soften that tissue for easier dilation.

[Brees_Mama]

oops forgot to update. i took 1 orally that night and 1 vaginally (tmi: i poured it onto dh's you know what lol and got him to stick it in really high)

it worked it helped get me from 1cm to 3cm in one wk!