evening primrose oil capsules - HUGE!!!

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Oh my god. The EPO pills I ordered just arrived and they're enorrrrrrmous. Literally half the length of my pinky finger. No way in hell I could ever swallow one... Has anybody gotten any that are small? I'd be willing to take more capsules to get the same dose if I am actually able to SWALLOW the capsules... I mean this bottle must have accidentally been filled with elephant suppositories.

 

[wish4baby]

Mine aren't huge...they are actually tiny.
Too bad we couldn't trade, I open mine to use when DTD and I have to open like 10. It takes forever lol
They are 365 brand, 500mg soft gels.
What are yours?

 

[dinkery]

Mine aren't huge...they are actually tiny.
Too bad we couldn't trade, I open mine to use when DTD and I have to open like 10. It takes forever lol
They are 365 brand, 500mg soft gels.
What are yours?

They're "Nature's Way" brand, 1300mg each. I can't seem to find a brand called "365" would you mind directing me to where you ordered them? I don't know what I'm going to do with these ginormous ones, that's $17 down the drain.

 

[xdxxtx]

I use the "Nature's Way" brand as well, but I insert them vaginally. They do a WONDERFUL job of softening up my cervix and getting things ready. If you're comfortable with inserting one before bed (if you feel more comfortable, wait till you're 37 weeks), it really is the best method, especially with how far along you are. But I couldn't swallow that horse pill, either. haha. I also slice them open and pour the contents of 5 or 6 into a warm bath every day once I get to 37 weeks. Oh, that relaxing bath is amazing, and it works wonders on my skin.

 

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I use the "Nature's Way" brand as well, but I insert them vaginally. They do a WONDERFUL job of softening up my cervix and getting things ready. If you're comfortable with inserting one before bed (if you feel more comfortable, wait till you're 37 weeks), it really is the best method, especially with how far along you are. But I couldn't swallow that horse pill, either. haha. I also slice them open and pour the contents of 5 or 6 into a warm bath every day once I get to 37 weeks. Oh, that relaxing bath is amazing, and it works wonders on my skin.

I'm a little nervous to insert them! Like how do I do it, and how far up, and how do I know I'm getting far enough up? I've lost so much flexibility recently, I probably wouldn't even be able to reach now that I think about it. And then what do you do about the leakage? And how about the capsule itself, does the heat of your body dissolve the whole thing? I don't want to go for my cervical checks and have the doctor find capsule skin up there! The bath thing I could do but I don't feel like it would be as effective. Help!

 

[xdxxtx]

I'm a little nervous to insert them! Like how do I do it, and how far up, and how do I know I'm getting far enough up? I've lost so much flexibility recently, I probably wouldn't even be able to reach now that I think about it. And then what do you do about the leakage? And how about the capsule itself, does the heat of your body dissolve the whole thing? I don't want to go for my cervical checks and have the doctor find capsule skin up there! The bath thing I could do but I don't feel like it would be as effective. Help!

While I don't use one on a day when I have a dr's appointment, I have gone into labor on a night when I had inserted one like 3 hours earlier, and nobody found it! The capsule had already dissolved. Yes, the heat of your body dissolves it. I insert 1 as high up as it will go (or as high as I can reach) and when it dissolves, the liquid goes all over in there, so you don't have to worry if you can't get it up high. I do this RIGHT before bed and put a pad on for protection, but it doesn't leak out until/unless I stand up, so when I get up to pee in the middle of the night, I can see oil in the toilet, but I know there's still plenty left in there to do the job. For me, when I pee in the middle of the night or in the morning, any and all excess comes out, and I don't have any more leakage.

My doctor loves to recommend EPO vaginally and will use it during a sweep if the patient would like her to. That way, she can get a bit of it into the cervix to help softening and effacement from the inside.

The bath thing is more to help me get "stretchy" and avoid tears. I swear by it, but I could just be naturally "stretchy".

 

[briashayy]

I've always been interested in finding out how these pills work!! Is it mainly to soften your cervix, or does it help to do more? My dr said I have a super soft cervix, but I haven't been dilated at all I'm set to be induced on the 24th unless we cann convince the little one to come out sooner!!
I have seen my friend take one or two, though, and they were also huge!! Wonder how easy it is to find smaller ones?
Sorry to cut inro your thread btw!!

 

[pinkpassion]

Neat!!! Thanks for this thread and all this info.. I'm going to get the nature's way brand for vaginally and baths.. I did progesterone until 15 weeks so dealing with vaginal suppositories and the leaks aren't too bad, I figured out a system pretty quickly that worked!!! (Obviously I won't use this until after 36-37 weeks )

 

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I'm a little nervous to insert them! Like how do I do it, and how far up, and how do I know I'm getting far enough up? I've lost so much flexibility recently, I probably wouldn't even be able to reach now that I think about it. And then what do you do about the leakage? And how about the capsule itself, does the heat of your body dissolve the whole thing? I don't want to go for my cervical checks and have the doctor find capsule skin up there! The bath thing I could do but I don't feel like it would be as effective. Help!

While I don't use one on a day when I have a dr's appointment, I have gone into labor on a night when I had inserted one like 3 hours earlier, and nobody found it! The capsule had already dissolved. Yes, the heat of your body dissolves it. I insert 1 as high up as it will go (or as high as I can reach) and when it dissolves, the liquid goes all over in there, so you don't have to worry if you can't get it up high. I do this RIGHT before bed and put a pad on for protection, but it doesn't leak out until/unless I stand up, so when I get up to pee in the middle of the night, I can see oil in the toilet, but I know there's still plenty left in there to do the job. For me, when I pee in the middle of the night or in the morning, any and all excess comes out, and I don't have any more leakage.

My doctor loves to recommend EPO vaginally and will use it during a sweep if the patient would like her to. That way, she can get a bit of it into the cervix to help softening and effacement from the inside.

The bath thing is more to help me get "stretchy" and avoid tears. I swear by it, but I could just be naturally "stretchy".

Wow, you're the first person who's explained it to me so that I get it - thanks for describing exactly how you do it. I guess I will wait to be officially 37wks and then I'll use your techniques. Thanks so much! Oh but still if anyone can tell me where to get small capsules for ingestion I'd appreciate it.

 

[xdxxtx]

You're welcome! And a 500mg EPO pill will be much smaller than the 1300mg kind. I bought the NOW brand of 500mg and they were about the size of a Tylenol.

 

[Mum_Of_Roodys]

You can get them in the supermarkets they are normally pretty small be lucky your not taking starflower seed capsules they are like twice the size my friend uses them and they are massive , but apparently they work better de to having more of the hormone in or something

 

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You're welcome! And a 500mg EPO pill will be much smaller than the 1300mg kind. I bought the NOW brand of 500mg and they were about the size of a Tylenol.

Okay I'll look for that brand too, thanks. I won't mind taking more pills to equal the same dosage, as long as I can get them down. No way can I even attempt swallowing the ones I ended up with.

 

[dinkery]

You can get them in the supermarkets they are normally pretty small be lucky your not taking starflower seed capsules they are like twice the size my friend uses them and they are massive , but apparently they work better de to having more of the hormone in or something

Dear god, I don't even want to know, I have never seen a pill as big as this one, I can't imagine one double the size. **shudder**

 

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Oh wait, wait! I forgot to ask - how do you open these things for a bath? It seems like the oil would go all over the place if I used scissors or a knife.

 

[wish4baby]

I bought the 365 brand ones off the shelf at Whole Foods. I think that's their house brand.
To open mine, I use those sideways nail clippers, for your cuticles...I do it over a clean, small mason jar with the sanitized cuticle clippers. It gets a bit on my fingers, but most of it I squeeze into the tiny jar. I started by poking it with a pin but I found this way much easier.

 

[Mum_Of_Roodys]

they are a bit gag worthy and if you have a hot ish bath then you can just chuck them in and the outter capsule should dissolve shortly I used them with my dd and it worked pretty well x