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Colored Discharge from Crinone Progesterone Cream

I am hoping someone can help me with the answer to this question since I am stumped.  I am 9 weeks pregnant and this is my fourth pregnancy.  The first two ended in miscarriage and for the third I was put on Crinone Progesterone Cream and it was successful.  I am once again on the Crinone but have been having a pinkish or salmon colored discharge mixed in with the Crinone.  I did not have the pink color discharge with my last pregnancy.  I am not spotting and have been to my Doctor a few times already and everything is going as planned.  I even called the maker of Crinone and they said the dischrage should be white or off white.  I don't think it is blood because it is an odd color and I had the bleeding with my first miscarriage and this looks different.  When I go to the bathroom there is also no blood or anything abnormal.  I have read other comments about people having this colored discharge and their doctor them it was normal.  Has anyone else heard of seen this?? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!  Thanks, Scared to death mom to be.
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Hi all,

Just had a question, I have been TTC for 10 years with not a single pregnancy :(
Had a lot of medical help but still no luck, very low AMH now and I'm 34, my Dr tested my blood this month after a post coital test and showed that I did ovulate, so he prescribed my cronine 8% for 12 days. How soon 'if I'm not pregnant' should my period arrive? I'm only 2 days late so far.
Thanks
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Hello All, I am from India. I am soon to enter into my 6 weeks of pregnancy, Its been just 3 days that I have been using Crinone 8%, this is my first pregnancy. Today Suddenly I found brown discharge with the gel. I am super scared, I am 24 and really want my baby with me. Though all of your comments and reviews have put me at ease, on Monday I am going for TVS for the first time ever in my life. It seems you all are my friends. Please do put me in your prays.
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hello everyone, am on crionone gel now and been having White discharge too had my Transfer 6 Days ago. What are some of the signs you usually have during the use of crionone?. in less than one week i will be going for pregnancy test. This is my first time and am nervous. I pray i share your stories of pregnancy too. Did anyone take a test earlier than  2weeks.
Goodluck to you all
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Hi lily, how r u doing? I just saw ur post today, I had similar experience when I see some old white gel coming out. R u taking t gel now, hoz is it? Did u try any progesterone injections? I did take it today, hoping it work.
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Im 5weeks pregnant with twins. ive been using crinone gel (progestrone) and progynova since 3 weeks now, started with very light spotting,light brown clots when I wipe(too much info;)) yesterday I'd period like bleeding n I big clot that came out.i thought I lost my twins.anyway I got an trans vaginal ultra sound today, that confirmed my twins r still there safe.
report:showed resolved sub chorionic bleeding(bleeding in t placenta/uterus cavity. Which doesn't seem tb very heavy, thank GOD:)
Advise frm DOC: to take complete bed rest for next 3months n asked me to stop taking crinone gel and progesterone suppositorie for next 10 days. n put me on Gestofit 100 progestrone Intra muscular inj. Hopefully this stops t bleeding. I've been trying for 4yrs now, it's very hard to face any loss:(( hoping n praying for everything tb normal. All t best to everybody here.
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This may be personal but its driving me crazy. I previously had two miscarriages and i am now pregnant again. Very scary but keeping positive because i am 12 weeks and this is the fathest ive gotten. My doctor gave me samples of the progesterone gel to insert once a day. She said normally people stop at 10 weeks but because she thought it would help my nerves she gave me samples from 10 weeks till i got to 12. I recently stopped taking it and noticed i still have globs of theoff whits colored gel coming out of me. I thought it only was doing that before because of having sex but now im a little nervous. I go  to the doctor Thursday and plan on asking her but until than did anyone have the same experience?
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I'm glad I found this. I am 5 weeks right now and have been put on the crinone. I have had miscarrages in the past with no successful pregnancies. Rfd is because I have always miscarried before finding out I was even pregnant. I found out very early this time and I am praying this onewill be successful. My husband and I have been trying for 3 years. I have only been on the crinone for 2 days and the first day I had no discharge, today I had a little but of brownish discharge but no blood or spotting. I have had very mild cramping but everyone tells me its normal because my uterus is expanding. The cramping is not severe at all, not even close to period cramps. I'm still a little worried though. Has anyone else experienced mild cramping?
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Wow what a great site. This is our second attempt with IVF. We were unsuccessful with our first cycle. I remember having all the discharges mentioned above and then I got the bleed. Let me tell you, it's pretty obvious and you will definitely know the difference between the discharge and the bleed. I am very grateful that this forum has been created. We had our egg transfer last Wednesday (15/2) and I have just started getting the white discharge today. My heart sank and I thought 'here we go again!'. But after reading the above comments I have regained my hope again and will continue to be positive about this.  I wish you all the best with your journeys and thank you for sharing your stories!! Please share your good news too if after the first trimester. It's great hearing your happy news!
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I'm curious about your wife's bedrest. I am 40 and 5-6 weeks pregnant also taking Crinone. I had a miscarriage last year and have been wondering if I should be taking it easier. I have an easy desk job but I'm still concerned. Can you share the reasons your wife was given bedrest?
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I am 4 weeks pregnant now but worried if I am having a miscarriage. I have all these aches and pains and as you said very few symptoms of pregnancy. I used to be very tired but feel OK now.  Could this be a miscarriage? The doctor could not see anything today? I know it was a little early but he also saw something dark in my cavity that he said could be indicative of blood.  Now I am just waiting and counting these minutes so that I can have that blood discharged and know what the deal is.  I am going to have a HCG test on friday to see if the levels have dropped....I am so heartbroken and hopeless....I had faith but seems to be slipping now.
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P.S. - When my wife was spotting she was taking complete bed rest. Suggestion to everyone out there with similar problem.
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My wife is now into 7 week. Her spotting has completely stopped since last 10 days. Her progesteron levels were slightly on the lower side even with One Crinone. She was of opinion that the spotting is caused by less Progesteron hence she increased Crinone from one tube to two tubes plus one Dufastone every day. Gynacologist said increase dosage of Crinone and Dufastone won't harm.  

Saw Heartbeat today.... Was on TOP of the world. Praying that everything goes on well from here.
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I am Husband of 5 weeks pregnant wife who is using Crinone. My wife too has brownish or pinkish discharge after using Crinone. The colour discharge doesn't is not noticed every day. She gets very tensed when this happens.Nice to know others had similar experience and its not dangerous.

If so many users have experienced it then the makers of Crinone should put this information on their product material. I am calling the company in the next days for clarification.

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The things we endure to experience Motherhood!!!!
Boy am I happy to have come across this forum.  I am 6 weeks preggo with our first child and I just started Crinone this morning!  Now that I’ve been forewarned, I will try not to freak out if I do experience any of the side effects mentioned here.  I’m happy to know that I’m not alone and that there’s other Mommy-to-be’s having to use this medication too.
I will keep all you ladies in my prayers and hope for the best for us ALL.
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I am 2 days late. I have been trying to get pregnant for a while. Went with my husband for a rest/holiday and i have come back feeling tired, sniffles and bloated. I have been taking crinone for over 12 days now. Could i be pregnant or does crinone delay periods? Love to hear from anyone
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So incredibly relieved to read all of your comments.  I am 10 weeks into my first pregnancy.  I have been taking the crinone for about 1 month now and was very worried when I started to see blackish-grey clumps when I would go to the bathroom.  I immediately went to my gynecologist.  She did not know what it was and after doing an exam and removed some of this, sent it to the lab.  My labs came back normal.  Although I was happy to hear the labs were normal, I was still a little uncomfortable to not know exactly what this was.  It makes more sense now.  I continue to have this discharge from time to time, some days more heavily than others.
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I am entering week 7 and have been on the Crinone gel since week 4 - this is pregnancy #5 - had 2 miscarriages then 2 healthy boys, so they've always put me on progesterone supplements as a precaution (though this is 1st time with Crinone).  The first few days w/ the gel were fine.  Then I started I started with the dark brown clumps which freaked me out!  The RN said that because I didn't shed my lining by getting my period, there is a lot of old blood up there and it will mix with the Crinone and you'll get this brown color.  It stopped after the first week.  For the most part it's white now, but occasionally has some color to it - like a salmon, peach color.  They also said to enter applicator in only 1/2 way so doesn't irritate or knick the cervix as much.  
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I am 5 weeks pregnant today and my doctor put me on Crinone bc of my low progesterone (10.7) as of last tuesday.  I started two days ago and last night noticed salmon colored cottage cheese.  I also noticed that my cervix is very dry.  Does anyone know if the Crinone will absorb the moisture in your vagina?  It is just a bunch of dry cottage cheese up there now.  I'm nervous bc last month I had a chemical pregnancy.
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I was advised by my RE office nurse that crinone gel can cause pink tinged discarge with white discharge too. So it is normal. It can be caused by trauma while inserting the vaginal supp. I am on Crinone and get it once in awhile. My dr told me he's not concerned since my labs and u/s look good and to call if I start getting heavy bleeding. Good luck ladies!
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I am on my first IVF/ICSI cycle. My ET was last Wednesday (8 days ago). I have been experiencing a range of symptoms that could be perceived as preg symptoms but I'm trying not to analyse every single thing. I'm holding out for our Beta HCG due on Tues next week. This afternoon, when I went to the loo, I had large chunks of Crinone mixed with clumps of dark brown and black grainy stuff. It's my hope that this is related to an implantation bleed, but that the Crinone has been 'blocking' it from coming out (because of its thick consistency etc), and that therefore it is now appearing this co our because it's 'old blood.' Does that even make sense to anyone. As we draw closer to the end of our 2WW, I'm looking for something to hold onto and be hopeful about.
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Hi everyone. iI am 6 wks pregnant at 5 wks and started having brownish discharge .After my ob put me on crinone 8% ,I am having discharge as dark brown granules. does anyone experience that before
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I had my transfer on 29th May and this 2 week wait is agony!  Today for the first time I had the brown, black, salmon cottage cheese and completely flipped!  I dont test until 10th June.  I thouhgt it was all over but am hopeful that all will be ok as most of you who have posted are already pregnant! I so hope I am too!  I thought I saw a little bit of blood so was a bit worried!  So nice to read about people going through the same stuff!  
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i'm seven weeks pregnant and using crinone gel 8%, onece a day. i have seen some black gel inside the applicator 2 times after I have applied it.  i'm scared.
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HI LADIES I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME N AND OFF, JUST ONCE A DAY.i AM DUE FOR MY PREG TEST WED 18, I HAVE DONE ONE TODAY AND IT SAID PREGNANT 1_2 WEEKS SO I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.

BABYDUST ALL ROUNDXXX
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