Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 07:25     Subject: New on estradiol - give me your stories and tips
I use Imvexxy (estrodial) vaginal inserts. No applicator to clean.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 05:50     Subject: New on estradiol - give me your stories and tips
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This isn’t what you asked, but FWIW, I avoided BCPs like the plague in my 20/30s bc of side effects (hello child born on natural family planning…) but I find systemic HRT to be totally different.

I think it’s criminal that they give the impression BCPs is “hormones”. I mean it is kinda bc it’s a chemical that will mimic some aspect of hormones in your body, but honestly it’s not fair to HRT to compare HRT to BCP. HRT is chemically the same as the estradiol and progesterone circulating in your bloodstream. You can get estradiol through the skin without going through the stomach/liver (where the body might metabolize it into something different) and you can get progesterone in through the vagina without going through the stomach/liver although swallowing progesterone seems to have the benefit of your body metabolizing it into Allopregnanolone which is something the body does anyway with progesterone and seems to be positively impactful for brain health and recovery (and sleep) (just google all the stuff scientist are studying about Allopregnanolone as treatments for all types of brain and central nervous system diseases and injuries).

Just some things to consider


Can you say more? I'm very curious about this. Given my terrible experience with BCP during my 20s, 30s and 40s (issues I didn't know where caused by BCP or I would have obvious stopped taking them), I have resisted HRT for years now. I only just started the estradiol because it got to the point where my DH was complaining about lack of sex.


I’m this PP. I wish there was more to say. There’s shocking lack of studies on BCP and hrt. I just wanted to say BCPs gave me horrible side effects and hrt didn’t and digging up info on them I can understand why. There’s another poster that says her hrt is like BCP while admitting she gets the progesterone/progestin part from BCP she’s using like hrt, so not sure what she’s trying to prove… I think some women feel weird admitting BCP is negative if they chose to be on it for decades but who knows.

it’s kinda like pregnancy and postpartum - everyone’s a bit different and you don’t know until you try. For me hrt is different from BCP and I don’t think you know until you try. Also getting the doses right takes time esp bc with hrt you have a lot more flexibility with dosing unlike BCP which won’t alter dose at risk of allowing a pregnancy.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 02:05     Subject: New on estradiol - give me your stories and tips
Anonymous wrote:I just use the same applicator and don’t wash it. Who cares? Do you think you’re gonna get some kind of disease from your own vagina?


Disease? No. Bacterial infection? Yes.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 22:29     Subject: New on estradiol - give me your stories and tips
I just use the same applicator and don’t wash it. Who cares? Do you think you’re gonna get some kind of disease from your own vagina?
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2025 14:43     Subject: New on estradiol - give me your stories and tips
Anonymous wrote:Fine use your finger. My gyn told me to use applicator in 2025. I am 25 years older than you.


I am not very good with fingers but let my DH help me put it and he does a fabulous job.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2025 07:47     Subject: New on estradiol - give me your stories and tips
Why all the applicator hate, lol.
BTW Perrier and San Pellegrino don't bother me at all. If it's flavored waters it's the flavoring.