Update: I've been popping the pills "up there" for 5 days now. I think it's helping a bit with the abdominal issues although they haven't gone entirely. I hope they will eventually.
I'm on the last 2 days of my utrogestan phase now and have decided to reduce to just one pill for these last 2 days.
My thinking is that when the body naturally produces progesterone it produces less towards the end of that phase, it doesn't produce the same amount every day and then suddenly stop, so hopefully reducing to one pill for these last 2 days will mimick the natural cycle as well as reducing the tummy probs I'm having.
Plus I've read that utrogestan better absorbed when taken vaginally, so I could be effectively getting a higher dose compared to if I was swallowing the pills.
I'll probably stick with taking the pills vaginally going forward. It's really fine - I mean, we're putting them in our bodies anyway, so it's not that different to swallowing them really.
Still not sure what dose will be right for me yet. So I'd still appreciate heairng your experiences or advice.