This sounds like a silly question to me, and I'm guessing I'll hear, "No it doesn't matter" but I'm still curious.
My RE told me to alternate sides of my stomach that I do my Gonal F injections in every night. (So one side doesn't get more 'bruised' than the other, even though I don't bruise anyway? Because it's medically necessary? I don't know...) When I went for my monitoring appt yesterday, only my right ovary has any lead follicles. So...does it make sense to still alternate sides, or should I only inject on the right side? I'm assuming that it doesn't matter and no matter where you inject it, both ovaries will be affected by the meds but it still made me wonder.
Thanks!
Re: Alternating sides for injections?
I usually did one side lupron (in am), other side follistim/menopur cocktail (pm) on the other, and then swtiched in the am.
You don't need to switch sides though. There were times I did the same side and it was fine!
I rotate R thigh, belly, L thigh and go round robin. Now that I will be up to 300 iu of Follistim twice a day it is REALLY important to rotate sites. The higher doses have caused bruising and welts
Me: PCOS, Blood/Immune Issues DH: Low all 3
Jun.- Sep. 2010 IUI#1-#3 = BFN
Oct. 2010 = IVF #1 = B/G Twins (passed away Feb. 2011)
May 2011 = Myomectomy and trans-abdominal cerclage (TAC)
Sep. 2011 = Surprise BFP = C/P
Feb. 2012 = sFET #1 = BFN
Feb.2012 = Hail Mary IUI #4 = BFN
April/May 2012 = FET #2 w/our last two embies = BFP (Please let this be it!)
Beta #1 8dp5/6dt = 234 Beta #2 10dp5/6dt = 695 Beta #3 12dp5/6dt = 1796 Beta #4 17dp5/6dt = 17,888 U/S #1 May 17, 2012 = Twins
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Our little miracle baby is a boy.
Baby Boy Owen and Baby Girl Avery were born too early on Feb. 13, 2011 due to a pedunculated fibroid, incompetent cervix and suspected placental abruption.
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TTC #2 since 9/09 --- mild PCOS; Endometriosis
IUI x4 = BFN
IVF = sometime in 2012