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maggie2324
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PIO tips & tricks?
maggie2324
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After 3 days of PIO, I can hardly take it anymore. The injection itself is fine, but the pain gets bad about 30 minutes after and continues for 2-3 hrs. The soreness the next day doesn't bother me, it's those miserable 2+hrs that is getting hard to deal with.
We are doing 2mL of PIO (sesame oil). The circles my nurse drew seem really low. My low rise panties completely cover them. They extend from the top of my crack to almost halfway down my butt. Perhaps the lower location makes them hurt more?
Ive been doing the injections standing up, but with weight on the opposite leg. Maybe lying down would make the muscle even more relaxed and hurt less?
A heating pad does nothing to soothe the pain. Anything else I can do?
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Re: PIO tips & tricks?
Me:40 AMA, DH:36 0% morph, TTC#1;
BFP#1 4/2011, MMC 6/2011 11wks Trisomy 13;
BFP#2 11/2011, CP
FSH: 17.9, AMH: 2.2
IVF#1 w/ICSI: ER 4/3: 5R,4M,4F
ET 4/6 All 4 (1-8A+, 2-8A-, 1-3A) BFP#3
Two weeks of beta hell = Blighted Ovum
IVF#2 Aug/Sept: ER 8/27: 4R,3M,3F
ET 8/30 (1-8A+, 1-6A+)
Beta#1 9/10: 350; Beta#2 9/12: 796; Beta#3 9/20: 9155
Expecting Boy/Girl Twins! My babies were born 4/23/13 at 36w1d!
Exactly this! See if your RE/nurses will draw targets on your bum. Mine did the other day and so far the shots are much better! takes guess work out.
Definitely heating pad after and go for a short walk. They told me not to lie down/go to bed right after because it just sits there in one spot.
Good Luck... these shots are the worst but will hopefully be worth it all!
Me and DH - 26years old; IF DX: PCOS, Hypothyroid/Hashimotos(me)
IVF #1 April 2012- 15 ER (4/13), 13 Fertilized, 1 transfered (4/16), 3 frozen
Beta #1(4/28)-127 Beta #2(4/30)-301 Beta #3(5/7)-5570!!
First ultrasound showed 1 strong little heart beat! (5/25) 7/16.. ITS A BOY!
Brayden Nicholas Born Dec 29 2012 - 7 lbs 10 oz 20 in
That does seem low. My area is above the crack. One time, I accidentally did it below and it was definitely worse.
I massage hard after the injection and then sit on a heating pad for 15 minutes. After 17 days now I am starting to get some bruising and am a little sore, but not bad at all yet.
Me: 35 DH: 30 TTC since 1/2010 DX: 6/15/2011: MFI IVF with ICSI
IVF #1: Sept 2011: Beta 10/10- BFP!! 1st u/s 10/31/11 1 blighted ovum, 1 embryo 2nd u/s 11/14/11 stopped growing, no h/b D/C 11/17/11
IVF #2: FET 5/4/12 : Beta 5/16/12 BFN
IVF #3: ET 7/6/12 : 7/18 Beta #1 BFP at 246, 7/20 Beta #2 at 713, 7/27 Beta #3 at 9068. 1st u/s 8/7 with one lovely hb.
Mabel is here! 2/17/13!
This picture really helped us:
We were not doing it in the right spot for IVF#1. I am freaked out about PIO this time around too. We are going to be on a lower dosage but I have been on up to 2.5ml and it sucks. I use heat before hand and heat after. Unfortunately I dont respond well to the massage because I dont want anyone to touch me after that. But I heard walking around will help. We are switching the time of our shots and our nurse said to try the am instead of evening so we are willing to do anything at this point.
GL to you and I hope it gets easier!
Thanks ladies!
I tried some of your suggestions and so far so good (I'm about 1 hr post PIO). I did get a nasty lump for the first time, but DH massaged it away mostly.
I lied down for the shot, had DH do it at the very top of my target, massaged as normal, walked around for a few minutes, then put heat on immediately instead of waiting for pain.
I'm guessing I'll get the hang of this.