PIO injection tips?

BlueEyedDreamer

So if all goes well at ER tomorrow, I will be starting my PIO injections tomorrow night. I have a huge fear of needles and can't believe I've made it this far!

DH will be administering them, but I was wondering if any of you ladies have any tips for making PIO injections as easy as possible? From what I've read, sometimes the after-effects are worse than the injection itself? Any tricks of the trade for easing this pain in the @ss and preventing lumpy-butt?

twistsandturnsto2

I heat the oil up to body temp either with a heating pad or just sticking it in my bra for a few minutes. You can either lay down or bend over a counter, I use our bed bc it sits up high, for the shot itself. Massage and/or a heating pad after will help disperse the oil if you can manage that. I actually have to do my shot right before I go to work and I work on my feet, so I haven't needed to massage it bc the walking around all night seems to do the trick.

Good Luck!

mkepanther

Ask the nurse to draw a circle where you should inject. It's higher than you think! I also stick the vial in my bra to warm it up.

jezebel57

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i ice for 5 minutes before and dont' even feel it.  i use a heating pad for 5-10 minutes after and DH massages.  I do have the lumps though- and they SUCK.  the actual injection is fine though, the lumps are what hurt and i don't usually get them until about day 10 of injections.  this go-round they hurt much less and are smaller than my first cycle.  good luck, you will be fine!!! 

BrideJackie11

I posted on IFV about this today too.  Also I had the nurse draw circles  

I have been on it and hopefully will be starting back on it on Wednesday.  First warm it.  The fastest way I found to do so is by rolling it in my heating pad.  I like laying down for the injection.  I lay down on the couch because it makes it easier for me to relax.  I put my hand on my hip bone to give him a marker (he goes just below hip bone in outer upper quadrant, it's more like low low back than butt).  I have DH countdown (3-2-1).  When he gets to 1, I squeeze my hand in a fist tightly (digging nails into palm, this makes me focus more on the palm pain than the needle stick).  He pulls back, then injects slowly.  Afterwards, he massages hard for a few minutes.  If it is before the transfer, I will use a heating pad after ( I was told not to use heating pad after transfer because it may increase your body temperature).  It also helps to move around after.  I like someone's suggestion to walk up and down the stairs.  I was definitely sore the next day but as time goes on, you get used to it and the soreness dulls.  I have also given myself the PIO and delestrogen last cycle during beta hell when DH was out of town.  It's not as hard as it seems.  I really felt proud of myself and it gave me some positive feelings when everything was going hell.  By this point, I had been on it for at least 2.5 weeks.  You could see where all the marks where so the spot was easy to find.  I laid on my hip/side to be able to turn a little bit to see it and just stuck it.  Pulling back is the hardest part to injecting yourself I found. You could definitely do the injects if you have to!!  I think that I prefer it to the suppositories because I know that I am getting the right amount and it's not messy.  Good luck!!  

soylatte

Hope all is going well with the injections so far. I am answering because am deathly afraid of needles and the PIO is hard for me (and there is no end in sight)... My MD called in a RX for a topical cream called Fougera - it's a lidocaine/prilocane cream - and I put it on an hour before the injection - cannot feel the needle at all. Sorry I am such a wuss - but if the sites get too sore, this med is a miracle. :-)