Poll about injections

marbear81 · August 2009

Do you give yourself injections or does your DH/partner do them for you?

My DH does them for me.. I try to do them.. but just can't push the needle through my skin...

CharBart · August 2009

DH does them...I don't know if I could do it

amc_banana · August 2009

Dh does it..I can't do it ! I am a baby with needles.

SweetDahlia · August 2009

DH does mine. I did a Gonal F shot once, it wasn't so bad, but I prefer him to do them. I could never do PIO on my own. I have had a ton of them after 5 cycles, and I freak out for everyone.

marbear81 · August 2009

it's kind of... funny.. lots of people say "oh the shots will get easier" but I don't know that they do (for me)

I still cry every.single.time before we do them.. and it rips DH up - I feel so bad! But I just think that it shouldn't be like this..... it's not fair! ya know... and then come the waterworks.....

MBandBud · August 2009

Both. DH did them during our IUI but I was going to be out of town for my first Lupron shots. I actually took an empty needle and injected it (without pushing the plunger) the night before just for reassurance. I continued to do my own Lupron shots but now that we are onto stims, DH does those. He mixes them up for me as well. I appreciate his involvement. It is nice to be able to do them on my own as I was able to do it tonight when we were out to dinner and I didn't want to stim too early/late so I just went to the restroom. I thought it would be hard to give myself, but actually, I just say in my head 1, 2, 3 go and hardly feel the needle. I actually feel me pinching my skin more than the needle. If you ever have to do it yourself I just know you could!!

armywife76 · August 2009

I do all mine, but only b/c dh is in Iraq. Otherwise, I'd get him to do them.

SmilingMrsF · August 2009

I don't think I could ever do them myself. I'm too much of a wuss for that. Dh does them for me.

*jenjen* · August 2009

dh did them for my first 2 cycles, but my 3rd one started while i was away on a girls trip...surprisingly, when you dont have a choice you get the hang of it pretty quick. i am the biggest needle-phobe ever and honestly, the sub-q shots arent bad at all. now pio is another story...dh does those and i cry every time...

MBandBud · August 2009

Yeah, all bets are off with the intramusculars!!

missred75 · August 2009

DH does mine. He's in the medical field so he has no issues with it whatsoever. Thank goodness. I hate it! I've had to do them a few times when he wasn't around, and it was a disaster.

mrskenny2be · August 2009

Both! DH did the 1st few...then I decided I better do if myself just in case DH couldn't be there for whatever reason. I'm glad I did because the anticipation was so much worse than actually doing it. DH offers and I let him. He said that it makes him feel more involved in the process....which I really appreciate!

prazenjc · August 2009

H is a nurse, so has done all of my injections. it is continuing right now w/the PIO's we will be doing throughout the 1st trimester.

Yellow_Daisy · August 2009

Well I don't shots for IF but I take my RA meds through injections and will for the rest of my life. I stressed about it at first but now I don't even think about it, I just do it. My DH still gets freaked out with my shots so I will continue to do all my own shots when we add the IF stuff.

My 4 yr old niece is fascinated by my shots. She was totally acting up when I was at my sisters a month or so ago and I said if you act like a big girl you can watch Auntie do her shot and she was like ok lets go I wanna see. Go figure my 37 yr old DH is freaked out but my 4 yr old niece is fascinated :-).

AmyeJean · August 2009

DH did my second one tonight.. Yesterday was his first ever. I think he's enjoying it...

EMTTessie · August 2009

I have done all of my own. DH works late hours and wasn't here the first night I had to do it, so it was me or no one. When he's here on his days off he has never asked to do it. He did ask once if he could watch but I had already done it so he has never watched me inject either. Right now I'm using the Follistim pen and it's not so bad depending on where I do the injection (closer to the bellybutton hurts worse so I tend to stay away from there). I still have to pause and take a breath before I actually stick the needle in..I doubt that will ever change. lol

UncleBen · August 2009

I do my own. I always tease my husband about his "delicate man hands" - NO THANKS!

MrsP71506 · August 2009

Dh does them. Everytime I think I can do them myself I chicken out.

Angel1122 · August 2009

DH and he took his job very seriously

Echloe · August 2009

First IVF I did them all but PIO. This time fort FET I decided to do the PIO.

247girlie070707 · August 2009

I am a complete control freak and would rather do them myself even if it takes me a whole ten minutes to build up the courage. I find myself laughing since I am so nervous.

I have to say I do feel a little more well rounded now that I know I can inflict pain on myself.

Its all worth it in the end!

momma mimi · August 2009

I do my own Follistim and Ovidrel shots. DH can't even watch me do it.

GenRN45 · August 2009

we had this discussion the other day, and decided that DH will be doing them, because i'm scared to death.

lnle · August 2009

I do them all, including PIO. I like being in control of them.

ashlyrose · August 2009

I do mine myself away from my H. I can't even walk by him with a needle without him squirming.

CandT · August 2009

My DH see post above

Imanurse03 · August 2009

I do them myself because I'm a nurse and I'm also a Type 1 diabetic, so I've been shooting myself up for years! But DH does my PIO and he does a good job!

psychmusetls · August 2009

momma mimi:
I do my own Follistim and Ovidrel shots. DH can't even watch me do it.

this

samk213 · August 2009

I do all my own. DH dials up my follistim does and hands it off to me. If I had to do PIO instead of crinone, I may have had to have him do those.

JackieMac824 · August 2009

My Dh does mine.

efhoping2010 · August 2009

DH does all of my injections. He hates injecting me but it allows him to be part of the IVF process since he cannot make it to any of the appointments due to work. So it is a bonding of sorts

jakesgirl514 · August 2009

I do my own righ now (just Lupron) but when it comes to the PIO then that will be DH's job.

LCB34 · August 2009

I do them all myself. My DH has a very weak stomach when it comes to needles and such and I don't want to risk him passing out!

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