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ladies who do their own PIO

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Do you have a hard time doing it on your non dominant side?  Or is it the same? 
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  • vanessagorcvanessagorc member

    I know i will end up doing my own.  DH is away too much.  We are givng it a try at 645, oy!

    How is it, doing it urself?

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    I know i will end up doing my own.  DH is away too much.  We are givng it a try at 645, oy!

    How is it, doing it urself?

    I don't know yet.  DH has done them so far, but he is going to be gone and then I have to travel for work so I am going to have to figure this out.

    TTC since 8/2004
    Me - DX Hashimoto's Disease, Hypothyroid, Rheumatoid Arthritis
    DH - DX Azoospermia - Sertoli Cell Syndrome
    DS-IUI #1-4 BFN IVF #1 - BFP! It's a boy!!!
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    I know i will end up doing my own.  DH is away too much.  We are givng it a try at 645, oy!

    How is it, doing it urself?

    I don't know yet.  DH has done them so far, but he is going to be gone and then I have to travel for work so I am going to have to figure this out.

    Me too...i retraced the butt circles in PERMANENT marker!

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  • deputysgirldeputysgirl member
    Hey... I have to do them for myself during the week... I'm right handed, and so I do have a hard time doing the left side.  So I just do it on the right and then DH does it on the left when he's home.  It worked out last cycle... well, except for the BFN part. 
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    #1 & #2: Fall 2009 - 2 rounds of Clomid - BFN's
    #3: April 2010: IVF w/ ICSI - BFP but then....blighted ovum, D&C 5/26/10
    #4: 8/27/10 - FET = BFN :(
    #5: FET #2 - 10/28/10, 2 embryos... BFN
    #6: IVF w/ ICSI & AH ER 3/5/2011; 6-day trx 2 blasts 3/11 BFP!!! HB @ 6weeks but it was gone a few days later. D&C 4/8/11
    #7: IVF w/ ICSI & AH ER 8/29/11; 6 day trx 2 blasts, BFP!! (3 totsicles too) HB seen at 7 weeks, but was gone at 8.5 weeks. D&C 10/14/11 HEARTBROKEN!!
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  • BubblyToesBubblyToes member
    I haven't had any issue with it on either side.  I just hate how it takes so long to push it in. 
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  • c1311c1311 member

    I did all of my own.  I found that laying down on my side was much easier and less painful. I never had any pain or lumps. It was a little harder for me to do my right side (I'm a lefty), but not too bad.

    Good luck!

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  • ladyprofladyprof member
    Yes, I have terrible trouble doing it on my left side. Last weekend I was gone for two nights and just did it both times in my right side and went back to alternating when I got home. It left me with some huge knots on that side, but no other ill effects.
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  • roselln2roselln2
    I was definitely better at it on my dominant side, but it wasn't impossible to do it on the other side. Maybe it just took slightly longer to get the needle comfortable in my hand.
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  • buddingflowerbuddingflower member
    This past cycle I injected the PIO in my thighs. I get huge, itchy lumps at the injection site when it's frequently injected in my hips, so this time, I rotated between each thigh and hip. I did the thighs, dh did my hips.
    TTC since July 2008 RE Consult 1/09, dx MFI Unmedicated IUI 4/09 BFN Injectable IUI 5/09 BFN Hysteroscopy 7/09 All clear 0.5 IVF 9/09 Canceled due to early ovulation 1st IVF 11/09 trans 2 BFN 2nd IVF 2/10 trans 2, froze 6 BFN Dx PCOS 3/10 1st FET 4/10 BFN Uterine biopsy and genetic testing 7/10 all clear 2nd FET 9/10 BFN 3rd FET 11/10 BFN New RE 1/12 3rd IVF underway
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