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The knots and the bruising!!! Terrible!!

Mom2ReeseMom2Reese member
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The PIO shots are terrible this time. The knots and the bruising are coming after every shot. We warm the injection site and the liquid. And massage after. My DH says my skin is "tough" too. Anyone else?? Any advice??? Please!
Wife for 6 years. Mommy to Reese, 3, after IVF. IUI #1 5/07 = BFN. IVF #1 7/07 = BFP (Reese :-)) FET #1 7/10 = BFN. FET #2 4/11 = BFN. IUI #2 9/11 = BFN. IUI #3 (with donor sperm) 11/11 = BFN. IVF with DE 5/12 = BFP! Beta #1 = 222. Beta #2 = 613. First u/s 6/9 due to bleeding and cramping = saw one beautiful baby! EED 2/3/13 M/C on 6/12/12 at 6 weeks. At a crossroads with our next steps... Read about my journey at: www.clayandjobeth.blogspot.com
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  • PhillySuePhillySue
    I found the trick with PIO shots!!! Ask you RE if they can write you a script for Emla cream.  It is a lidocaine cream that you put on about 30 minutes beofre the shot.  You can cover it up with some saran wrap while it sits on your skin (you have to put a glob on).  I heard that it does not work for IM shots but that is wrong it made a huge difference. I had a horrible time with PIO for my 1st IVF and this time was much easier. 
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  • DavezWifeDavezWife member

    I've been on PIO, basically, for a year. uugh.

    It wasn't until they accidently switched me to SESAME SEED OIL (vs. ethyl oleate) did the lumps lessen.

    I shoot myself in the side hip area. and have found that if I go SLOW, and pull the needle out halfway when done, pause, then all the way out, I don't even bleed. I give it a good rub afterwards, and I have hardly any lumps anymore.

    Although EMLA cream is fine, it's TOTALLY unncessary as far as lumps, it's just a numbing agent for that little stick in the beginning. ;-)

    switch to sesame, I'm telling ya!

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  • PhillySuePhillySue
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    imageDavezWife:

    I've been on PIO, basically, for a year. uugh.

    It wasn't until they accidently switched me to SESAME SEED OIL (vs. ethyl oleate) did the lumps lessen.

    I shoot myself in the side hip area. and have found that if I go SLOW, and pull the needle out halfway when done, pause, then all the way out, I don't even bleed. I give it a good rub afterwards, and I have hardly any lumps anymore.

    Although EMLA cream is fine, it's TOTALLY unncessary as far as lumps, it's just a numbing agent for that little stick in the beginning. ;-)

    switch to sesame, I'm telling ya!

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  • DavezWifeDavezWife member
    and I have a bigger arse ;-)
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  • browneyedgrl4282browneyedgrl4282 member
    Put heat on your arse before it helps! I used Sesame each time for PIO and I got lumps but not as bad when I preheat by butt as DH would call it!
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  • Mom2ReeseMom2Reese member
    Thanks for the advice ladies :-) at this point it is downright painful to WALK! but, I hope I'm on these things for a while longer cause that'll mean I'm pregnant :-)
    Wife for 6 years. Mommy to Reese, 3, after IVF. IUI #1 5/07 = BFN. IVF #1 7/07 = BFP (Reese :-)) FET #1 7/10 = BFN. FET #2 4/11 = BFN. IUI #2 9/11 = BFN. IUI #3 (with donor sperm) 11/11 = BFN. IVF with DE 5/12 = BFP! Beta #1 = 222. Beta #2 = 613. First u/s 6/9 due to bleeding and cramping = saw one beautiful baby! EED 2/3/13 M/C on 6/12/12 at 6 weeks. At a crossroads with our next steps... Read about my journey at: www.clayandjobeth.blogspot.com
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  • gringa78gringa78
    I don't get them from PIO but I do from Lovenox.  Injecting slowly helps reduce them for me - that being said I still had to get a once piece bathing suit because they are so ugly.
    PCOS, lupus anticoagulant, MTHFR (A1298C, one copy) 2 IUIs & 1 IVF = BFN FET#1 = It's a girl! Born 7.1.10 FET#2 = c/p FET#3 = Twin girls! Born on 3.16.12 at 33w2d due to severe pre-E. After 4 weeks in the NICU they are home! Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
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  • QuizzleQuizzle

    I wish I had advice, but I had the same problem. By the end of PIO DH almost had to strap me down because I'd go into a panic attack. It was that bad. I had lumps the size of dinner plates. I had horrible bruises. It hurt if my hip brushed anything. I couldn't sleep on my side. I even had peeling skin over some of the lumps.

    And I did everything: warmed the oil, warmed my butt, massaged, moved around afterwards... I had a nurse friend of my mom's do one of the shots when I was visiting her without DH and he was all frowny about my bruises too. When I asked the RE about it when I was released he told me it was a little abnormal but was probably a trauma reaction from being stuck so many times.

    In my case, the originally had me on 2ccs, and when my insurance didn't want to pay for two sets a month I had them up the concentration, which helped some but the damage was done by then. 

    My Re doesn't do PIO anymore. 

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