Who gives you your injections?

kristie2422 · February 2012

Are you doing them yourself or is DH/SO doing them? I did the first ones because he was out of town, but I've been having him do them since then.

jenjen930 · February 2012

i make DH do it. he thinks he can be a doctor now because he has so much experience giving shots. Cool

Roxie5739 · February 2012

After night 2 I just had DH do them. I had to much anxiety and he was cool to be part of it. He knows he is on duty for IVF#2 for all injections.

jenjen930 · February 2012

it also helps him feel more involved in the whole process of getting me KU. i told him it was not a spectator sport. he has been way more connected since he started doing it.

angela2004 · February 2012

I do them. DH and I went to the RE before starting injections. The way my DH held the needle and was handling it scared me even worse. Plus he's not home every night so I cannot depend on him to do it.

Sophistikitty · February 2012

DH does them. I tend to hesitate too much. He has always done an excellent job with the exception of my first Menopur injection this cycle which hit a blood vessel. You can STILL see a yellow bruise from it and that was on February 2nd!

winofairy · February 2012

My sweet DH gives them to me. He does a really good job too!

tst1998 · February 2012

I do mine. I have no problem with needles, DH is a wimp.

marieinmonaco · February 2012

I tried a few in the beginning of stimming but then DH did all the rest. It got done quicker that way, while it took me "forever" to do each one! The daily PIO injections though, I haven't been able to do one myself. Not sure if I want to attempt it either.

genmalone · February 2012

tst1998:
I do mine. I have no problem with needles, DH is a wimp.

This! He was going to do them but the first night he freaked and told me it was going to hurt really bad. I grabbed the needle from him and have never looked back. I don't have any issues with needles so it's easy.

KdgTeacher · February 2012

I've done all but 1. he did 1 Ovidrel and that's been it.

Mitzi Bishi · February 2012

I do them all, because we weren't sure if he'd be out of town or whatever else. It's kind of surreal. Some days it was no issue and others it was mentally difficult. I don't know why, because they are so painless.

He does love mixing the trigger though. He does what he can to be involved, save the shots themselves.

wille2b · February 2012

ME, there is no way in h*ll i would let dh stick me with a needle, lol

wille2b · February 2012

ME, there is no way imma let dh stick me with a needle!! plus he was gone for the first cycle so i had to do it alone

chicagobride_07 · February 2012

My DH does- no way could I do that myself. I will admit that I live very close to my clinic. A couple of times I went over right before closing and had the nurse do it. It feels way better when she does it!

veggiechick120 · February 2012

mh does them. the only time i was able to stick myself w/ a needle was when i had gestational diabetes w/ dd

kmc84 · February 2012

I do my own. MH has done two because he really wanted to try it:-)

laureniskeen · February 2012

I couldnt believe I'd be able to do my own, but my DH was out of town night one, so now i do them all on my own. Its easier that way i think...though I'll have to have him do the trigger shot...

Faith722 · February 2012

I do all of my subQ shots. He does my PIO shots.

joules12 · February 2012

I do the lupron/stims, and MH does the PIO. Prior to IVF, I've fainted with almost every immunization or blood draw I've had; therefore, I NEVER thought I'd be able to do them myself. MH works most nights, so I started doing them myself out of necessity. As MitziBishi referenced, they haven't always been easy mentally -- but, for the most part, it's been a breeze. At this point, I'd probably never feel comfortable having someone else do my lupron or stim shots. We 'joke' that IVF might not get me a baby, but it seems to have gotten me over my needle fainting.

The trigger and PIO are a different story -- I'm still a huge wimp (I fully expect that I might have to suck it up at some point and do my own IM one of these days, not looking forward to it!).

farmerlynda · February 2012

DH has done all of mine -- I actually haven't given myself a single shot. I vaccinate all of my own animals (goats, sheep, chickens) so I'm pretty good with a sub-Q needle. But I just like him being involved in the process in some way -- kind of feel like it's the least he can do!

We are pretty much always together in the evenings, although last week I ran late at a friend's house and he had to come give me my Lupron shot in the driveway, which was kind of funny.

Dstevens429 · February 2012

I did all of mine and continue the PIO injections to myself also. Sitting on the sink and looking in the mirror in the bathroom helps alot. DH, OMG, he did one Folistim injection to me and went so slow it hurt so bad. I felt the needle go through each layer of skin lol. Never again will DH touch a needle unless I am deathly ill. It definitely gets easier the more you do it yourself. Plus the outcome is worth all the pain. Good luck!

Snarling Fox · February 2012

I do my own. My DH would pass out if he had to stick me with a needle. Not to mention that if he inflicted pain on me while I was pumped up on hormones, I'd probably claw his eyes out.

ThereBeDragons · February 2012

I do almost all of the subq. He does all of the PIO. Exception being when I had to do stims in my arm. I asked dh to do the pinching, but he wanted to try the shot. I only let him do it once though- I prefer to have the control when I can.

bhead81 · February 2012

DH gives the intramuscular ones and I do the heparin. I cannot seem to let him do the heparin, I bruise so easily and its a control thing.

HappyIAm · March 2012

DH did them all for our first IVF. I have been doing Lupron this FET cycle. His job starts back up Saturday with PIO. I will keep doing the Lupron and adding the Lovenox.

elizabeth0705 · March 2012

My shots are all subcutaneous, so I give them to myself. Frankly, I am more comfortable that way (DH is a little klutzy). I usually do the shots with DH in the room, though, just so he feels like he is part of the process.

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