Self-injections?

Did anyone end up doing all of the injections during IVF on your own? Dh is nervous about the "big needles." He is going to attempt a SubQ shot tonight bc he wants to practice with a smaller needle.

I kind of wonder if I can do it all myself.

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I did most of them on my own
DH would sometimes do the Lovenox for me and I think I like it better doing it myself actually

The only thing i didn't do was the trigger shot --it was in my arm and I just could do it so my FIL actually did it for me.

I really don't remember using a big needle for any injections- just for mixing.
Is the PIO shot a big needle?- I never had to do that-I used the progesterone gel

good luck!!!! you can do it!!!

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I'm done my IM trigger shots all on my own. Once you get the angle down it's not bad at all.

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I did them all myself except for the PIO. Dh had to inject it because I couldn't reach.

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I had DH practice on the Sub-Q injections, so he could be more comfortable for the IM PIO injections. He is squeamish, but did GREAT in the end and I am still so proud of him for this.

I know that there are girls on here who have done the PIO shots themselves. You can do it if you need to! Good luck!

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I did them all myself. I was a lot more comfortable doing them myself and I think DH preferred it too. I considered having him do my PIO shots, but ultimately I did all of those shots too!!!

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I did all of my shots except the PIO (and if I could do them myself I would!!). He did give me a few sub-q shots bc I wanted him to get the feel for actually giving a shot.

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I did all of the shots myself...it's really not as bad as you think it is going to be. Good luck to you.

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Honestly I did all of them myself except the trigger which needed to be in my arm. I didn't do PIOs. Instead I used vaginal suppositories. It was much easier.