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CindySN23
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PIO Tips or Advice??? - Update
So because I am taking estrace vaginally I cant take the progesterone suppositories...I have never taken an IM shot before  ....are there any tips or advice that anyone can offer??? Kinda freaked out about it but hey I will do anything I need to so I can get pregnant!!!
Message edited 9/6/2012 12:24:40 PM.
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skinny
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
I drank a glass of wine before DH did it.
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| Posted 9/4/12 10:58 AM |
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CindySN23
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
Posted by skinny
I drank a glass of wine before DH did it.
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PennyCat
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
It's not nearly as bad as you think it will be ..... I heated the area with a heating pad.. (while dh heated the oil) .. then he injected, and I massaged the area and applied heat for about 10 mins. It helped to keep the welts away 
 Honestly.. when I had a choice between PIO or supps, I chose the PIO
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CindySN23
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
Posted by PennyCat
It's not nearly as bad as you think it will be ..... I heated the area with a heating pad.. (while dh heated the oil) .. then he injected, and I massaged the area and applied heat for about 10 mins. It helped to keep the welts away
Honestly.. when I had a choice between PIO or supps, I chose the PIO
Your crazy jackie to want to have an IM before a suppository...or maybe not...I guess I will see how it feels, lol
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PennyCat
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
Posted by mama2b
Posted by PennyCat
It's not nearly as bad as you think it will be ..... I heated the area with a heating pad.. (while dh heated the oil) .. then he injected, and I massaged the area and applied heat for about 10 mins. It helped to keep the welts away
Honestly.. when I had a choice between PIO or supps, I chose the PIO
Your crazy jackie to want to have an IM before a suppository...or maybe not...I guess I will see how it feels, lol
Hey I'd rather scratch my itchy, welty butt, than leak from my vajay any day!! Ohhh the things we do ....
I haven't told my surrogate any of this because I don't want to scare her away!!
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| Posted 9/4/12 11:19 AM |
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Wishes1111
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PIO Tips or Advice???
Personally I thought it was much less painful then all other injections just make to sure to switch the gauge on the needle, we didn't know to do that the first night and ouch! otherwise it was easy good luck
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PIO Tips or Advice???
I don't think it is that bad! I ice for 20 minutes before. DH injects and rubs for 3 and then I lay on the heating bad for 20 minutes. I haven't had any big bruises or welts yet. Just bumps and small bruises. Best of everything!
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bookworm
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
I iced the heck out of it ten minutes before, felt nothing. Immediately massaged it through the heating pad for 10-15 minutes. Wasn't so bad.
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NYCGirl80
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
To prepare the PIO, I'd soak the bottle in warm water to "soften" the liquid. It makes it easier to get into the syringe and then inject.
Ice while you prepare the injection. Afterwards, massage the area for about 2 mins and then apply a heating pad for 10-20 minutes.
Also, remember to switch the needle to inject with the correct gauge.
I hardly felt the needle go in. Good luck!
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BA2008
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
I did many cycles where I paid a nurse to do my IM shots. DH would probably faint if he had to do it. Then it sort of became annoying because I could not go anywhere because I had to meet my nurse etc....
So last cycle I decided I will do it myself. I was very nervous. I had my RE's office draw circles for me where they go. I am lucky that I have a nice size bathroom with a huge mirror over the vanity so I can see everything. And I'm glad I do yoga...
Like everyone says I heat it up with warm water in a small dixie cup before I draw it up. I pinch the area before inserting on my "outter quadrant". I lean on vanity and bend my leg on the side I am injecting. This relaxes the muscle. and I continue to hold the pinch while I insert.
i was very nervous about the "pull out the injetion slightly to make sure no blood". But, I find it not so hard to do one handed. Sometimes I let go and its just sticking in my body. It doesn't freak me out at all.
The first time I did it I was so tense on my arms that I actually pulled something in my neck.
It was easy. I am always amazed how it goes in so easy. then I massage it for a bit and apply a heating pad for 15 minutes.
I know everyone ices but I really don't think you need it. You know what happens when you stick oil in the frig, it gets hard. So I think this creates more issues. The needle does not hurt. In fact something the subQ needles on my stomach hurt, especially when using Lovenox. This does not hurt. Every once in a while you may take the needle out and have a bleeder (I had that the other night...where it just was a bit more than normal...its nothing, it will stop). Just make sure you have gauze pad in your hand when you pull out the needle.
Seriously, I was a wimp and I'm doing it myself with no problem.
Good luck!!!!
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Jax430
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
Posted by NYCGirl80
To prepare the PIO, I'd soak the bottle in warm water to "soften" the liquid. It makes it easier to get into the syringe and then inject.
Ice while you prepare the injection. Afterwards, massage the area for about 2 mins and then apply a heating pad for 10-20 minutes.
Also, remember to switch the needle to inject with the correct gauge.
I hardly felt the needle go in. Good luck!
This exactly...I wonder who gave you such good advice?
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stargazerlily
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PIO Tips or Advice???
I did ice for a few minutes while holding the bottle to warm the oil a little. Then DH did the injection and massaged with heating pad for a few minutes afterwards. I only ever did it this way so I can't say I would have had luck or not without it - but I survived 5 weeks of shots so I'll pass along the info.
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| Posted 9/4/12 6:49 PM |
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gina409
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
i agree with pp..was def not as bad as i expected
the shot itself was nothing..i iced before..warmed the oil up,drew it up,whihc i dreaded bc it took forever lol
switched needles and my sis stuck it in
i never did any ice or heat after i just really really rubbed the oil around
i was sore and had welts but that was after iw as on it so loing and i think bc we ran out of places lol
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
Definitely not nearly as bad as I thought. I would put the oil in warm water to losen it up for about 10 minutes. I then iced for 10 minutes. Afterwards, DH massaged it for a few minutes. I didn't use a heating pad because most of the time I had to jump in the car and head to work right away. We had to do ours in the morning.
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LoLaBlue
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Re: PIO Tips or Advice???
I found icing the area made my lumps worse so I heated the shot in a heating pad then injected and then sat on a heating pad for 10 min.
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LIRascal
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PIO Tips or Advice???
There's a chick on youtube who shows you how to do it for yourself, in case DH is squeamish....
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| Posted 9/5/12 6:57 PM |
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CindySN23
Stop, Think & Breathe...
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Cindy
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PIO Tips or Advice???
wasnt as bad as I thought...my ass is a little sore but bearable...thanks for the advice!!!
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