[Lilacs80]

Hi ladies,

I desperately need some advice. I take my progesterone injection nightly. It seems to me that it gets more and more painful each night. It hurt so bad tonight that I literally had tears!

I've tried warming up the progesterone once I loaded it up into the syringe by rolling it lightly between my hands. I've tried to apply pressure into the injection site to help with the pain afterwards. My tush hurts when I lay on my back or sit down.

Does anyone else find this to be the case with their progesterone injections? What are you doing to help with the pain? Any tips, advice, suggestions are welcomed.

[Lash]

I think thats about it. They stay painful and usually get worse because you get sore

[KMH]

I used a heating pad on my rear, and that seemed to help a lot. I was still sore, but the heating pad made some of the muscle soreness better...at least I could walk!

[LindseyE117]

Can you switch it up to the front of the thighs and then the back again? Rotate once every day? Then definately use a heating pad. It does help a little.

[Katie L]

Of all the injections and things that have gone on with this IVF--these progesterone shots are BY FAR the worst. I have lumps on both sides and sometimes itch like crazy at the site afterward.

To decrease pain here's what I do: I found if my husband pinches the site firmly the injection itself hurts less. Then I do rub it for a bit afterward. I don't do it right before bed. If you don't move around a bit afterward you will be more sore. I actually walk up and down my stairs a few times to have the muscles move and blood move to the area. And of course I sit on my beloved heating pad for like an hour after.

Hope this helps!

[Banned-Briibaybee]

Heating bad & switches places back & fourth will help a little .

[Lilacs80]

I got some pretty good feedback from another forum. Lots of tips and advice. So based on all their advice, I did a combo of things last night.

Last night, I took the injection standing up with all my weight on the side that isn't getting injected. DH iced the injection site and warmed up the oil. He held the skin down while injecting and let go after it was all in there. Dh then applied a heating pad to the site and massaged it a bit.

Last night was the least this injection ever hurt. I was literally in tears all the other nights. I will have to do this again combo again and see how it holds up before having to switch it up.

[QueenMommy]

I used a heating pad for about 10 minutes on my rear-end before doing the injections. After applying the heat, I'd rub an ice cube inside a sandwich baggie over the spot where I'd get the poke to numb the skin. Then the heating pad went back on my tush afterwards to relax the muscle again. Having someone else give them to you might be helpful as well--better angles maybe?

[carp32]

I totally feel your pain. These injections are terrible. I have done IVF in the past so this is our second time and I hate waking up every morning knowing that I have to inject that into my sore rear I actually spoke with my doctor because the pain was so bad and they suggested switching to olive oil projesterone instead of the sesame oil injections I have been using. She said sometimes people have more of a reaction to the sesame oil. I haven't switched yet so I'm not sure what the difference will be but maybe this is something you could consider talking over with your doctor? Good luck.

[Lilacs80]

Originally Posted by carp32

I totally feel your pain. These injections are terrible. I have done IVF in the past so this is our second time and I hate waking up every morning knowing that I have to inject that into my sore rear I actually spoke with my doctor because the pain was so bad and they suggested switching to olive oil projesterone instead of the sesame oil injections I have been using. She said sometimes people have more of a reaction to the sesame oil. I haven't switched yet so I'm not sure what the difference will be but maybe this is something you could consider talking over with your doctor? Good luck.

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely bring it up to my doctor when I go in on Mon.

[LindseyandJoeinAL]

Hi ladies! Just popping in to see how you IVF'ers are doing. My RE prescribed Crinone gel, a progesterone suppository, in lieu of the painful injections. He said that studies have shown equal success rates. My 2nd IVF worked, so obviously the gel was effective. Have you asked your REs about doing the suppositories instead?

Either way, I wish you pain-free shots and lots of BFPs!!!

[Lilacs80]

Originally Posted by Lilacs80

I got some pretty good feedback from another forum. Lots of tips and advice. So based on all their advice, I did a combo of things last night.

Last night, I took the injection standing up with all my weight on the side that isn't getting injected. DH iced the injection site and warmed up the oil. He held the skin down while injecting and let go after it was all in there. Dh then applied a heating pad to the site and massaged it a bit.

Last night was the least this injection ever hurt. I was literally in tears all the other nights. I will have to do this again combo again and see how it holds up before having to switch it up.

I tried the same strategy on my left cheek the other night......no success. It was soooo PAINFUL! So I'm back to square one. But I have noticed that it just hurts more on my left than my right. My right hurts too, but it seems to be more painful on the left. Maybe my left is more sensitive.

Originally Posted by LindseyandJoeinAL

Hi ladies! Just popping in to see how you IVF'ers are doing. My RE prescribed Crinone gel, a progesterone suppository, in lieu of the painful injections. He said that studies have shown equal success rates. My 2nd IVF worked, so obviously the gel was effective. Have you asked your REs about doing the suppositories instead?

Either way, I wish you pain-free shots and lots of BFPs!!!

Thanks! I will bring this up to my RE as well. I hope for less painful injections too! I have bruises all over my bum now. So not attractive.