Progesterone ethyl oleate injections

Hubby was terrified of giving me the injection so I ended up doing it myself. Took a good two minutes to work up the nerve to do it but I did! It wasn't as bad as I thought! Didn't even feel it!!

Have the hot water bottle on it now and am moving around to make sure it gets worked in ?

One down, hopefully three more months to go!

Thanks ladies! I am a nurse so you would think this would be easier! Lol I need to remember to breathe!

I've done all my progesterone shots myself, DH is a little shaky with the needle and will never just jam it in. (He's scared to hurt me, precious man!) As long as your somewhat flexible, you can just turn and get it done. I've been warming up the progesterone in my bra for a few minutes then just cleaning the area and injecting more to the lower back hip/side than in the buttocks and I've heard above the butt crack is best. It usually takes me counting to about 15-16 until the plunger goes all the way in because the oil is so thick. I stand up but don't tense that leg muscle, just kind of dangle your leg. Once I'm through I try to move around a lot for 30 minutes. I've been doing so much housework during those 30 minutes haha! Walking up the stairs if it starts to lock up the muscles has been working well. I'm almost three weeks in and I don't have a single lump or bruise yet (fingers crossed). It's honestly been easier than the stomach injections because it feels so important I truly look forward to doing it each night. I asked my Dr if I could change to AM and he said you could.

GL and just take a deep breath and remember the dart like motion! Quick is best in my book!

ICE! That really helps. I can do my injections myself, but it's taken me a long time to become comfortable with them. It's also a very hard angle to push it in. I can do it, but it's the most difficult injection I've ever done. I usually have to do some breathing and just do it. I'm a lot better but I used to have to kind of chant some type of mantra to get myself to jab it in. It's just such a long needle!

As for times, I seemed to always do at night but I think to avoid a lot of lumps it's better to do during the morning or daytime because you want to work the muscles to absorb the oil better.