So I am one of those severe scardy cats when it comes to needles and I start my Lupron tomorrow for the first time ever...yikes. So today my DH let me stick him so I would know what it felt like to put the needle in, then he did it to himself. Luckily he says he barely felt it and I calmed down significantly. Sigh, that was actually a huge step, when I first got the needles I almost passed out when I opened one to practice on an orange. So I guess being able to give someone else a shot means I have come along way.

Here goes...

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Meghan
TTC for 4 years.
Natural August 2004
M/C at 7.5 weeks :
Natural December 2005
M/C at 7.5 weeks
Took a year off to focus on career.
Natural September of 06
M/C at 7 weeks
HSG and US showed Bi-Cornuate Uterus
Possible chromisonal damage to eggs.
RE suggested IVF w/ PGD in May of 2007.
Took the next year to save money and prepare.
DH-SCSA test normal.
Lupron to start 5-27-08
ER 6-17
PGD Test 6-20 5 of 8 with normal results.
ET 6-21
Bete test
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Ahhhh, lupron is easy peasy!! Its the PIO that you need to worry about

JUST KIDDING...its not bad at all, really. Do you get to take PIO? Just wait for your DHs reaction when you stick him with that NEEDLE

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Stacie
DS~Jake
DS~Elijah

I agree, I'm on Lupron and Follistim and I was a nervous wreck too. and there not bad. The follistim pen, is great! That needle is so sharp I don't even feel it!!!! I don't have to do PIO only supps so no advice there! GL

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You'll do great. Just try not to overthink it. And it does get easier and easier.

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Renee



me (39) dh (42)
TTC since 4/03
IVF # 1 - chem. preg.
IVF # 2 - BFN
IVF # 3 - BFP -Caden James born 2/21/07
IVF # 4 (FET) - BFN
IVF # 5 - BFN

i agree so far the HCG in bum has been the most painful. what a great DH you have that will let you stick him.

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Noah 05.05.05
Ectopic w. Emergent Lap - 11.07.06
HSG on 07.26.07 - left side blocked
'Blighted Ovum' - 11.09.07
IVF #1 Apr/May

I actually have a needle phobia, so IVF was really difficult for me. The little lupron needles are wonderful - they really don't hurt. I still had trouble sticking myself if I could feel it at all, so I actually bought numbing cream. There are some available by prescription, and others that are over-the-counter. I would apply the numbing cream about 1 hr before I needed to do my shot, and then by the time I was ready, I couldn't feel a thing! That wasn't about pain prevention for me - it was just about mentally allowing myself to relax about it because I knew I wouldn't feel the shot. A few times, I missed the numb spot (yeah, not so bright) so I do know what the shots feel like (not bad at all) but I preferred being numb!

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