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If you are a female struggling with your fertility, one treatment a doctor is likely to recommend is fertility injections. These are a series of shots that you give yourself, generally over a period of several weeks, in order to stimulate ovulation. The process of giving yourself fertility shots can be a little challenging, but the following tips will help make the process more comfortable.
Ice the injection site first.
Take a small ice cube, and rub it over the area where you will be injecting the fertility medications. Hold it there for a few seconds until you can feel your skin going numb. Then, quickly give the injection before this numbness has time to wear off. This icing process should make it so that you barely feel the needle going in. As you grow more confident injecting yourself, you may find that you no longer need to do this. However, icing the site is really helpful the first few times you inject.
Inject different spots each time.
Each time you give yourself a shot, try to inject a slightly different area. Usually, you'll be told to give these injections into your abdominal fat. That's a pretty big area. Try starting all of the way to the right, and then moving left an inch or so each time you inject. When you get all the way to the left, do your next injection starting on the right again.
Do something calming first.
Injecting yourself will be much easier if you are calm and collected when you do it. So, do something that you find relaxing and soothing in the hour or so before your shot. Watch a funny movie, read a good book, meditate, or do some yoga. If you're on a time crunch, even just pausing to take a few deep breaths can really help.
Ask someone to help, if needed.
If you are really nervous about injecting yourself, you may want to have your partner do it for you. A family member or close friend may also be comfortable giving you the shot. This way, you can simply look away. As time goes on, you might become more comfortable with the process and decide you feel more comfortable giving yourself the injections.
The process of giving yourself fertility injections is not always easy. However, with the tips above, you can do so successfully.
For more information about fertility injection treatment, contact a local doctor.
Share27 July 2022
