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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are injection services available (ask your clinic for references), but I agree with the other PPs that the subcutaneous shots are really no big deal, and I was pretty needle-phobic when I started dealing with IVF.  The needles really don't hurt, and of the three medications I was on (Menopur, Ganirelix, and Gonal F), only the Menopur stung just a tiny bit, and you can decrease that burn by icing the injection site first and injecting slowly.  It will be a huge hassle and extra expense to have a nurse showing up once or twice a day every day for 10-14 days to do these injections for you.  The only one that I would have considered that for was the HCG trigger that is IM, and that would be more out of fear of hitting a nerve than anything else.[/quote]

As a person with an actual needle phobia, I highly doubt that you were phobic at all by the clinical guidelines.  I also highly doubt that OP and her DH are either.  If the issue is just disliking needles, IVF should acclimate you pretty well to them, meaning they will get easier every day.[/quote]

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