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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I'm sorry if I offended you by my choice of words there.  Yes, I understand that some people are clinically "needle phobic", and no, I'm not one of them, but I have always been anxious with regards to needles for bloodwork and immunizations.  You're right, the repeated bloodwork and injections from 2 years' worth of infertility diagnosis and treatments have made it that easier.  I wasn't trying to make light of anyone's true phobias, I promise.  You can have a fear of something without it being a true phobia by "clinical guidelines".  Guess I wasn't choosing my words wisely this morning.

OP, yes, it can be VERY overwhelming to see the contents of that box for the first time.  My husband and I went through injections class twice - once when I started IUIs two years ago, and once again just before beginning IVF.  I felt more in control doing the injections myself, rather than having my husband do them (I'll take whatever control I can get in this process...nearly all of it is completely out of my hands).  But I was so afraid that I would mess something up, whether it was with the needles, or mixing the medications, or any other number of things my mind could conjure up.  The first two nights, I asked my husband to watch and verify everything I did, just to make sure.  After that, it was easy.[/quote]

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