When to start progesterone in oil
PIO Shots (Progesterone in Oil) | Tips for Doing it Yourself with No Ice or Numbing Creams
hey everyone so in this video I'm going
to show you how I do the progesterone
and oil shot and for me it's really not
that painful and I don't use any numbing
cream or ice to numb the area so keep
watching to see what I do
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okay so here are the ingredients you
need most of these things you will
definitely need no matter what which is
your progesterone and oil and your
needles and your sharps container and
your alcohol prep pads these are maybe
not everyone uses these these are just
like those heat packs that you can heat
up in the microwave and I have two of
them because one of them I put in my
pants a hundy area that I'm going to
inject to warm up my muscle and I find
that this really helps me at least and
because even like because honestly the
muscles are sore but I feel like when I
can heat it up it becomes a less sore so
and also just since this is an oil you
know keeping things warm and everything
is just gonna help that to flow better
and all that so so I have one did I do
that and then I feed up this one as well
and so once I get draw up my medications
and the needle and everything and it's
ready to go I put it in here I just kind
of fold fold this over stick the needle
in there just to let that warm up as
well so those are and then I also have
these gauze pads so I've just kind of
cut up cut them up and put them in here
and so I just take take one out and then
I have something there for me too
you know if there's a bleeding and
sometimes some of the oil comes out and
stuff and the injection site so I use
that to press on the area and then
massage the area really well afterwards
for several minutes I never really time
it but just for a for a while kind of
till I get sick of doing it I dresses
and I stop but anyway so that's that's
what you'll need
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okay guys so while I get the needle
ready
I have heat pack already on the hip just
warming it up as I'm doing this and I
have the other one here that's already
been warmed up and I try to make sure
it's not too too hot because I don't
know really how hot this stuff can get I
don't want to like damage it potentially
so I've got my needle here this is the
20 gauge needle and you know they come
in different ways this is my drawing up
needle so the smaller number is the
bigger needle so this is a 23 gauge
one-and-a-half inch so that's what I'm
gonna inject with but this is what I'm
going to draw up with and something I've
noticed so the last time I did a frozen
embryo transfer was in first off you
want to draw up to your dosage I
actually draw up just more than my
dosage because it doesn't really matter
it's just your putting air in here and
to kind of make it easier to suck out
but in the summer it sucks out much
easier than in the winter because the
last time we did this was in March so
August is yeah I just comes out way
easier so that's a great thing
okay so I got my needle ready and then I
also like to pull back after I've done
this just because there's some some of
the oil in this needle that I'm about to
take off so I don't know I just amount
up it's a huge deal let's apply a small
amount but I just try to make sure that
it's all in there and then this you put
in your sharps container sharps
container is very full it's about time
for me to start using another one and
then I replace would the injecting
needle and then it's ready for me to let
it warm up for a little while and yeah
then I'll see you for the next step hey
guys so it's actually the next day and
as I was editing this video I realized a
tip that I wanted to make sure to put in
there that I didn't put in here the
first time and it was actually something
I saw on a video from Phil and Alex if
you guys probably know who they are
they're very popular on YouTube and are
actually currently doing IVF as well but
she showed so just something I wanted
for videos it's like that is so smart so
your needles when you know you put your
needles and they fill up the sharp
container and everything and mine is
very full as you can see but really the
only part you need to put in here
is this part so you can just untwist it
well there we go
untwist it and this can just go and the
regular or like a recycle or trash you
don't have to worry about putting this
in your sharps container so this goes in
there and you will not run out of space
as quickly so that's a big tip that I
saw and I know some people like to save
these for you know pictures and stuff
like that you know with the needles
around the you know pregnancy
announcement or something like that so
you can also just store these somewhere
have them for later if you want so
anyway I just thought it was a good tip
I liked it and just to help not have to
put as much in these things so ok keep
watching ok so my hip area is pretty red
as you can see so I got pretty warm and
I'm just cleaning it off with the
alcohol and then so now what I'm gonna
do is I'm going and another big thing is
my positioning as I'm in right now so
this is how I do it myself like in the
first video I did it you probably saw me
standing up doing it and I found like
one time I was doing it and I felt a
little bit lightheaded and I was like
this is not good cuz yeah it would not
be good to like pass out we're trying to
be good I didn't feel like it's gonna
pass out but I just was like it's not
worth it so anyway and I found that like
doing this so putting pillows between my
legs like this and laying on my side on
a couch is the best way for me to do it
I don't have to think about like not
putting weight on this leg you know in
this muscle I feel I can kind of stay
more loose and not engaged and relaxed
so as in this position so this is how
I've discovered it's the best way for me
so to find the area I'm going to inject
and I just find my hip bone and so I
just kind of feel around here and then
I'm gonna go I'm gonna find a spot so I
kind of push in to feel a spot that
doesn't feel tender because after you
started doing I've been doing this for
several days now and I'm having to do it
twice a day in the morning and at night
so yeah the hips are sore there's I
don't think there's really a way to make
you over there not
Saur but it's not yeah but anyway so I
try to find a spot that doesn't really
hurt when I'm pressing on it and I just
make sure you know where the bone is
make sure I'm not getting you know gonna
hit bone
basically um so yeah that I think that
feels pretty good right there and I
don't know I kind of just dig around in
there just to make sure it doesn't
really it's not really tender so then
I've got my needle here and I take the
cap off and I because I sucked out some
air from the other one so I'm going to
push that back out now and until I get
stuff coming out the top basically there
we go yeah some oil coming out the top
so it's ready to go
and I just kind of keep sometimes it
still takes me a little while I think
there's still that mental blockage of
just like freaking out over this giant
needle even though I've done this so
many times but for me I guess it's just
still kind of like to hesitate a little
bit and make sure I'm doing it all right
okay so trying to find a spot again and
I find the closer like the closer you
get to your the middle of your but I did
it one time or was a little bit towards
them you know not as much on the hip I
guess like on the side and that one who
is uncomfortable so I think this hip
area is really the best area to do it at
so okay I got the area and then yeah
Casey's doing a great job at helping
just kind of get the right angle and you
spread the skin in take a deep breath in
yeah I just like to breathe out like
that cuz it's just like I said
intimidating and something that you got
to remember it's pulling back okay so I
saw bubbles you probably didn't see that
but you want to pull back and make sure
there's no blood and I've never seen
blood but you just got a check so then I
slowly inject it just takes a while
and it really doesn't like hurt that bad
because I think you're spreading the
skin so it just kind of punctures really
quickly um and he's so like I don't jab
it in real fast
some people jab it and really fast but I
don't know I find it hard to do that so
yeah I don't know but it really doesn't
hurt that like it's not bad at all
comes out put the cap back on and then
get like the gauze pad thankfully didn't
really believe this time sometimes it
believes and sometimes it doesn't and
then I take that gauze pad and I always
put it there and just rub away and
sometimes I'll have KC rub it for me but
yeah that's it and it really like I
honestly feel like if I put numbing
cream or eyes or something it really
wouldn't help me personally because I
like I said I just feel like when it
goes in it's just not like it doesn't
really sting much it doesn't really have
a lot I mean you do feel it but it's
just kind of hard to explain it's not
it's not that painful but you know
whatever whatever you need to do to get
through these shots you do you so if you
need ice if you need numbing cream go
for it but I just kind of wanted to show
an example of someone doing it without
that so that if you wanted to try to do
it without that um you know this is the
way I've kind of found that I feel like
it's helpful for me and I pretty much
don't have any yeah a problem I mean I
think it you know I definitely like I
said just kind of get a little freaked
out at that needle every time I see it I
don't know why but but then when I do it
I'm like oh yeah so anyway thank you
guys so much for watching and stay tuned
because we have our transfer in two days
so I'll definitely be putting a video up
about
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would love to hear from you guys so let
me know how you do your progesterone oil
shots do you use numbing stuff how do
you help you figure it out do you do it
yourself does your husband do it
honestly I will say for me I'm more
comfortable doing it myself my husband
has never done it he's totally willing
but I actually feel like I would have
more it'd be maybe more painful or more
anticipatory if if that makes sense like
if he did it like I feel like I know
what it's gonna happen and I just kind
of do it when I'm ready and I don't know
I actually prefer doing it myself so
yeah anyway I would love to hear from
you guys like what are your thoughts on
progesterone and oil how how is your
reaction to it any tips you might have
that I don't have that could be helpful
for people please comment below I'd love
to hear that and I'm sure other people
would love to see that too so alright
see you guys the next one bye
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