Let's do shots...

So today's the day...the day I start the dreaded Progesterone shots.  I'll start today and will need to continue until I'm 12 weeks along.

I'm not gonna lie - the thought of having a 1.5" needle stuck into the upper part of my A$$ doesn't sound exciting.  Part of the deal was that my sister would be the one giving me the injections.  What we didn't anticipate was that she would be traveling a majority of the summer, so last minute we ordered an auto-injector, so I could give myself the shots - but unfortunately it's not in yet!  Everyone in my family has a serious needle phobia, so it took a lot of coaxing, but my husband graciously agreed to try and give me the injection tonight.

These shots are required every single day, at the same time for 12 weeks!  I have to take them at 9PM every night and cannot go over 24 hours.  So if I need to push the time back, it needs to be in 15 minute intervals.  I'm not sure if there is ever an ideal time to get a shot in your behind...

**9PM SHOT TIME**

Okay, so the alarms went off and we started to fumble through this new process.  We grabbed both needles, (the 18G for drawing the progesterone in oil out of the vial and the 22G for injecting it into my booty) the alcohol prep pads, and my tide pod container, which hence forth will be known as my 'sharps' container.

All day, I've replayed how the shot would feel, (ouch) watched the video they sent a few times, and tried to do my best about how quickly it would be over.  I used a compilation of tips...held the progesterone in oil under my arm, to warm it up and decided that my optimal position would be to lie flat on the bed, bunny side up, so there would be NO muscles in use at the time of the injection :)

Phil washed his hands and I prepped the injection needle, even tapped it to get the air bubbles out and pushed until a drop came out the top!  So satisfying...okay back to the task at hand.  I laid down, Phil prepped the location he was going to inject and then proceeded to count down from 3...about three times before he actually jabbed me! hahaha the suspense was killing me! I know he felt it worse than I did!  As soon as he stabbed it in, he started apologizing.  The greatest part was, I actually didn't even feel it go in!  He just chose some random count to use the needle, like a dart to a balloon, and inject me.

Yep - didn't feel a thing!  He was pressing on the skin around it pretty hard with his fingers, so maybe that's the trick?  Not a drop of blood, he was so excited.  It was then that he realized and shared that he was supposed to pull back on the plunger before injecting to make sure he didn't hit any blood vessels, but we both agreed at this point...it was probably fine and went back to high fiving and celebrating the first shot being completed!

A huge sigh of relief, because I really didn't feel a thing.  I mean pressure, but no twinges or stings!  After about a minute, it felt like someone had given me a small charley horse in my bum...but nothing more or worse!  

So...one down, 99(ish) more to go!  Let's hope tomorrow night goes just as smoothly!