https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:44:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1870638 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:24:18 +0000 Mrs. Lovebug 1870638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh good to hear! That's great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1869620 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:12:32 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1869620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovebug: ooh great ideas :) ill check about the oil. Fortunately it seems to be better today. Thank goodness! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1869475 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:50:11 +0000 Mrs. Lovebug 1869475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, wow! Then, no, you can't do the heating beforehand. I wonder if it would be worth it to get those instant hand warmer pod thingies (that is the official name for them, right?) :silly: so you can keep it on the site for the ride home? Might the burning be related to the kind of oil used? I know that the oil can be different--mine was progesterone in ethyl oleate--if it burns again, perhaps you can get a prescription for another kind of oil if you are going to end up using multiple bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1869390 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:07:00 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1869390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovebug: I am actually going in to the office to have them done...I figured the nurses have more experience and would do a better job, right?? but then I can't do any of those things haha. It didn't hurt at all until she pulled the needle out and I stood up. Massage seems to make it burn worse, but maybe it will be better in the long run. </p> <p>@twodoghouse: @Snowdrop: @thisisme: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1869235 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:07:10 +0000 Mrs. Lovebug 1869235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PIO shots are not fun--sorry you're hurting! One thing I did that helped a bit with the oil was putting the bottle on a heating pad set on low while I got the syringe ready, which thinned out the oil a bit. I injected myself, since it hurt more when my husband did it, and I made sure to make the skin extremely taut at the injection site and always make sure I was injecting perpendicularly to my body. I also used a heating pad and massage afterwards. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1869033 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:10:16 +0000 thisisme 1869033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ice before, then massage and a heating pad set on low for a while right afterwards. I still felt like I had golfballs on my bum, though. PIO shots suck! Hopefully they'll be worth it for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1868133 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:42:47 +0000 Snowdrop 1868133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oil is terrible for hurting in IMs. Just as long as it isn't getting red, hot or swollen you should be fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1868124 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:39:00 +0000 twodoghouse 1868124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After my progesterone shots (beginning of pregnancy, not end) I'd sort of massage the area so the oil spreads out. That helped with the burning, and kept a lump from forming. Sometimes, though, we'd just get a bad spot and it would hurt for a couple days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intramuscular-injections#post-1868077 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:24:08 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1868077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my first progesterone shot today, about 2 hours ago, and it still burrrrrns! Tried to call my ob to see if this is normal but they are closed for lunch. Should i be concerned? Anything i can do to make this suck less? I feel a lttle lightheaded too but that was normal for me earlier in my pregnancy so i dont know if that is related or not... </p>