Progesterone – My IVF Nemesis
(Note: We are happy to welcome LeeCee – a guest/patient blogger that is currently undergoing treatment with Dr. Tortoriello at SIRM-New York. Here is her most recent blog post. You can catch up on her back story on her blog, Fertile Ground. )
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I have been stressing since the start of this IVF cycle about doing intra-muscular shots like progesterone. It’s kept me up at night and made me sweat when I thought about it.
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Well ladies and gents, it is here…the time to do the shot in my bum…and grin and bear it! On the positive side, doing the shots means that I am that much closer to moving forward with this cycle and I am always excited about that!
But still, all I could think about was this GIANT needle that had to go into my upper/outer butt quadrant. I was picturing it going in and through muscle and tissue and how I was going to be screaming with pain.
It was my nemesis.
At it turns out, the needle part wasn’t as bad as I thought. I was laying on the bed with my head in a pillow ready to cry but it was way worse in my head!
Actually, the real pain in the butt comes AFTER the shot where it feels like a big old bruise. I’ve only done one so far but I can image where this is going…hopefully my husband will not forget about these shots and smack my bum in a way that was once cute but could now spark WWIII.
One thing I have figured out from all of this is that the sight of any needle that I know is meant for me makes my stomach do backflips and sends me running to the loo. So if I have a problem going to the loo…well then all I need to do is look at a needle and I am all set and regular again 
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