The progesterone shot is definitely big. And scary looking.
It took me three hours and a small crying fit to drum up the courage to do it
by myself. Let’s be clear here: I’m not afraid of any needle, when someone else
is wielding it. And I’m not afraid of small insulin-type syringes. But Hubs was
at work and Pooka IS afraid of needles, so I had to give my first shot without
assistance.
I was able to draw the shot with little trepidation – and holy
crepe, is it thick! Lupron is a liquid, so pulling back the plunger on the
syringe is easy. Progesterone in oil is just that – oil. It has to be drawn
back very slowly to get the full CC into the chamber of the syringe, and tapped
to get the air bubbles out. Anyway, I drew up the shot and panicked. Sat down
on my bed and cried for about ten minutes.
I had read numerous articles and blog posts online, where
surrogates and moms-by-IVF alike said that the progesterone shots hurt like
hell once the oil was in their muscles. I’ve got a pretty significant tolerance
level for pain, so I didn’t think much of it, as I had read that the Lupron
shots hurt too. Burning, soreness, et cetera were the common complaints. Then I
read an article that suggested that exercising immediately after the shot was
given, would get the oil absorbed more quickly and relieve the soreness
generally associated with pumping a bunch of fluid into a localized hunk of
muscle.
I started my regularly-scheduled HIIT body-weight workout, thinking that perhaps if I
got some endorphins flowing it might help me dredge up the nerve to do the
shot. It worked. After my first round of Betty Rocker’s MakeFatCry Week One
workout, I paused my timer, took a breath and did the injection. I barely felt
the needle at all. It did get sore for a second, but I started right back into the
workout and by the end of it, I felt no difference at the injection site than I
ever did before the shots.
The moral of the story is, ladies and gents: Workouts are always
good for you! And so is a healthy, clean diet. Since the beginning of October,
this Preggosaurus has lost nine inches off her waist thanks to the
aforementioned Betty Rocker and her various and incredibly helpful programs. (Shush.
I can plug whomever I want. It’s my blog. Haha!)
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