| Have you been thinking about having IVF, but you | | | | enters just under the skin surface. The both kinds of |
| are a bit worried about the idea of giving yourself | | | | injection are easier to give and less painful than an |
| injections? Well many women feel nervous and | | | | intravenous injection - these are the sort of |
| anxious about the idea of infertility injections at first, | | | | injections that are generally used when you have to |
| but with the support of your IVF clinic you will | | | | have a blood test done. |
| become confident and be able to do it without a | | | | If you lack confidence and you are finding the |
| problem. | | | | process difficult to proceed with, then the center |
| IVF is one of the most successful fertility treatments | | | | staff can be on hand to help you until you develop |
| that we have in medicine at the current time and it is | | | | your confidence or until your spouse is confident at |
| become more successful each year with advances in | | | | giving you the injections. It is something that will |
| the techniques that are used. However, giving | | | | never be a pleasant experience, but one that you |
| yourself injections to increase your fertility and the | | | | can become accustomed to. |
| availability of ova during ovulation is an essential step | | | | It is best to have a quiet place where you can go to |
| in the process. | | | | give yourself the injection. For many women, this is |
| The injections that are used in IVF treatment are | | | | their bedroom or bathroom. It can be helpful to use |
| easier, less painful and very safe for you to do | | | | ice cubes beforehand to numb the area that is going |
| yourself. When you start the process the doctor and | | | | to receive the injection or to purchase numbing |
| IVF staff will teach you how to do the injections and | | | | creams or patches from the drug store. |
| help you to become confident with the process. Your | | | | It is likely to take a little while to get used to giving |
| spouse can also learn to give you the injections, | | | | the infertility injections to yourself. The best thing to |
| which might make it less scary than giving them to | | | | do is to think that each injection takes you one step |
| yourself. | | | | closer to having your own baby and use that as |
| Infertility injections are given either intramuscularly, or | | | | motivation to overcome any fears that you might |
| subcutaneously. An intramuscular injection goes | | | | have of the needles. |
| directly into the muscle and a subcutaneous injection | | | | |