Will be starting my Makena Injections next week☹️ I'm very scared ANY ADVICE? PLEASE SURE your experience

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Will be starting my Makena Injections next week☹️ I'm very scared ANY ADVICE? PLEASE SURE your experienceWill be starting my Makena Injections next week☹️ I'm very scared ANY ADVICE? PLEASE SURE your experienceWill be starting my Makena Injections next week☹️ I'm very scared ANY ADVICE? PLEASE SURE your experience

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I’m 30+5 and been getting the shots since week 18. They sting and get itchy afterwards but aren’t really to bad. I have 6ish left depending on when my OB says I can stop. Totally worth some stinging and itching to avoid the NICU. My first was born at 31 weeks and spent 7 weeks in the NICU. Luckily, he was perfectly healthy. My second was born right on her due date thanks to being on Makena. Hopefully, this one stays in there too 😁

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I get mine in the buttocks. More muscle and I have to ice! Some weeks I burns or itches.

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You'll be fine. It hurst like a regular shot. The only difference is that you might feel the thickness of the medication. Try to switch it where you get injected every week. Like I.e left buttocks one week the next right buttocks. Some ladies get it a bit swollen if that happens massage the area it's just the medication and absolutely normal so don't freak out. If it hurts too much put a warm cloth.

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Everyone reacts differently to meds, but I was on the makena shot for 2 weeks and completely stopped them with my doctors consent. I had horrible headaches where any light made my head feel like it was gonna explode for the 2 weeks straight. I wasn’t able to keep anything down, not even water with the anti nausea meds they gave me. I keep getting dehydrated so the best thing for me was to stop taking it so I could keep things down. I’m 25 weeks now and we will see when baby comes kind of thing. They think 32 weeks or sooner, as my pattern is two weeks less than the last pregnancy.

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This is my second pregnancy getting the progestin shots (in my butt not my arm). I had a 34 weeker due to an emergency c-section because her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck, then my 27 weeker (my water broke), so with my youngest son I started the shots at 16 weeks and it managed to get me to 37 weeks before I went into labor. This time around I’m currently 34+2 weeks and I’ve been getting the shots since 16 weeks this pregnancy as well. I can’t tell you how thankful I am for these shots, I feel like they’ve contributed a lot to me getting this far. They do sting going in and sometimes the injection spot swells a little and gets itchy but I was told to rub the area and put an ice pack on the area to help with that. I tried the Makena (in my arm) for the first couple of shots this time around and to me it was worse than the butt shots so I switched over.

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I know it’s not ideal, but try to think about how much better it will be for your baby. I do that every week, and it works for me. It’s temporary and only once a week. 
Also, ice packs are my best friend the night after getting the shot. Try to keep your arm as relaxed as possible. The burning is MUCH worse if you tense up!

Will be starting my Makena Injections next week☹️ I'm very scared ANY ADVICE? PLEASE SURE your experience

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