Tips before I start Gonal F MD and Menopur?

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Hi ladies,
I'm feeling a little nervous about starting Gonal F MD and Menopur next week since it's my first time. Could you tell me of any tips you have for a smoother self injection experience? I have both meds in the fridge.
Thank you!!

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Freedommedteach is a great reference

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Not specifically to do with the injection process, but make sure you have a little something in your stomach. I had to do Gonal F in the mornings and evenings. The first morning I did it on an empty stomach and got so nauseous and threw up water. After that I’d eat some crackers immediately before or after and I was fine.

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Also first time for me. I am now on day 7 of stims. The ladies here told me it gets easy and it gets! An extra tip: inhale when injecting and exhale when pressing the injection out. A nurse told me to do this and does help in my opinion! Also, my husband is doing my injections. We are doing it before bedtime. I get quite tired afterwards so it helps me to sleep through. You got this! 😊 Good luck!! We are here 🍀🌼

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Ice the area before the injection and go slow! You got this!!

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I am terrified of needles so my hubby did them all for me. For gonal he would count down from 10 and when he got to 5 he’d inject it and by 1 he was done. And for menopur hed count down from 15 and stick it at 10 and usually by 1 he was done. That one can sting for a the last few seconds it’s in. I would also play music on my phone to help distract me. 
They honestly weren’t too bad! I think it’s just the idea that a non-nurse was doing them that freaked me out.

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Go slow. Slow. Slow. I had to take Lupron, 300 of the Gonal and two vials(in just over one cc) of Menopur. My first day with all my shots was on 4th of July. I was at a BBQ. I prepped them all, and my boyfriend gave them all to me at once, on shot after the other. It was brutal. I’m also afraid of needles so never injected myself. I talked to my sister (who’s a nurse and did a successful IVF last year) she said if you inject them too quickly it stretches the tissues and is more painful. 
Long story short... I did the lupron and Gonal. Then prepped the Menopur and waited about 10 minutes before injecting it. When it would start to hurt I would tell him, and he would slow down the injection. Which helped a lot. Overall they were not bad. You can ice the area before hand to help a little. 
You got this girl!

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I started last night with the same protocol! Did your nurse instruct you to combine the meds to take in one injection? It made it easier.

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Just take your time with the menopur. I had to mix it through 4 vials, so it took a while, but I watched a video on the menopur website that was super helpful for walking through it. Menopur burns a little, but I didn’t think it was too terrible. Gonal is easy and the pen makes it super seamless. There’s also a video on their website. Good luck! You’ve got this!

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So I’m super afraid of needles and I took these! Gonal is super easy and painless. Menopur I think I rememebr I used to inject slowly and I felt nothing but sometimes at the beginning I was nervous and I injected quickly and it was burning a little ! You’ll be fine :) good luck !

Tips before I start Gonal F MD and Menopur?

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