Jesus. I am bleeding with ~every~ injection now.
At the beginning, none of my injections bleed. Then, a few random ones. Now, as I'm heading into week 10, I'm bleeding with every injection (as soon as I pull the needle out - whoosh. And I'm not talking a few drips. I'm talking shooting out blood. Out of control. One of my supplies is now a folded up paper towel to stick in my pants to soak it all up.
Does this happen to anyone else? Can anything be done?
~update~ ... Yes, I do pull back on the plunger to make sure I haven't hit an artery.
And chicklet, I'll never be tired of home depot jokes. Not ever.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
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My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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17 comments:
Just out of curiosity are you pulling back on the plunger before you push? I'm sure you know about doing that to make sure you haven't nicked a vein or artery but I thought it was worth asking. The only thing I can think of is that extra progesterone increases blood flow and maybe your platelet count hasn't caught up yet to slow the flow...
One thing you can try is when you inject pull back a tiny bit, if you get blood then pull out a bit or angle it differently and pull back a tiny bit again. I usually only had squirters when I didn't check with a pull back.
Cate/Bleu - yes. I pull back to make sure I don't get blood flashback.
See I knew you were smart like that. :)
OK then the only other thing I can think of is the pressure you are pushing down while plunging the plunger. What I mean is could you be starting in one location, but with the pressure of pushing in the syringe going to another place all together??
So, I've got a ton of PIO experience, and I definitely had some bleeding. I don't think it was ever "shooting out", but sometimes it was substantial. My husband always did those injections for me, and he always pulled back on the plunger as well, so I don't know what the explanation is.
I don't have experience with PIO, but with my injectibles I used a warm washcloth on the injection site right after the shot to massage the area. Cut down on bleeding and stinging.
I noticed how the longer I had been on baby aspirin the easier I bruised and bled because it thins the blood. Could that be it?
What is Home Depot, anyway?
Yikes! I'm not any help at all! But holy crap I can't believe you're already at week 10! That gives me hope that this next month won't take so long. :)
The same thing was happening to me a few weeks ago. I would get a gush of blood and a little of the PIO would leak out. This week it's stopped haven't bled at all. Weird.
Maybe it's the increased blood flow from being pregnant?? Since about 12 weeks for me I have been bruising very easy and if I get hurt I bleed much more than normal.
Yeah, in my limited ass poking of PIO I always bled. It was a lovely mix of oil and blood, that's why I'm all about suppositories and the goo leaking out of my va-jay-jay.
And thanks for the no symptoms report. It makes me feel a little better and believe this is really working!
I am not sure if this has anything to do with it, but I switched to PIO in ethyl oleate this time, and everything (esp. bleeding and soreness) is much better. I do have to pay for it myself, but, god, I love it.
Me!! I've got some squirters too,, out of nowhere! The needle even pulls out clean instead of absorbing blood into the syringe at the end. I always have a gauze handy. Its not every time, but lately its been more than usual.
sorry Nancy? Have you asked your RE or OB?
Topcat, if you haven't been to Home Depot - you are missing out! It's the greatest place on earth!
And Nancy, I figured you were that kinda girl:-)
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