Surviving my PIO shots

These progesterone in oil shots have been nothing short of a nightmare! I survived the daily injections, endless pills, painful vaginal ultrasounds ( looking for an ovary that hides under my intestine), and a bout of OHSS! I even have a slightly tilted cervix - so that made my ET incredibly painful. No wonder they were holding my hands down! But..... none of that even scratches the surface of the pain associated with my PIO shots. What sucks the most is that the injection doesn't hurt. Therefore you have no idea that you've done it wrong until you wake up in the morning. I used a heating pad for about 48 hours just to take the edge off the pain. I did learn later that sciatic nerve pain can be alleviated with heat ( for me ) but the ache from the shots can't

It has felt like a crap shoot this week - I just don't know if we did it right - and I have to wait until morning to find out. For the first two days we were on top of the butt cheek and hit my sciatic nerve twice. That completely crippled me. Fortunately it happened as my OHSS was starting to slow down - so I wasn't suffering from too much abdominal pain. And for those of you have never felt this - it's a SEARING burning pain when any pressure is applied to the buttock. It happens if you inject too close to the middle of your butt. DH and I have been trying different techniques - and this is what we're doing at the moment :

1. Take the shot standing up - leaning on the leg we're not injecting
2. Warming the needle in DH's hand for 5 minutes
3. 2 minutes of pressure with a gauze
4. 5 minutes of massage with a hot towel
5. 10 more minutes of massage until he feels like the collection of oil is gone
6. 10 minutes with a heating pad over the injection site

For now I can sleep on my side / stomach - with a pillow to raise any pressure off my belly. However, I don't know how I"m going to sleep if I'm really preggers.... It hurts to lean on one side!

I refuse to give up on these shots - but this has been a rough ride!