How to Administer IVF Injections

Many fertility medications need to be given in the form of an injection. While this can be scary initially, here are step-by-step detailed instructions you can follow for administering your own injections.

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How to Administer Intramuscular ( IM) Injection

This is an injection that you give into a muscle. Here are step-by-step instructions for administering an intramuscular injection.

• Lying down-or standing with your weight off of the side to be injected-locate the upper outer quadrant (or quarter) of your buttock. The injection is given here
• Take a deep pinch between your thumb and forefinger and wipe with alcohol. Then let dry
• Place the needle into this pinch of tissue and muscle completely, leaving none of the needle exposed
• Draw back on the plunger. If you are accidentally in a blood vessel, blood will appear in the syringe
• If so, pull the needle out, replace it with a new, sterile needle, and repeat the process
• Slowly push the plunger all the way to inject the medication Modafinil http://rxreviewz.com/provigil/, and pull the needle straight out
• Alternate between your left and right sides, each time you give yourself an injection
• Apply pressure and massage the injection site gently for thirty seconds after you administer the shot
• Never reuse needles and syringes
• Dispose of the syringe in a biohazard container such as a Sharps container-or in an unbreakable plastic container such as a laundry detergent bottle that you can seal.

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Summary 

Many fertility medications need to be given in the form of an injection. While this can be scary initially, once  you  learn how, it's a breeze.