Injection bruising

[Timetotry]

Does anyone have any tips on how to avoid bruising?

Sometimes my injections are fine, no blood at all, and other times they bleed and I end up with horrible bruising.

My menopur tonight gave me a 2" bruise!

 

[Holly ttc]

Have you tried icing the area before/after? I'm not sure if it helps or not but somehow I ended up with bruises only where they did blood work and not my actual injection sites and that's all I did.

 

[cupcakelover]

Try applying pressure to the injection site as soon as you remove the needle. Do it for a good minute or so. One the the lab technicians taught me that trick and it worked well for me. Even though I was doing three shots per day for 10 days I only had one small bruise.

Good luck!

 

[Christie2011]

Try moving the exact injection spot slightly. When I was doing my PIO shots, I found the further away from center of my buttocks I was the more likely I was to bruise. I found a spot that wouldn't bruise so I always tried to get it in that spot. But yes, pressure after pulling the needle out should help.

 

[stefdan]

Try rubbing the spot before you do the injection and avoid moving the needle when it's already in your skin...