Icing the injection site

[Marce07]

Hello to all,
I was wondering if you have used ice before getting your Gonal-F+Menopur shot?
Last night was my first shot and I put ice on my belly.  I felt nothing and I really liked that. However, I am a little worried because I am not sure if the ice somehow stops the medicine from dispersing correctly... I will be calling the nurse soon, but I wanted to know some feedback from you. Thank you.

[trh0819]

I put an ice pad on while I was setting up my injections, and everything was painless. I had no issues as my retrieval went well and I'm now almost 15 weeks. My RE also said the same as mentioned above... after injecting, just rub the area to get the med to soak in and get to work. You'll definitely want to ice and do some rubbing if you're taking progesterone injections soon. And a heating pad... those weren't quite as easy.

[travelcat7]

Hi,
My dr & nurses all said icing it was fine.  I have iced all of my injections and everything was fine.  One thing they recommended was putting a little pressure and rubbing the injection site right after the shot to make sure the medicine dispersed.  The icing helped me with the pain a lot.  They weren't bad at all if I iced.  Hope that helps.