Side effects of Ovidrel?

[snooglebeans]

I am on Day 4 of my cycle (4th round of clomid..100 mgs days 3-7) and this is the first month I will be monitored by ultra-sound (other than the day 3 baseline) and I'll be doing an ovidrel trigger shot this round.  I was just wondering, for those of you who have used ovidrel, are there any side-effects?  If so, what are they?

Thanks!

[snooglebeans]

thanks!!  and congrats on your pregnancy (a little girl..how wonderful!!!)!

[Heather5]

No problem :-)

Yeah, I would just do the left side then.

Best of luck to you and your DH!

[snooglebeans]

the implant is to the right of my belly button and down an inch or so.  Do you know where an appendix scar would be?  If you do, it's right there (I had my appendix out when I was 10 so they just used the same incision site for the implant).  The battery is a little smaller than a hockey puck and it is just below the skin, not below the muscle so I don't think I would put it there..but maybe I will just do it on my other side.  Actually..my husband will be doing it..not me!

Thanks again for your help/advice!  

[Heather5]

I would always do the tummy, and I think that's the preferred site. As for the implant, how far down is it? You'd basically be injecting the ovidrel into the subcutaneous fat, so not very far down, and you'll be pinching your skin between two fingers to make sure it goes in right, so hopefully that will help keep it away from the implant. Once you get a hang of it, it's really pretty easy :-)

[snooglebeans]

Thanks for the response, Heather.  Glad to hear that you didn't have any side effects...I hope that is the case with me too!  Did you do the injection in your tummy or leg?  Which do you think is easier?  I'm not sure which to do.  I have severe chronic back and leg pain so I'm leaning towards just doing it in the tum-tum, as my legs already hurt enough as it is but I also have something called a spinal cord stimulator implanted in my abdomen (for chronic pain) so if I do it in my tummy...I have to work around that.   Is one area supposed to be better than the other??

[Heather5]

No side effects for me. The one you mix yourself, called novarel, made the injection site very tender for a few days...but with ovidrel, nothing.

Best of luck!