Trigger Whoopsie...what now?

[marshaleigh]

So...my husband suddenly forgot how to give me an injection. He was squeezing my skin to put in the needle, but forgot to stop squeezing. He injected the medicine, then continued squeezing as he pulled it out. The result was lots of blood (ok, not a Kill Bill amount of blood, but it was running down my butt).  So now I'm paranoid that because he was squeezing, the medicine might not have gone in as deeply and maybe I bled it out.  Is this even possible?  It's late at night here, so I can't contact my doctor's office.  Am I just being an IF nutcase?

[lemonliz]

Did he spill any after he pulled the needle out? If so, you can always call in an order for another trigger. And if not, I wouldn't worry too much about it (sounds like you were injecting IM and not sub-q? Sub-q works just fine, too!).

[BunnyBerry]

If it was blood coming out and not clear or clear-ish fluid, then I believe the squeezing wasn't the issue (since he was squeezing all along, it shouldn't squirt out the hCG injection). I think he just hit a blood vessel. It happened to me twice and the amount of blood was a little unnerving. But definitely call the office and explain what happened to see if they want you to do another shot.

[sumbeach]

Yikes! Call the doc!

[bluejoan]

I'd call the doc but when I was doing PIO shots, DH hit a blood vessel or two and they bled a bit even without squeezing. Being it was a trigger shot I'd call to make sure it's okay.

[Deleted]

Yeah, never hurts to call the doc and double check. I hit a blood vessel while I was stimming, and there was soooo much blood, and I still have a bruise there. It really freaking hurt too. So that's my guess, hopefully you're good and you won't have to re-take the shot.

[snd1231]

I would call but I doubt it is anything to be too concerned about.

[tumbleweed]

I bet you're fine -- but double check with doc.

I only did half the trigger per my RE--my E2 must be high-- so it does seem that at least with the HcG trigger there is some room for error.

[helloamanda]

Did anything clear come out? I think if it's just blood, you'll be okay, but I would def call your doctor's office in the morning!

Last time I was prepping my shot, I stabbed my finger and bled everywhere! I don't even know how so much blood came out of a small stab lol

[rainbowbridge14]

I bled quite a few times after injects if a blood vessel was hit, sometimes enough to need a bandaid. My assumption would be it is fine but you can always check with your RE tomorrow.

[marshaleigh]

Hi all, thanks so much for the responses. I woke up this morning and took a cheapie pregnancy test and there was a squinter. I guess that means some of the trigger must have stayed in! I tried to call the doctor's office, but couldn't get an English speaker on the line and it is my doctor's day off. Hopefully...all is ok. Thank you so much for the support!

[supermorena]

Yikes! Hopefully not a big deal though. Last cycle I was already nervous to do the trigger because it was the wrong needle, and I guess my hubby was too because he put the needle in and took it out without actually injecting the hcg! So he had to stab me twice with the wrong size needle. Lol.

[rainbowbridge14]

Jan 23, 2015 8:38:18 GMT -5 marshaleigh said:

Hi all, thanks so much for the responses. I woke up this morning and took a cheapie pregnancy test and there was a squinter. I guess that means some of the trigger must have stayed in! I tried to call the doctor's office, but couldn't get an English speaker on the line and it is my doctor's day off. Hopefully...all is ok. Thank you so much for the support!

I know for me it always takes a few days for my trigger to fully show up on an HPT. I would take one right away and it would be light then darken the next few days, then start to lighten again. Just wanted to chime in on that because I know the fact that the HPTs were initially light after trigger freaked me out too. 

[marshaleigh]

rainbowbridge14, Thanks for the info! I actually didn't know that, so I'll be sure to test again tomorrow to see what's happening.