HELP! Clexane Bruising

Hi,

I have a heart condition that requires Clexane (40) Only been on it for 2 days... I haven't been brave enough to inject it myself so I've been getting my friend who is an ex nurse to do it. The one from this morning has left a massive bruise about 10cm long which is lumpy and very sore and purple. It started small but got bigger during the day especially after carrying a couple of bags into work. (Am I allowed to post a picture?)

I applied ice earlier today but feel I should probably do it again to prevent it from getting any bigger. I've had these injections in hospital before and never experienced this kind of bruising or soreness. What should I do? I don't want to inject tomorrow because I can't deal with another bruise this size :(

I'm 18w2d pregnant

I use Clexane during IVF cycles (I self inject) and those bruises are common sadly.

There's not much you can do but they will fade.

to try and minimise the bruising don't rub the injection site after you have given yourself the clexane. Alternate the side of your naval that you use and inject yourself fast, with a slower release of the fluid from the needle. Hope that makes sense and I'm sorry you are having the bruising. It's never nice and sometimes there's nothing you can do to avoid the bruising sadly.

I put arnica cream on mine.
Some will be big but others won't be, they won't all be like that hopefully.
I have been on 80mg clexane from ivf transfer til 13 wks, since then on 40 mg, I have noticed that in the last few weeks the bruises are getting a bit better, not sure why that is. Earlier in the pregnancy I was struggling to find a spot to inject that wasn't black and blue.
Its a real pain ( literally, some of them HURT)isn't it, but its required to keep my baby safe so I have just learnt to accept it.
Also, try and learn to inject yourself, you will be surprised at what you can do if you have to!
Hope the bruise goes down soon x

Thanks for your replies. I will try myself :-/