I’ve just come back from the International Conference on Family Planning in Rwanda where there was a lot of discussion of self-injectable contraception.
These are available in the UK, but I am not sure how commonly they are prescribed… There has been quite a lot of discussion on injectables on this forum recently but not about self-injectables.
It basically has a plastic ‘bubble’ that holds the medication attached to a needle. Here is a video on how to use it, although you should have the person who prescribes it for the first time go through it with you first.
You have to have a small ‘sharps box’ to dispose of the needle.
The injection lasts 3 months, just like the Depo Prover injection.
I was wondering if anyone has experience of self injection to share?
Did you seek it out, or were you offered it at a contraceptive appointment? How do you get on with it?
Paula