Clexane injections, do I have to?

[troodiedoo]

I gave birth 3 days ago. Soon after the event in pops the midwife to announce that I have to inject myself with clexane for ten days as they have calculated that I'm an intermediate risk of blood clots.

I suspect they calculate this because I'm over 35 (37) and before pregnancy my bmi was 30.

Now I like to see stats to back up recommendations, and I can't find the study this was based on. Does anyone have a link or more details, or personal experience please? Ideally saying they didn't bother with them?

I'm also concerned they may be affecting my milk supply/production so would be interested to hear any thoughts on that

Thanks

It is done nearly halfway!

I'm struggling with objecting myself with clexane, DH is even worse. It is the hesitation element then I seem to mess it up. Any tips?!

@GreggsSausageRolls

I had to do these for my
Pregnancy from 28 weeks to 6 weeks post birth. All in all about 140 injections I complete.

Best tips I can give are:

I did it in my outer top thigh - seemed to hurt less for me
Grab an inch of skin
Put the needle to the skin and push it in smoothly
Inject very slowly over like 30 seconds
Wait 5 seconds after it’s all injected before slowly removing needle
Then once needle is removed hold tissue or paper towel on the area with pressure for a few minute. Not rubbing. Just constant pressure. (Stops the massive bruises)

I think eventually I just got the knack of it. After about 3 weeks it no longer stung or bruised at all.

I had them after my fifth c section. Was used to then as had them during some ivf cycles too. They do sting a bit