Insulin jabs more painful

I have been on insulin for last 4.5 months (23 weeks pregnant now). I usually take them on my thighs but all of a sudden the jabs feel very painful, which wasn’t the case earlier. Anyone else felt the same?

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Yes, same. Doc said it's due to higher blood count cause of pregnancy

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What needles are u using? I'm a type one diabetic and when I was first diagnosed inwas using standard needle.pen tips they hurt made me bruise and all. I switched to the nano size and it was a game changer I didn't dread having to do my injections now I use a pump tho

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Also anywhere can hurt I used to take mine in my thighs or back of the arms. Arms mostly

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It could be if you haven't being changing the area much and injecting into the same site, you can get lumps under the skin. My left leg can get painful because I always do my night jab there I try to not inject there for a week and it usually gets better

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I personally prefer the novofine needles over the bd fine needles. Maybe change brand of needles if you can.

However I did find what you are experiencing, I also experienced. I had to go to my legs from 30 weeks as by belly it was so sore to inject.

You can also use top if you bum, the back of your upper arms to.

The discomfort and pain was more so for the 3 months after I had an emergency c section. It didn’t matter where I injected it was painful

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