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I have done a rediculously lot of injections for someone who isn't a vet or nurse. I started giving injections to my dad when I was 15 and he was dying from cancer. Since I cared about his pain level I did my best to figure out how to make it not hurt. Since giving him shots I've done tons of shots from SubQ, IM and IVs on animals (under a vets care). And my stepdads shots when he was was recovering from cancer.

All that said as a "average" person I've come to realize what makes it easier and harder. I think it really helps if the needle hole is pointed toward the ground ( the needle tips are angled) and you enter at a really really slight angle upward. I'm talking so slight nobody would ever see it. When you go to put it in do not rest the needle against your skin. You need to muster the courage to put it directly in, in one swift movement. Hesitation right before entering will make the needle not got right in.

It shouldn't burn as long as you let the alcohol dry, and don't have a bead of meds on the needle (some meds really burn if they are on the tip when entering). I inject slowly while breathing in and out, by counting to 8. Then count to 10 (someone said 5, but once I get done the injection I tend to count fast so I count to ten) and remove the needle. You shouldn't have any meds come out this way. I never have.

I have had a huge needle "pop" into a horse before but I definitely hesitated and the hole was point up as I angled up. NOT my finest moment.