By the Miro Fertility editorial team · Updated 23 September 2026
Your clinic prescribes and usually supplies the medicines. What they often leave to you is everything around them: keeping injections at the right temperature, getting rid of used needles safely, and not losing track of which dose you've done.
None of the items below are medicines. Only buy injection medicines through your clinic or its pharmacy.
Quick picks
Carrying refrigerated injections to the clinic, work or on a trip
Everyone doing injections at home
Cycles with tablets alongside injections
Topping up if your clinic's supply runs short
Late stimulation and the days after egg retrieval
Only take medicines and doses prescribed by your fertility doctor. Buy injection medicines through your clinic or its pharmacy, never a marketplace.
Best for: Carrying refrigerated injections to the clinic, work or on a trip
Several stimulation medicines need to stay between 2–8 °C. An insulin-style cooler with gel packs keeps them in range for hours.
What to look for
Best for: Everyone doing injections at home
Used needles shouldn't go into household waste. A proper sharps box is puncture-proof, and most clinics will take it back for disposal.
What to look for
Best for: Cycles with tablets alongside injections
When you're also on oral medication, a day-by-day box makes a missed or doubled dose far less likely.
What to look for
Best for: Topping up if your clinic's supply runs short
Many clinics include swabs with the medication, but a spare box means you never skip cleaning the injection site.
What to look for
Best for: Late stimulation and the days after egg retrieval
Ovaries get enlarged during stims and bloating is common. Nothing tight on the belly makes the last few days noticeably more comfortable.
What to look for
Some do and some don't. Ask at your baseline scan. If they don't, ask whether they'll accept a full box back for disposal.
Usually yes, in a cooler bag with gel packs and your prescription. Check with your clinic before travelling mid-cycle.
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