Body-positive influencer Chessie King has shared how a trick helped reduce the pain of her IVF injections during her journey to conceive11:21, 25 Jul 2026As World IVF Day arrives on Saturday, July 25, influencer Chessie King has revealed a useful technique she used during self-injection that substantially reduced the pain she experienced.‌World IVF Day marks the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, who arrived on July 25, 1978. It serves as a day to honour the millions of families created through the treatment, while also highlighting awareness of the difficulties faced by those undergoing it.‌Body-positive influencer Chessie King has amassed a devoted following of nearly 700,000 supporters through her frank, sisterly content covering motherhood, relationships, and intimacy.‌She is currently expecting her second child following a demanding IVF treatment programme - a process she has documented transparently with her audience.She welcomed her daughter, Auraelia, via caesarean section in July 2021, and has been forthright about her difficulties conceiving again on social media, including disclosing details of a miscarriage she experienced in 2025.Chessie featured on Giovanna Fletcher's Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast earlier this year, where she discussed subjects including navigating her husband's postnatal depression and the difficult period that nearly resulted in their marriage breaking down.‌On the podcast she discussed candidly her IVF experience, which was recommended as the "safest way" for her to conceive due to her left ovary being attached to her uterus and living with endometriosis.She disclosed how the treatment required her to self-administer medication through injections on 148 separate occasions, something she found intimidating at first.How did Chessie King help make IVF injections easier?Chessie did, however, discover a method that helped minimise the discomfort she felt when injecting herself in her stomach, leg or thigh.‌She said: "The best piece of advice if anyone is going through it, or is about to start injections, is pop a bit of chocolate - if you don't like chocolate, a sweet, or something that you savour- and pop it in just before you're about to inject and just focus on the taste."It's so weird, you genuinely don't feel them as much. I melted this piece and I'd always have this one specific chocolate and I'd put it in, and it would just melt."And I'd do the injection... all I could taste and think about was what I was eating. It was amazing! It was like my brain was just like tricking."Article continues belowThe star revealed how she eventually reached a stage where she "loved" administering the injections herself, despite the pain they caused, as they were crucial in helping her conceive her second child.