Hit me with your best shot . . .

So - two days of stims so far . . . soon to be three in a little less than two hours.

The first shot was uneventful.  I found that the anticipation was worse than the actual shot itself.  I sat there for a few minutes holding the Follistim pen above my thigh, willing myself to stick it in there.  I did, and was actually surprised at how little I felt.  When I pushed the drug in though, I definitely thought, "ouch."

Last night, T did shot duty.  Despite his fear of needles (he almost passes out while watching ME get an IV), he did an ok job.  He accidentally forgot to put his thumb on the "plunger" part of the pen.  So after he put the needle in, he needed to let go of my pinched up skin in order to inject the drug.  That definitely hurt.  But he is learning.  All in all, a day where T injects me with drugs and does not need smelling salts in a good one.  I was resistant to him doing this at first - I am not sure why.  But he really wants to be a part of it - I definitely get that he is feeling bad that I am the one who has to go through all the shots and procedures and he doesn't have much of a role in all this. 

So far I don't feel much in the way of side effects.  T had been waking up every morning and looking at me - with his first words, "Are you bitchy yet?"  No, not yet.  Possibly over the weekend.  If we're lucky.  Although I have noticed I seem to (tmi here) have diarrhea like ALL THE TIME lately.  I eat, and then I am in the bathroom an hour later - odd.  Not sure though if I can blame the drugs or my nerves.

Blood work and ultrasound on Monday.  Tonight I asked T to talk to my ovaries and encourage those eggs; he obliged  At least 10, At least 10 - that is the magic number I keep telling myself I will be happy with.  I do NOT want to have to freeze anything and go through this whole shot dance again just to get to a transfer.

Meanwhile I fear I have lost all (2) of my readers.  No comments in quite a while.  What's a girl to think?

Comments

[heyellie]

Nah, I am still here- just a crappy start to my stims this week. Let's see- wheezing and red face yesterday. Gnarly headache today. I slept most of the weekend away- but I can't complain too much-- I got no side effects really from the meds last time -- and 2 eggs- only one that was viable. So if feeling crappy for a week gives me more than 1 useful egg- yeah, I'll take the rough week. I am reading you though! And I am hoping for the best for you!

[Meg]

Hi Sherry, No, I am still here via bloglines, I am just really bogged under with the 100 creative writing pieces I mentioned at some point, as well as general tiredness. am not getting the opportunity to check in anywhere nearly as much.

I feel guilty of course... xxx Love to you