How to shoot up in 5 easy steps

Today finally got here! We had our first appointment with Leith our new awesome nurse. She went through the procedures on how to use the Puregon injectable needle thingy. I should probably know what it's called and stop calling it thingy, but thingy is going to have to do for now.

I thought I was totally prepared for the needle part but watching Leith....yeah, maybe not so much. I know Sim will be zero help because he is afraid of needles. It's a good thing we have a DVD to watch on administering the injections. Everyone keeps telling me that its a small needle and it won't hurt. All I can say is we will see.

The other big discussion of the day was when to start. This is apparently slightly complicated due to the fact that I one period that last 87 days or no periods in a year. My favorite part of any appointment is when they ask me when I want to start. I find this highly amusing see that I am at the FERTILITY SPECIALIST and they know we have been trying for 3 years.

Leith decided to draw my blood and do an ultrasound and if everything is on track we can start Monday. Umm no one said anything about an ultra sound today. I seriously thought I was going to learn how to shoot up not doing the no pants ultrasound dance. For the average regular infertile an ultrasound is probably no big deal. Normally it's not a big deal for me either but considering I am coming off an 87 day period let's just say I haven't been a stickler for maintenance of southern hemisphere. Instead of driving an hour home and making another appointment I bit the bullet. I guess this means I shall be shaving my legs more regularly. Who knew mommy was right about making sure you always have on clean undies? But probably not relevant since I took them off.

It appears that everything is in order. Neither ovary has maturing eggs on it and my lining is 6-7 mm. Now at this stage of infertilest I have zero knowledge if this is good. She said it was but surprising because of how long I was bleeding for. Now we just have to wait until Monday morning to get the results of the blood test to see if we can start. I got to bring home my goody bag of medication and needles just in case we get to start on Monday.

I am feeling a crazy mix of emotions between scared and excited, but I am pretty sure they are all good.