Follistim and my birthday.

Had another hard time with the Lupron injection, we were staying in a hotel in SF for our 5 year anniversary so we brought a cooler with us. We had a great day at the Exploratorium museum, and a delicious dinner, and went back to the hotel to change and get ready to go to a concert. I was going to quickly inject myself but I froze up again. I knew we were in a rush and I think that made it worse, but after about 10 minutes I did it. I wish I could figure out why some times are harder than others.

That morning we went to the clinic and I had an ultrasound and blood drawn and they called and said everything was looking good and now I'm on the next step! So last night I reduced my Lupron from 10 to 5, and then gave myself 225 units of Follistim. That Follistim Pen is intense. The instruction booklet is easy to follow though, and we had practiced at the clinic but still, it's a bit intimidating. I took a couple of minutes to do it but then I was done and it's pretty much as easy as the Lupron.

I had a hard time falling asleep last night because I kept trying to feel if anything was different yet. I shouldn't think about it, but I can't help it. I feel like there should be something changing...I mean, I know there is inside of me, but I keep waiting to actually notice it. I'm sure once I do I'll wish I didn't though!

Today is my 26th birthday.

I feel good, tired, but I think it's from staying up so late. (I was up till midnight, which for me is very late!!) And I kinda almost think I feel something. I got my period 2 days ago, it's light but I still had my normal awful cramps the first day. But today I feel like there are almost tiny waves of cramp-like feelings.

We're going out for an early dinner with a bunch of frieds and then dessert, hopefully at the Fondue place. I'm going to take the cooler with me again and leave it in the car just in case we don't make it back home in time. The night of the concert I spoke with the doctor and she said it's fine to take the injections an hour or so earlier or later than the target time. I still try to aim for 9pm.

I'm scheduled for the egg retrieval on August 26th. That's in only 10 days!