Started the meds!

Three days ago, we stared a regimen of 300iu of follistim and 150iu of menopur, injected nightly. I've never given myself an injection before. It's strange, to be honest.

Step 1: Mixing
First, you must carefully mix the meds, pulling the syringe in and out of each vial until the perfect cocktail is achieved. This bit is kind of fun... a throw back to my inner mad scientist.

Step 2: Mental Game
The injection is all about the mental game. You stand there, heart racing, cold syringe in hand, trying to convince yourself to jab a one inch needle into your stomach. I went back and forth a few times, even piercing the skin once. I finally gave up. It's counter intuitive, and, rather than fighting it, we came up with a new plan.

Rather than jabbing myself with the needle, I let my wife do it. After all, she's has more experience than me. True, it was mostly on animals, but I figured it's more than me.

I turn the needle over to her. It's till a bit of a dance. I pick the spot and pinch my stomach with one hand, while squeezing her shoulder with the other. The right side isn't that bad. The left side stings like crazy. Not looking forward to tomorrow when we have to go back to lefty:/

Step 3: The Dance
I decided that the best way to get through the madness of injections and hormones is to dance it out. It helps release nervous energy and takes my mind off of the left side sting! So... after the injection, we dance it out in the kitchen. My wife is awesome. She always joins in.

Tomorrow we go back to the baby doctor to find out how things are going, adjust meds, etc. Fingers crossed that all is heading in the right direction.