CD 6/Stim day 3: Shooting Up for the Family

To clarify, it's actually stim day 4, but I've only done three injections. This evening will be my 4th injection.

Wednesday evening my mother in-law and sister in-law watched me mix my meds. I typically mix my meds in the best, well-let place in the house which is my coffee table where I can spread everything out, all anal-like. Seriously, I have a special order in which I do things, and a special place for everything. Because mixing hundreds of dollars worth of meds and getting it right, is kind of an important thing. don'tcha think? I didn't do the injections in front of them though. It's not that I'd mind jabbing myself in front of others, it's the whole pulling up my shirt and pinching a wad of fat by my belly button that seems like a private kind of thing! At least for me, anyway.

Thursday my parents got watch as well. Let me rewind and say that Thanksgiving was at my house this year, and having six people to feed is WAY out of my norm. Normally, we enjoy cooking but we MUCH rather like having someone else cook. I was in charge of the turkey, the cranberry jezebel sauce, and last weekend I made a pumpkin ice cream pie. I did Alton Brown's turkey, from the Good Eats show on the Food Network, because I didn't have a clue how to do the turkey. The process required soaking said turkey in a brine, filling the cavity with aromatics, and cooking for what Alton said would be 2-2 1/2 hours. Well, the turkey was sumptuous and very juicy (flavor all throughout) and I highly recommend it, BUT it did take an hour and half longer than it was supposed to. So we ended up eating Thanksgiving DINNER at around 6:30 in the evening. Good thing we had munchies to eat all day. Anyway, I mixed the meds again on Thursday evening in front of my dad and mom. I didn't get much of a reaction, except for them asking how much the stuff costs.

This morning I went to my first monitoring appointment. I have about 20 follicles, but only two that are above 10mm. My problem always is, as you may recall, recruiting enough follicles to grow to maturity. So while I'm thrilled with the 20, I'll feel better when I see at least four of them get on the bandwagon and grow to 16-18mm. I am reminded that this is a step by step process that can end at any point in the game, and to find that balance between not being too happy for small victories, yet still being thankful for them. Ya' know?

I'm continuing with my executive decision to wear cute socks while in the stirrups. Here are today's socks.