It's like a small rodent is gnawing my ass

Ganirelix is evil.  It feels like a gerbil gently gnawing my flesh at the injection site.  I confirmed with a friend who also had to take Ganirelix that this is common.  Well, that you have pain at the injection site.  She didn't necessarily agree that it felt like a rodent chewing your ass.

My friend also said that the gonal-f injection made her super sleepy.  She was on a much higher dose than I am and said she got sleepy immediately.  I've been having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning and thought that might be it. 

I haven't been feeling totally positive about our upcoming IUI.  I think that is partly because it seems impossible that we will finally become pregnant, partly because I don't want to get myself worked up, only to be let down.  But.....I think I need to get pumped up about it!  We will get pregnant and have a baby 9 months from the begining of April! 

Oh, positive thinking!

Gonal-F pen & Ganirelix

"The doctor said that if you aren't nice about this, he is sure he can come up with something for me to inject into you," is the warning I gave my husband as he swabbed my ass with an alcohol wipe.

On my cycle day 7, we started injections of gonadotropin hormone, or FSH - follicle stimulating hormone.  It's used to develop multiple follicles.  I'm on a low dose - 75 IU.  This is the third day of injections.  Today we switched over to my left ass cheek 'cause the second one in my right side last night left me feeling a bit sore.  We inject another 75 IU tomorrow along with Ganirelix.  Ganirelix blocks LH - luteinizing hormone.  It's commonly used in conjunction with FSH injections because the body wants to release all those follicles and we don't want that to happen until we are ready to do the IUI.

We must keep our sense of humor about us as we give this a go!  So, for your entertainment.....