Trigger time!

Today I was given the go ahead for the hcg injection.  The drug my doctor is having me use for this is Pregnyl.  He said after they received my bloodwork and gave me the results that I was to take it right then.  Which means I had to give myself the injection.  Which I've never done before.....

First, I had to prepare the drug, which is very.....ummmm....nurse-y and I am not a nurse.  It's intimidating, using a syringe to suck water from one vial, trying to get exactly 1 1/2cc's, then squirting it into a vial containing the powdered hcg, mixing it, then drawing that back into the syringe, changing the needle to a smaller one that I will use to inject myself, then pinching the fat of my stomach and injecting it.  The needle didn't hurt but something in the medication makes the injection site quite sore.  I did one dose of 10,000 IU today and I was so sore afterward I would wince everytime I had to flex my trunk.

Tomorrow I do one more dose of 10,000 IU of the Pregnyl and by Friday I should have one or two eggs release.  We do the IUI that morning!