Day 7 of shots and I’ve gotten the hang of it. It’s crazy how something can be so daunting and now seems like habit. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want this to be permanent habit, I just no longer sweat when mixing everything together afraid that I’m doing it incorrectly.

I’ve been going in for monitoring every other day since Saturday and am still on the same initial protocol and apparently on the right track. I go in for another monitoring appointment tomorrow morning and I’m guessing that tomorrow night might be when I introduce the next med (cetrotide). I’ve heard this one stings or burns, so not looking forward to that.

It’s a little unsettling not knowing exactly when I’ll be going in for the retrieval, but so far it looks on track for Sunday. If there’s one thing I’ll learn from all of this is patience as everything is a waiting period for something else. After retrieval it’s a wait each day to get status of the embryos and then to see when the transfer will be. Then it will be the TWW.

My stomach area is looking a little bruised, but other than that I’ve been holding up well. I haven’t had any drastic mood swings, which I am sure is appreciated, but it’s still early on in the week!