Follistim

 Tonight I started my round of Follistim (the drug that the pharmacy substituted for Gonal F), the drug that is supposed to 'rev-up' my ovaries into producing lots and lots of eggs. My mom and dad came over to visit, and Mom came upstairs with me while I did my shot. I used the special Follistim injector pen, which came with an instruction book and a ton of steps. I had read through it yesterday to get the general idea but I still took my time to make sure that I did everything right. Mom said it was a good thing that she didn't have to do all of these steps to get pregnant or I might not be here!  :-)
 The medicine stung a bit after I gave it, but otherwise it was pretty painless. My abdomen did feel really heavy about ten minutes after the injection, but that seems to have passed now. Three more days of this drug (at the 225 unit dose) and then I return for another ultrasound to determine the next step.