Same stuff different day...

Day two - the same as day one. What I said yesterday about the Menopur stinging "a bit", NOT true. It stings a lot! Yesterday I reconstituted it incorrectly (too much liquid with the right amount of med) so instead of having 1cc I had 2cc. 2cc seemed like a lot so I divided it into 2 shots. Those 2 shots were more dilute so they didn't sting as much. Today, all 150iu were in the 1cc and it brought me to tears. I am getting a nice collection of dime sized bruises on my belly. I felt just a little "off" today, nothing that I could put my finger on.

My first ultrasound is on Thursday. I am really nervous about the number of follicles. My RE told me going into this that he doesn't expect a large number. He said not to expect to have any embryos to freeze. My resting follicle count 6 weeks ago was 7-8...not too stellar.

I just watched a segmant on the national nightly news about the black market for fertility drugs. I think that it is good when they do stories like this - it helps make people aware of the problem. This particular piece did a nice job of tellling how emotionally, physically & financially draining infertility treatments are. They were not, however advocating buying drugs on the black market. I must say though, the idea of the drugs for about a 1/4 of the price is a little tempting.