CP - as for the shots, there's a thread with some suggestions on how to help it hurt less - I can't remember where it is, but it's fairly recent and shouldn't be so hard to find. I found that if I pushed the needle in quickly (and it is blunter and possibly thicker than the gonalF needle), but pushed the plunger in very slowly, it didn't hurt as much. I did find that when I asked DH to do it (because I couldn't get the needle in - I didn't realize how much harder I had to push), it hurt so much more. I was much better at controlling it when I did it myself as I do with the gonalF. I think I had 4 shots all up.