I totally agree. The first injection - didn't even feel it. The second one I kept jumping and ended up all bloody and bruised (poor husband). I asked him to do the injections to get him involved. He wanted to do something to try and make i easier on me - bless.

I started my Lucrin injections on the 23rd and tomorrow i'm going in to get my FSH meds, pay and hand over my consent forms.

I'd love to hear your experiences as you progress - I think I'm not too far behind you. Is it ICSI you are doing?


I've posted the following on another thread, but I thought you guys may have some thoughts or ideas for suggestions for dealing with the process.....

No one I know has been thru IVF and I find it is really difficult to talk to my friends. Most of them have kids or haven't started trying yet. I feel like I'm whinging about it when I talk to them. I don't hate the fact that I have to do IVF and I'm quite optimistic (maybe that's because I haven't even started FSH yet).

I go thru periods of quite high expectations and then periods of depression and feelings of having no hope.

I have tried reading some books but I have found that they tend to send me into the depression state. Maybe I'm in denial and looking at the real-life disappointments makes me realize that it could quite easily happen to me.

My husband is great - he's doing my injections (he has to brace me against a hard surface otherwise I jump a mile) it's getting easier though. He holds me and lets me cry - stupid baby white lions on the animal planet channel - and I haven't even started the FSH injections yet.

I go thru periods of complete clarity where I feel like I can see every single leaf on a tree miles away and then periods of walking around in a daze - forgetting what I'm saying half way thru a sentence.

I'm scared about how many eggs will be there when I go for collection, I'm scared about how many will make it to the stage of ready for being put back, I'm scared about how many will be viable to be frozen. So many things that are out of my control.

I'm sorry to go on and on - I think I just need to unload somewhere.

I wish all of you the best for you journeys . I would like to hear more of your stories - both triumph and disappointments.