Chapter One: Lupron- 10 Units

So here we are...

It surprisingly wasn't as bad as I thought it would be....

The first time Steve gave me the shot, I had a whole regimen planned:

• Get up at 5:30 to soothing classical music
• Spritz myself with calming rosewater to ensure a lovely morning- if there is such a thing at 5:30.
• Go into the bathroom and light two candles to ensure an even lovelier shower.
• Get dressed with a good tv show in the background so I would be delightfully distracted as Steve injected this 1 1/2 inch needle into my abdomen
• Then gather my lunch and bag for the morning and head out, calmly on the fumes of all the relaxing aromatherapy in my bedroom...

Sounds like a good plan right?

Well everything went according to plan, scents and spritzers included, except for Ginnie's advice to put on a show to distract me- the only thing I could find was Family Matters and there is nothing relaxing at all about Steve Urkel, even when he is turning into Stephan. Besides, I think it made Steve nervous who said it was too early for a laugh track.

Nevertheless, after bracing myself for the pain, squinching my eyes shut and squealing like a baby.... I felt a bit of a let down after the performance as there was really no pain at all. You just feel the needle prick and then it's over. It makes the shots you get at the doctor seem huge!

It kind of makes me feel like Stacy McGill! NOW I understand what she went through! Good thing she had Kristy, Mary Anne and Dawn. Hmmm maybe I shouldn't tell my friends about it because they might think I'm a freak or something.

So we have done the shots, just in the morning, for about a week and we're old hands, believe me. Now it's just like slam bam thank you ma'am and the drama has been replaced with common routine. It is kind of embarrassing to yell "Steve, are you ready?" And just sit there with my shirt up. Besides that, I don't feel any kind of weirdness from the hormones yet, but all this stuff is going to do is "ready the womb" by making my uterus nice and soft and fluffy.... Had my first sonagram on Friday, and all was well!

Steve does have to tell me to stop squeaking and squinching my eyes shut though- he says it distracts him....