Starting Stims -Follistim Injections Begin!!!

Today I went in for a blood draw because sadly my period never came.  After 4 days of waiting and stressing it never came. AHHHHHH.  How could this happen?

Anyway, my E2 came back as 62, which falls in the good level of 50-75 to start Stims.

Mary called and gave me the go ahead to start tonight!  She said the uterine lining will thin out and since my level was okay they felt good to continue with the process! Insert very large sigh of relief from both of us!:)

I was a little leery about this injection thinking it was going to be more painful than the Lupron.  Below is a video showing how to give the Follistim Injection:

Follistim Pen Injection

Here is my belly after the first injection.  You can see the bruising from my last few shots.  The Follistim  shot is the bruise to the left of my belly button.  The other bruise is from a bad Lupron shot the other day!!! Though the Follistim hurt Roger sat by my side encouraging me and making me laugh! We are believing all the pain will all be worth it :)