The First Prick is the Deepest

This is the face of someone who just did her first ever Lupron shot.

YEH, BITCHES! I lost my IF virginity at 8.30 this morning!!

For those of you who nervously await the day you pop your injectable cherries, after the hand-washing, the ins and outs went a little something like this:

• Tie pyjama top in fashionable 80’s knot.
• Pop off the vial’s cap.
• Swab the top with alcohol towelette.
• Stick needle into vial.
• Turn needle-vial upside-down.
• Pull on plunger to 25 units.
• Place needle-vial onto flat surface.
• Squeeze excess units out, leaving 20.
• Pull out needle, replace orange cap, set aside.
• Wash hands again.
• Swab abdomen.
• Pinch fat between thumb and forefinger.
• Take a deep breath.
• Question chosen injection site.
• Eyeball ½-inch needle warily.
• Remember there are other, bigger needles to come…
• Take another deep breath.
• Check to see the scoop side faces me.
• Remind myself why I’m doing this.
• …and… IN LIKE A DART!
• Gingerly depress plunger.
• Notice there is no pain.
• Feel like a pro.

DH remarked that I needn’t have gone so fast — and, indeed, it did go in awfully easily. Tomorrow I may experiment by injecting the needle a little slower.

Bearing in mind the vial of Lupron had been chilling in the fridge for a couple of days, I was expecting to feel a bit of discomfort. Lemme tell all you ART cherry-poppin’ mamas-to-be, this here shot was a piece of cake. The ladies on Twitter aren’t glossing over your nerves when they tell you the build-up is worse than the actual thing. Easy peasy, pudding, and pie. You’ll be amazed at what you can do.

Ten minutes later, there was a little redness — probably more from my pinching than the needle. But, no bruising, no pain. A tiny amount of warmth, but only because I went looking for sensations.

Now I’m waiting for horrible side effects.

Like, headaches, vertigo, fatigue, moodiness.

Or maybe I won’t get any.

Huh. I gotta say, gals, that was easy. Hope it stays that way.