Pain in my...

Yup, I am talking about quite literally having a pain in my dupa, as a friend of mine would call it.  When you finally make the decision of going ahead with IVF (in-vitro fertilization), one of the many things you sign up for includes taking medciations through injections...several of them! One of the injections, Menopur, has to be injected directly into your muscle and apparently the butt is the best place to hit such a muscle.  =)

We are 3 days in to our injections, at 2 injections a day (the one in the dupa with a 3 1/2 in., 25g needle, and then a smaller needle into the fatty part of my belly).  I'm not going to lie, the very first day before my hubby even stuck me with the first needle, I burst in to tears.  Yup, cried like a baby...and yes, I did mention I didn't even get stabbed yet! I think the initial fear got the best of me.  It's daunting to step into the unknown, especially when the stakes are so high. And to top it off, I have never really been found of needles.  My hubby, being the loving guy he is, got up and got my iPod, plugged in the headphones and sent me into a little alternate universe (which I gladly went to with eyes squeezed shut)! 5 minutes later I opened my eyes, looked at him and burst out giggling.  "That wasn't so bad!"

Now, I am not going to say that having 2 needles plunged into your body every night is an enjoyable event (that is I guess unless you are Rihanna and you like S&M...hehe), but I am glad it is not as bad as I thought! With that being said, I am finding that I am having a lingering pain in my dupa area due to the meds coursing throughout my muscles. I guess now I could tell my students they are literally adding to the pain in my a$$! =) We'll just see how I feel about these injections after the 12 days are up!