Last night I proceeded to give myself my evening Gonal F injection. The Gonal F comes in an injection "pen" that contains all the medication in a cartridge and it distributes a little bit of medication (your prescribed dose) with each use.
I jabbed the needle into my abdomen and gave myself the injection. However, when I removed the needle, I noticed a bit of wetness around the injection site. The Gonal F has a distinctive medicine-y smell that I noticed right away. I wondered, did the medication leak out? I removed the disposable needle from the top of the pen after the injection. I found quite a bit of the liquid medication in the reservoir between the top of the pen and where the needle "plugs in".
So then I got really worried. Did I give myself any of the medication? Did I only give myself a partial dose? Did I give myself too much? Not enough? My head was swimming and I tossed and turned last night with anxiety thinking about it.
I feel like I just can't seem to get this injection thing right! Sheesh.
In other (TMI) news, I noticed quite a copious amount of EWCM when I went to the washroom this morning. What the heck? Does this mean I'm about to ovulate? Given that I've been religious about taking the Synarel, I would think not. But who knows? What would cause this? Notably, I very rarely get CM. But then again, I practically never ovulate on my own. What does it all mean? I emailed Dr. T about it - let's see what she says.
I have my first ultrasound to see what's going on in the ol' ovary department tomorrow morning. I am pretty nervous abut it. Here's hoping tomorrow is a happy, drama-free day!
[Update: Dr. T says that the reason I am seeing EWCM is because my estrogen level is climing so high. Apparently it isn't uncommon to see this a week or so into stimming. Whew! I never thought I'd be so happy about NOT ovulating!]
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those things are the worst. the pens are supposed to mkae it easier...um, not so much. i called them 'dial a pain' pens.
i have no idea about EWCM. with all the drugs in your body...it's anybody's guess.
i am sure it's nothing. i hope the good doctor emails you soon.
The dial-a-pens are somewhat reassuring for needlephobes like me. I mean, there's no mixing of medicine or anything, which is nice. But it does make it hard to *see* the stuff going in and make sure you're getting the dose. So I've switched over to the mix-it-yoruself kind, but can do the pen in a pinch if that's all the pharmacy has. I figure it's kind of like my ability to drive both a stick shift and an automatic-I will be fine if I ever find myself being chased by bad guys through Europe. :)
As far as the EWCM is concerned, I call the second half of my cycle a Pantiliner Moment. That stuff shows up way before I even get to trigger and it hangs around for a while afterwards, too. I wouldn't worry too much about it, unless your RE tells you otherwise.
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