Day 8 - PUREGON

Today is day 8 of my IVF cycle. I had a 250units of Puregon at 7.30am this morning, and 10 units of Lucrin at 10pm tonight! It seems i'll have to double-jab for a few days until i can stop taking the Lucrin. Im due in for another BT on Friday morning to monitor how my body is responding to the Puregon.

Puregon is a Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH). It's a synthetic hormone, identical to human FSH, and given to develop multiple follicles for IVF. Ideally the natural body does not produce "multiple" follicles, it produces one at a time. It's a standard procedure of IVF to produce "as many as you can" as all these follicles/eggs will be used, and even stored for later use.
FSH is administered by daily injection, and is required to be taken for 10-14 days.

Here is what it looks like!

The pen itself is simple to use, however i think the way it adminsters the drugs kind of sucks. I have to set the dial to administer the 250 units, which eliminates the actual 'measuring' by me. But once the needle is in the tummy, the end of the pen is pushed to release the drugs. It release around 10units per tick, so really, im standing there for around 25 seconds with a needle hanging out of my tummy, while pushing down on the end of the pen!! An injection would have been much more simpler! Not that it hurts - i still use an ice-pack to freeze myself over first!!