After I was matched I had about a month of waiting while all of the paper work got signed, then I just had to wait for my next period.  With that, my cycle calendar was created by Dr. Sahakian.  The calendar makes it clear what to do and when to do it.  Now we were getting started.  Soon came the part of the process that must make a few a little uncomfortable … the shots!  Luckily for me my mom is a RN and has been for more than 20 years, so she got me really comfortable with the whole process.  Trust me, I don’t like needles any more than the next person, but what I can say is this– the needle is tiny!  It’s really little and you can barely feel a thing.  I took my first shot of Lupron on Friday January 30th.

Now I am starting my third week of hormone shots and I am taking 3 shots a day.  As far as side effects of hormones go, I have been feeling slightly more emotional than usual but nothing more than I would feel on my period.  Trust me, I’m not acting like a crazy, hormone-filled person!  I go in for my ultra sound tomorrow.  I will continue to write this blog through my retrieval and after.  Hopefully my experience will help ease the minds of future egg donors.  Until tomorrow, everybody!

-Lisa, Donor