Distracted

As of yesterday, I've started taking the stimulation meds. The Menopur (LH agonist) is a subcutaneous shot in the morning that makes me feel queasy a few hours later, and in the evening I take a subQ shot of Gonal F (FSH agonist) and a pill of dexamethasone. Supposedly the Gonal F can make you dizzy, but I take it at bedtime to avoid feeling it.

I probably would have something more insightful and eloquent to write about with the beginning of these meds, but I have been distracted by having mangled my car on an icy highway road yesterday. I'm fine, and the other people are fine, but it was terrifying to slide out of control on a mountain highway in the midst of an unexpected snow storm. My car will be repaired and insurance will pay for it, so the damage is really quite minimal in the end. But I am frustrated with all the April snow, and feeling helpless at having planned my trip so meticulously to avoid driving through bad weather only to hit a freak snow storm 45 minutes from home!
I hate pointless destruction, so I've tried to come up with things I've learned from this so as to avoid a similar situation in the future. So far I've got: If I'm in the civic and it begins to snow, turn around and go home. Also, when it's icy, the brakes make you slide, so stay far enough from the person in front of you that you have time to stop with gravity and friction alone. (It is quite frustrating to feel as if I've gone from a confident and controlled motorist, to a scared and helpless "not from here" driver. Everyone complains about people who don't know how to drive on snow and ice, but they never offer up any helpful pointers!)

So you can see why I have been less focused on the IVF. But I am certainly excited that the ultrasound and bloodwork were good yesterday, and I got the go ahead on the meds described above. I'll go back next week for some monitoring, and hopefully my ovaries are on their way to being huge.