Faster than a Speeding Bullet

I don't know how we went from having some questionable SA results to already having our IVF protocol in just a little more than 1 month. Yesterday I found out that my start date will be August 19. I still don't even know what all the acronyms stand for, but I have a full list of dates. I suppose I should feel lucky for it, considering how many people seem to have to wait for appointments. I feel like the center taking care of us is just ready to roll. It's like they saw how good our insurance coverage was and wanted to push us through immediatly before we chickened out.

Luckily H has managed to go from "I'd never do IVF" to "I'll consider ICSI with IVF if I have to" in record time, poor thing. I know this is hard for him, but at least he isn't about to start injections! Have I mentioned yet how much I hate needles and about how I get faint at the sight of blood? Mix in the hormonal imbalances I'm about to expereince and I think I'm going to be a real mess. Hubby can be very hormonal himself--sometimes I feel he's more moody than I am. I keep reminding him that he's going to have to bear with me during the treatment, and he keeps throwing back that I need to be extra nice to him too. Okay, will try, but I can't promise--CAUSE I'LL HAVE DRUGS IN MY SYSTEM! Has anybody out there had minimal side effects to the injections? I'm a little person, so the fact that my ovaries are going to triple in size will probably be enough right there to turn me into a lunatic. I'm going to just do my best to avoid fighting with him while I'm feeling bad, but sometimes when he starts to pick a fight because he's in a bad mood, there's just no avoiding it. Don't get me wrong, we normally get along fine. But when we are both stressed and moody--what a mess. Like last night. He just kept whining about how unfair it is that he has to cut the lawn in 100 degree heat. (Do we really want to talk about fair here?) I finally went upstairs. And he follows me. Ugh. It wasn't about the lawn. He was just in a bad mood. Maybe I should get him some valium to take when I start my cycle. ;)