****Sorry it's long, but it should be informative of my issue!****

Got my brand new Jamis Elite bike last week, I love how it rides, and the fact that it fits me for my short height!

I had the ProFit done (it's included with the purchase of the bike), and I thought I felt okay in the saddle. I knew it would be a different feel than regular "squishy" saddles that comes with Wal-mart type of bikes (My old bike was 10 year old Schwinn). After one day in the saddle with my bike shorts, I was sore as heck, especially my girly parts! I didn't know my bike came with stock male saddle, and I don't know why the LBS didn't suggest me a woman version. I am not thin, and it's obvious that I got a lot more padding in my rear end than I want.

Lesson Learned - do not wear jeans/underwear when getting ProFit done. *boink*.

Anyways, I immediately replaced it with Terry Butterfly Ti with the cut outs. My girly parts felt much more relieved, and no longer sore or feeling squished at all.

However - my question is this - how long should I give this saddle a chance before deciding that I hate it or I need to get it replaced again? The store has a 15-day return policy, but 15% restocking fee or something of the sort. I paid a nice chunk of change on this saddle, and I would hate to see that I didn't give it a try.

Right now, my sit bones is slightly sore, but not to the point where I cannot get comfortable. The saddle supports them, unlike the stock one. However, because of my previous fiasco with the male saddle, the sides of my legs where it meets the pelvis are sore, even after riding for a couple days with the new saddle.

I'm not sure if the saddle is making the soreness worse or the saddle is causing the soreness (since it's been sore for abt 5 days thus far), or I'm a new rider in a new position (from upright to road bike), or my bike shorts (I got it on sale...because it doesn't have chamois, but polyester fill padding type instead, what a *noob* eh?).

I have not experienced any saddle sores/chafting or any type of issues (I'm smart to use lube!).

I wanted to know if this is a normal "breaking in" type of thing for a newbie rider. I am not a racer, but I would love to do Centuries/charity rides/ just riding around the town for fitness. I'm getting slight pangs of guilt that I should have gotten the Brooks saddle, but no one I know has that in my group, so I can't "see it", and I needed to replace the male saddle immediately.

Thanks for any help/insights!