Leinzlove - I'm so sorry for your loss.
This is a very self-absorbed post from me after a nasty few days, so apologies!
On Wednesday morning I woke up feeling fine, but within half an hour started getting pain on the right hand side of my abdomen; not severe, but constant. I went on NHS direct and answered the Qs, which told me to go straight to A&E! OR I could ring 111, so I did that and answered all their Qs and they told me to get an urgent GP appointment within 2 hours, so I did that. I felt marginally worse by this time, not helped by having to wait 35 minutes in the waiting room as they were running behind. He took my temperature and BP, felt my abdomen and asked more Qs, then called the EPU to book me in to be seen by them urgently. At this point everything was pointing towards an ectopic pregnancy and I was really scared! I got home and rang hubby to come home from work to drive me in (I now felt much worse and the hospital is 30 mins drive away - down a motorway!) He must have dropped everything because he arrived sooner than I thought, though still not soon enough for me not to have thought about calling an ambulance as I was now doubled up. I felt nauseous too, so sat in the car with a bucket between my legs! OH drove VERY fast I think, then we had the LONG walk along corridors to get to EPU. We were over half an hour early for a scheduled urgent appointment, but when they saw me they said they'd scan me next. I had an abdominal scan and she seemed to take lots of measurements, then an internal scan - more measurements taken. This was all so painful, I spent the whole time with my arm across my face, wincing! She then said she wanted to scan to look for fluid in the wrong places so another U/S of just around my lower rib-cage, at which point I realised they probably hadn't found an ectopic pregnancy.
Scanning done, we were taken to the next room to wait for the Sister. Cue me feeling sick. OH produced a kidney dish and I promptly threw up, just as the Sister arrived. She took it away and no sooner was the dish replaced, I threw up again! At 6+1, they said they could see an embryo measuring 5+2 and the beginnings of a yolk sack conducive with pregnancy. They also found I had fluid in my cavity (not sure which cavity!) and an enlarged right ovary, so the diagnosis with OHSS (those of you not familiar with the term, it's caused by the stimulation of IVF drugs). They didn't seem particularly bothered by the small measurements of my baby, but I wasn't really in a position to question it much and I think OH's priority was me.
I was prescribed cocodamol for the pain and cyclozine for the sickness (which carried on until into that night, but not since) and sent home to rest.
I have done A LOT of resting! I've been in bed for 75% of the time over the last 3 days, and when I've been 'up' I've pretty much sat at the computer or lounged in front of the TV, so not very active at all! I've been signed off work for 2 weeks too.
So that's where I'm at at the moment. Definitely on the mend with the OHSS and hoping and praying that my little one puts on some growth ready for my scheduled early scan (due to IVF) in 11 days time. I'd be glad to hear of any experiences of people measuring small at early scans, although I realise for many people it's because they can't be certain of ov dates, whereas with IVF, those dates are very clear! I've read it's reasonably common, though they tend to state a margin of 5 days either way and I'm slightly bothered by the fact that mine was 6 days. They didn't mention a heartbeat either, but at 6+1 I realise it can still be early days, so fingers crossed all is well!
Congratulations to those of you who have had BFPs in the last few days or who have had successful scans.