Help is this ohss? (confirmed: yes, it is)

[dreamofabean]

Drinking plenty of fluids is vital!! I was a high risk of ohss, they even put me on meds for it at my second scan they were that worried! I had 30 follies and 15 eggs collected and initially we thought we may have to do a fet as my estradiol levels were so high: almost 10000!
I have drank stupid amounts and not developed ohss had our transfer which is fab! Si drink, drink, drink!!

 

[Bepaisley]

Omg wow, I think that's what I'm most afraid of. I'm starting the birth control pills tonight and I'm just gonna get a water bottle and start on this ASAP! Thanks for sharing ur experiences!

 

[dreamofabean]

Dont be scared, I terrified myself for nothing! Just drink lots

 

[Kirei]

I feel really down now, think the hormones are kicking in. Spoke to my clinic who said I have to come in for another scan this week.
I hope I've improved and don't have to be admitted to hospital again. I'd be so stressed and angry at that because the hospital is hours from where I and my family live, I want to be in a hospital closer to me if something goes wrong. Can I refuse to be admitted and say I'll go to A&E if I get any of the symptoms I know to look out for (what they told me when I was discharged yesterday)? At least then I'd be in a local hospital and if I got sick again my husband would be there in 10 mins rather than 3 hours
Obviously if I was at risk or my baby was at risk I would go in for treatment but not monitoring just for the hell of it as I think the stress of hospital would be really bad for me at the moment.
I'm sure my local hospital has a great gynae department who could handle OHSS.
I'd be interested in what people think and sorry for my rant - I feel better writing it down!!! x

 

[dreamofabean]

Oh honey how stressful for you! Not a nice situation at all. I should think you could he transferred to a hospital closer to home if you need to be admitted?? X

 

[Kirei]

Thanks Dream, I've calmed down a bit now, yes I bet they would especially if I explained why and that I wasn't just trying to be awkward. I think stress is worse for baby than OHSS so I hope they would bear that in mind. DH said they probably didn't mean they were planning to admit me - I just dread it because it's so far away!

 

[Bepaisley]

I would call them back and clarify just to calm your nerves. R u feeling any better?

 

[Kirei]

Thanks I feel much calmer now - I have the GP tomorrow so I think I'll ask her. I don't want to ring the clinic, as I waited in their queue for 90 minutes this morning!!! Not fun especially as I was on a landline, I had to leave it and go to the loo once and luckily hadn't lost my place in the queue!!! But I will ring them if the GP doesn't know, thanks!! xx

 

[Kirei]

An update - had my scan today the fluid is much reduced, as is the pain, I can stand and move around without pain now - finally!
He looked and looked for ages because I asked him to try and see the baby and finally they saw the sac - he said it is in the womb so it's not ectopic, that was all he could tell me as it's still too early. Have another scan a week Monday and he said they should see the heartbeat then. I am only 5w 2d today.

 

[Bepaisley]

That's great, I hope you can be more excited about ur BFP now without worrying about the ohss!! Very happy for u, congrats!!

 

[labmommy]

Congratulations! I am happy to hear your OHSS went down...that is what I am most worried about!

 

[Kirei]

Thank you, yes I feel almost back to normal now, I even took a short cycle ride yesterday to make sure I could manage it before going back to work next week. I think if I was to do it again I'd drink much more water all the way from egg collection, as looking back I don't think I drank enough and that's what got it getting better in the end, because it gets your body processing faster.