Late onset OHSS going away - worried

[Allika]

Hi Ladies,

I am today 4w pregnant and I had late onset OHSS for the last couple of days (since 10 DPO). Today I feel much better and that worries me a lot. Does the fact that the OHSS got better mean that my hormone levels are dropping?

 

[ariel01]

Hi Allika,

Congrats on your BFP! I just did my first IVF and got a positive at 11dpo (6dp5dt). I saw the doc today about OHSS, seems to be a mild case. Did your OHSS go away? Any other tips or insights??

 

[Allika]

The symptoms went away after a couple of days however I ended up having an ovarian torsion when I was 8 weeks and a couple of days pregnant. Basically my ovary was still enlarged and flipped twice. It was terrible pain and I needed to go in for an emergency surgery. Baby was and is doing fine despite it all so that was good but looking back I should have continued to take it easy and drink a lot even when my OHSS symptoms went away. Maybe the ovary would have still twisted but who knows?!

So make sure to take it easy. Lots of Gatorade helps!

 

[tcreasey88]

Ariel, sorry to hijack but I just wondered did you use your dh fresh sperm or frozen? My dh has 100% immotile frozen sperm ATM, so I'm praying there are some twitchers inthe fresh one he gives on ec day. You had a really good number fertilise! Xx

 

[ariel01]

Allika - so sorry to hear about the torsion! My clinic has mentioned that it can happen and that it's very painful! I hope you and baby are doing ok and continue to do well! I'm drinking Gatorade like it will stop being made, as well as protein shakes and soups as recommended. I hope it gets better soon.

Tcreasey - hiya! We used fresh sperm although we had backup frozen sperm just in case. His counts on everything have been all over the board so we weren't sure. We did ICSI - are you?

 

[highhopes2013]

I'm at high risk of ohss. How did you know you had ohss? What were your symptoms?

 

[ariel01]

My clinic mentioned OHSS while I was stimming and had high estradoil levels. After the trigger and collection I was bloated but really had no symptoms. It wasn't until I got a positive hpt that the symptoms really kicked in - so for me it was late onset OHSS. Bloating - like gaining 3 pounds in one day, pain in the ovaries. The bloating moves from your ovaries to your abdomen and chest making it difficult to breathe. For the last three days all I can do is lay down, it hurts to stand up and I can't stand up straight. My clinic has drained me once (got 1.5 liters out) and I'm going in again today to see if they will drain me. You will for sure know if you get OHSS - and I really hope nobody else gets this!