I had the same experience. The pain got worse as the day went on, especially up my whole right side and ribs. They gave me so much pain meds but all it did was make me sick. I could barely move for two days, but then it did get better.
I am sorry you are feeling so bad, but am praying they got lots of good follicles!
I will probably be doing an epidoral when I do ER next week to help avoid what you are going through.

On the bright side, they did get 21 eggs.
But you feeling like this for 2 days does not make me feel better :)

21 eggs!! that's so great! I hope you start feeling better soon.

21 eggs is wonderful. I did not have as much pain as you but they extracted 32 eggs from me and my lower abdomen hurt a lot. Mt RE's office told me I could use a heating pad. I f you don not have one have your dh put a wet towel in your microwave and heat it up, thenwrap it another dry towel and place ie where the pain is. It does help. Hope you feel better!!!:o)

I had my ER yesterday about 2pm and felt fine 'till 4am this morning and then I felt like I was hit by a bus. I know exactly how you feel. I figured out that the codiene in the Tylenol 3 was what was making me feel poorly. I took one at bedtime then again at 4am, but in the morning when I woke up around 8 I still felt just as badly as I did at 4am, so I quit taking the pain meds and now I feel so much better. I still feel bloated and crampy (and full in the middle) but much improved.

Maybe you're having a bad reaction to the Tylenol 3?

I would give my left leg for 21 eggs...that is amazing!!!!!!!! I hope you feel better, Maybe call the doctor and ask for something stronger? You'll only need like 5 pills or so before the transfer...good luck to you and stay healthy. I'll say a prayer for you.

Yes, I had the same thing. The pain got so bad I started throwing up in the evening and by the morning my DH took me to the clinic. They put me on IV - gave me gravol and pain killer in the IV. That allowed me to return home that night. With so many eggs, you are at risk for OHSS. Has your doctor talked to you about this or have your E2 levels been checked in the last day or two? Keep an eye on yourself and if it gets worse, go to the hospital. It will probably settle down, but if it is severe, don't suffer.

The same thing happend to me (they retrived 32 eggs from me)and I end up hyperstimulating, or OHSS. If you have OHSS it causes fluid to leak around your chest making it difficult to breathe. I would definately ask your RE if you could be having OHSS.

hello Ladies- I just got back from the emergency room. The pain was unbearable and I was really scared that something was wrong with me.
Everything checked out ok, just pain from the egg retrieval and probably since they got 21 eggs, I was more sore than most women. At least that is what my RE says, not sure how many eggs people usually get.
Then, I drove 2 hours home from the doctor, I felt every single bump in the road.
The emergency room talked to my doctor and gave me a dose of IV pain med then sent me home with vicodin. My husband is on the way to get it filled for me. I hope this helps ease the pain. The Tylenol 3 only helped for about 2 hours at a time and I could only take it every 4-6 hours.
Thanks to all of you for your help and support!

Yeah that sounds exactly like me. I had these sharp shooting pains in my chest and I couldn't get up off the bed from the pressure around my lungs. The doctor wasn't worried at all and said it was just blood in my stomach. We ended up having to get the ambulance to help me get off the bed and take me to hospital (I was screamimg with pain everytime I moved) where I had morphene for 2 nights. I decided to only get one embryo transferred because of this.

The pain eased after about 4 or 5 days but then I got this really sharp pain in my ribs when I breathed in so I had to sleep sitting up for a week, and it was back to the emergency room, but they did a scan and said it was just fluid in my lungs. That pain lasted a few weeks and slowing faded away over time.

So I know exactly how you feel. All I can advise is to keep up the painkillers, eat well and try to walk around just a little bit if you can. Just keep thinking it will only last a little while and you will be back to normal before you know it. I was. Try and transfer an embryo or 2 if you can as you don't want to regret it when you are starting to feel better.

Take care and look after yourself

Wow, you guys have really had a rough time! Now I feel so happy with how mine went. :-) But having 21 eggs will feel worth it in the end!