I've never had ohss that I know of. You need to be drinking gatorade or smart water, something with electrolytes and lots of it. That is supper high e2. Mine has never been over 6-7000.

Yes, except they didn't tell me I had overstimmed till they had my eggs. Ask for a doctors note for 3 days off work if you can afford the sick time. I remember a lot of cramping. Sorry that you're going through this and I hope it's as easy as possible.

The good news by the end of day 6, we had 9 fertilized eggs. They weren't pretty embryos, the lab thought they were stressed out on day 3 and froze the 5 best. Another 4 looked good on day 5, and those were frozen too. About 2 months later we implanted two and are currently 17 weeks away from a singleton live birth :-)

FET was really straightforward, the monitoring was minimal. I had some issues with spotting weeks 6-8 and 16-18, but it sounds like a lot of IVF pregnancies have spotting. Good Luck!

Thanks orange juice, when they told me yesterday i felt like all this had been a waste of time, but with a big sleep and a bit of perspective I dont feel soo bad, just less hopefull I guess.
Thanks for an encouraging story though!

That totally stinks. I have not had a cycle canceled, but I did overstimulate with an IUI once. If you get pregnant with OHSS you can end up in critical condition, in the hospital for weeks. It is not a good thing, so better freezing the embryos and being safe.

I agree with Pincushion, drink lots and lots of liquids with electrolytes. For me, a few days after I ovulated I was very uncomfortable from my ovaries being so big- it was hard to pee (tmi?). That feeling lasted about 2-3 weeks. At first, I didn't know it was OHSS. The big thing is to not do any really active (running, crosstraining, yoga, even cleaning!) until your ovaries are normal sized. I still got my period, early actually, and then my RE confirmed with a u/s that my ovaries were huge. I think my next cycle took longer to happen. I'm not sure if that was from the OHSS or the six cysts from all the eggs I released.

They might be able to drain your ovaries of the fluids they fill up with after they take out the eggs, so hopefully you don't overstimulate?? And you might not have to wait "months", but maybe one extra month? Sorry, it totally stinks, but it totally worked out for orangejuice, and fingers crossed for you. Good luck tomorrow.

Take care of yourself! Drink lots of fluids with electrolytes like the girls have said.

I know you are upset you wont do a fresh transfer but you really need to take care of yourself right now! Plus there are not and more clinics requiring a FET and no fresh transfers with IVF because they have higher success rates. Its because the body is under less stress with a FET. So keep your chin up.

Nedico,

I'm sorry you have to test the limits of your patience once again with IF. But I think in the end, it's probably for the best that you wait. I had OHSS after my last ER and we went ahead with the FET. I don't think my uterus was ready.

I was SO UNCOMFORTABLE for about a week (ab area took much longer to get more back to normal). My doc recommended 100 oz of drinks with electrolytes daily. A nurse suggested chicken soup or higher-sodium foods (sounds counter-intuitive, I know) the first few days as it helps draw the fluid into other parts of the body. Rest, keep your legs elevated, and good luck. I think you'll be happy that your embryos are going to be transferred when your uterus is good and ready for them. :)

This stinks. Even days feel like eternities during this process.

I have heard that women tend to have more success with FETs because their hormones are more normalized rather than when they have been stimming. Hopefully the wait will be totally worth it, and I hope you recover quickly. I hear OHSS is a bitch :(

Thanks guys, it felt horrible the first day but now the eggs are out I can just rest up and wait till my body has recovered a bit. I think it needs to aswell because I didnt realise how uncomfortable and bloated I have become!

I just wanted to say good luck! I developed OHSS actually during the retreival (threw up while I was put out - lovely) and swelled really big (looked like I was 6-7 mos pregnant). Due to OHSS, I was a freeze all cycle. I was initially really upset about it, but knew that it was the right thing to do b/c I wanted my environment to be in the best shape for the embryos. I'm still working on FET #2, so I hope it eventrually works.

Hope you feel better so you can get your transfer!!