Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
So apparently all this swelling is not normal. I got diagnosed today with moderate Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome. This is a potential complication of doing fertility treatment, and occurs in approximately 1% of patients! (I am so special). Basically my symptoms are: Abdominal bloating and bloating all the way up to my lungs, increased abdominal girth (39inches!!), Mild Shortness of Breath, and some fatigue. It hurts to lie flat so I am actually sleeping with 2 pillows under my head and 1 under my knees. Yesterday when I was taking a shower I had to stop and sit in the shower because I thought I would pass out from the humidity in there, so figured it was time to let my clinic know how I was feeling.
The plan is daily weights, abdominal girths and hydration. I need to drink plenty of Gatorade to keep my hydration up. Basically fluid is leaking from my ovaries and the follicles into my abdominal cavity and as long as my ovaries keep producing progesterone they will keep secreting this fluid. Now the silver lining here is that the clinic says I am probably pregnant, as if I wasn't my symptoms would have gone away after 3-4 days post egg transfer (I am 8 days post transfer). However since your ovaries keep producing progesterone the entire first trimester this is something I will be dealing with for weeks and could get worse. In extreme situations you get so dehydrated that your kidneys stop working right and you need IV Fluids or even an abdominal tap (long needle into your belly to suck out fluids as if I was a liver patient with ascites or something.)
So that's the excitement here, I am clinging to that silver lining so I am not going through all this for nothing!
EDIT:
You see a 2nd line right? Faint but being only 8 days post transfer....
5 comments:
Um, that's a line.
A line is a line.
Just sayin...
-Amanda
I guess I will "hold my breath" till it is offical. Love, Dad
AWESOME! You are totally pregnant. Celebrate with gallons of water. I have a friend who had this problem. She said she looked 6 months pregnant through the whole first trimester! Crazy. At least you can get some good use of the maternity clothes. I say Shopping Spree!!
There's totally a line there!
|Thank you for sharing your experience. I am 11 days post embro transfer. I look 6 to 7 months pregnant. Thanks to my ovarian hyperstimulation. Dehydrated on hospital visited today, so they are talking about bring me in. But they did an early 'p' test faint but looking +. Its good to hear other peoples experiances.
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