Update: finally home from ER

dragontears507

I developed pretty severe ovarian hyperstimulation just after our IUI, but it's seemed to get a bit better over the last 2 or so weeks. At our ultrasound last week, the tech stated that she had never seen ovaries so huge. They're actually touching and pushing down on my uterus. Everyone seems shocked by this but glazes over it and says it should get better as the pregnancy progresses. 

This morning, right after getting up, I started to have really bad pain on my right side. It felt like an ovarian cyst rupture. Makes sense since I have about a billion cysts. While painful, I wasn't too worried and parked it on the couch. That is until now. I got up for the first time since this morning and the pain is back in full swing. If it were a cyst, it should have ruptured and been over with. Now, I'm terrified that my ovary might have twisted. I'm honestly debating having DH come home from work and bring me to the ER. 

miabambina

I don't have any advice, but it's definitely time to call your doctor.  Sending you T & Ps.  Keep us posted. 

motherboy

Call your doctor or your husband if your Dr won't get back to you soon enough. That sounds scary. Hope everything turns out fine.

AlfiesMOM

I don't have any advice, but I agree you should call your doctor. If you are in that much pain they need to see you or send you to the ER. FX everything is okay! Update us when you can.

WillCMyInk

Oh no! I hope it's nothing too serious! Please keep us updated!

Pips09

That sounds really scary. Call your doctor ASAP.

TXUltraRunner

You need to call your RE immediatly. I would avoid the ER if at all possible if I could see my RE first. At the ER they will run a lot of tests on you that won't be necessary. In spite of telling them that you've had fertility treatments and you have enlarged ovaries, they are going to spend a lot of time looking around trying to find out why your ovaries are so large instead of getting to the root of the pain. I wish you the best of luck and I'm so sorry that you're having this issue. I to have overstimulated ovaries and they are NOT fun (had fluid drained off of me after transfer and my ovaries are still softball size). 

alibc123

I hope it's nothing too serious! Please update us ASAP. Sending good thoughts your way!

dragontears507

Pain got much much worse and ended up having DH bring me to the ER. He said I was in and out of consciousness for over an hour. Sweating, chills, vomiting, severe pain, etc. Not fun...

Good news is, it's not torsion. The blood flow to both ovaries was good. Bad news is multiple ovarian cysts are rupturing/have ruptured. On strict bedrest now until I can meet with the specialist. Pain has gone down significantly but is still there quite a bit. They did give me some Zofran though to help me at least keep fluids down and told me to rest easy. 

Thank God for DH. He kept relatively calm and even held my barf bag. Now that's love. 

Thanks for all the thoughts and well wishes. Hoping we're on the upswing now, but nobody seems to know since my HCG levels are through the roof and aggravating my gigantic ovaries. At least both babies are hanging in there and seem unphased.

Ktbug613

Glad your babies are okay! Hope you feel better asap!

FLRainbowGirl

Praying for you.

Lanatir

Glad to hear a (mostly) positive update!  Bed rest can be obnoxious, but thankfully it seems for now nothing worse!  FX things continue to get better!

BookitBoo

Glad to hear you're doing better! FX for a speedy and complete recovery


(Edit:) Also, your DH is a trooper. Good catch

IHeartScience

Scary! Hope it's a quick recovery, and glad tohear that the little are fine

MusicFanatic

So sorry! I'm glad the pain is getting a little better, though, and the babies are ok

KJsbabe

I'm so sorry you're going though this! I'm glad the babies are ok. I hope the pain subsides and you are able to get some rest,

alibc123

That's great news that both babies are in good shape, so sorry for your pain though. Atleast you will be able to easily keep up with what's happening on here

longcat07

what an ordeal.  i'm so sorry you're dealing with this, but i'm glad the babies are ok and your DH has been such a great support for you.

tripletoe

I hope you feel better soon.

kibylou

That sounds so painful. Glad your babies are doing fine!

YaMrWhite

Glad to hear things are ok for the most part. Take care!

lawwarrior

How scary, glad the babies are doing great!  Hopefully the specialist can figure out how to help you.

NatureLovers

That sounds awful! Rest up and update us after your RE appt.

KerBear8

Glad to hear your update and that the babies are OK!

miabambina

So gald to hear the babies are ok!  I'm so sorry you're going through this, how scary.  Continued thoughts and prayers for you! Hang in there!

christyp42

glad to hear the babies are doing good..sorry you are dealing with all that pain though.. get tons of rest and hope you feel better quickly

rmpar29

I'm glad to hear that the babies are hanging in there!  I had some moderate OHSS this cycle too and drinking plenty of Powerade (or Gatorade) Zero and eating salty stuff helped.  The salt helps pull the fluid out.  I have no advice on the cysts rupturing, but I hope that the pain goes away soon.  Take care of yourself!  Many ((((((HUGS))))))

dragontears507

Thanks again everyone. I was luckily able to get a bit of sleep last night thanks to some clever pillow and ice pack placement. Relegated to the bed, but DH has set me up with everything I could ever want/need, including a lunchbox full of my favorite snacks.

peggels24

I'm so glad that the babies are doing well.  But I'm sorry that you have so much pain and the bed rest and all of the other bad stuff  BTW - your DH sounds awesome!