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Well, I wasn't crazy....
After the NT scan today, I'm being referred to an OBGYN Oncologist Surgeon. My cysts are huge, my ovaries measure 15cm and 20cm each (verses 11cm and 12cm last pregnancy), with cysts nearly as big as the babies. Hence why I am "showing" far more than I should be, at this point.
They mentioned both OHSS and ovarian cancer. They advised that the probability that I'll have to have surgery in the next month to reduce the cysts is very high.
On the bright side, babies are healthy, and we're at the very bottom of the risk pool for trisomies.
*Spontaneous* OHSS diagnosed 08.06.2012
Right ovary removed 09.04.2012 via vertical laparotomy
Essure implant placed on remaining tube 06.13.2013; successful followup scan 09.30.2013
Right ovary removed 09.04.2012 via vertical laparotomy
Essure implant placed on remaining tube 06.13.2013; successful followup scan 09.30.2013
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Re: Well, I wasn't crazy....
Well, the scary part is that I had this exact same problem with DD # 2 in 2006 (only my ovaries then were only 11cm and 12cm), which points toward OHSS since they would expect more cyst growth with more HCG, which I'd have with the twins.... the problem is that I've NEVER had any fertility treatments... no Clomid.. no FSH of any kind.. I felt like I was being accused of lying with my last pregnancy, because all of the nurses and techs and doctors at the ER when one of my cysts burst kept asking over and over if I had done fertility treatments, and kept saying they never see this in any non-fertility treatment case. This time, the entire medical staff has full access to all of my medical records and knows I haven't done any of those treatments, and my Peri is just baffled because, apparently, this is so rare to see without treatments that it's almost unheard of.
So, here's hoping for being that one in a million women who happens to have some other cause for OHSS, and not one of the 22K women who gets ovarian cancer each year...
Right ovary removed 09.04.2012 via vertical laparotomy
Essure implant placed on remaining tube 06.13.2013; successful followup scan 09.30.2013
Glad the babies checked out well!
My thoughts will be with you, hopefully it's easily treatable and nothing major.
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About me 2007: Started TTC. 2008: OB prescribed clomid, went to RE and was Dx with PCOS. 2009: IUI #1 w/follitsim and trigger = BFP. B/G Twins born at 33 weeks. 2012: TTC #3, Round 2 of Letrozole w/TI = BFP, missed m/c at 8 1/2 wks. Currently on the bench as we make plans for a new home. Anxious to start TTC #3 within the next year!
I'm so sorry you are going through this. I didn't have cysts, but did develop mild OHSS during IVF. I am 18 weeks and my ovaries are still more than twice their normal size. My B said they may not go back down until after I deliver. It does make for some additional discomfort.
I hope you get a quick resolve and it's nothing serious.
I had very large cysts on both ovaries in 2009. One was tennis ball sized. I was scheduled for surgery, and when my doc got in there he found that both had ruptured prior to the surgery, and I was a mess thanks to the cysts, stage IV endo and large uterine fibroids. They cleared everything out and I underwent IVF immediately to try to salvage what was left of my ovaries, and we were lucky that it worked.
My OB bandied about the term "ovarian cancer" prior to my surgery, but my RE assured me that ovarian cysts don't always mean cancer, although it's likely that your C-125 levels may be high (which can be a cancer marker).
Anyway, just wanted to offer words of encouragement that large ovarian cysts aren't always cancer, and I wish you the best of luck for a continued healthy pregnancy.