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Any experience with OHSS?

Cypress82Cypress82 member
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Hello ladies,

I am looking for some advice from those who have dealt with OHSS. I am in the midst of my first IVF cycle and ET is tomorrow. They got 27 eggs on Tuesday, so I have been at risk of OHSS from the start. I think I may have some very mild signs of it...I was nauseated/vomiting for the first couple of days, and have been very tender in my abdomen. The nausea/vomiting has subsided, and the tenderness seems to get a little better each day. I have had no weight gain, fever, etc.

For those that had mild-mod OHSS and went ahead with ET, how did you do? If you could do it all over again, would you have waited a month?

Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!

**TTC #1 Sep 2009-Feb 2013**   Me: 33 DH: 32 (healthy, SA = normal)

DX (May 2010) = Lap #1 showed Stage I-II endometriosis. HSG normal. Tx with 6 mo Lupron (which did nothing...) Lap #2 June 2011 to remove endo, uterine fibroid, and polyp

IUI #1-#3 (July-Sep 2011): All Clomid 50 mg + unmonitored IUI = All BFN

October 2011 - April 2012: Outta $$$ (no insurance coverage) = back to tryin' on our own

May 2012 - August 2012: Mental break from trying

October 2012: New OB. Bloodwork normal aside from slightly low progesterone

November 2012: IUI #4: Letrozole 2.5 mg + Novarel trigger + monitored IUI + progesterone = BFN

IVF #1: Long Lupron Protocol,Menopur,Follistim, ER = 2/12/13 27R/26M/23F

2/17/13 Transferred 1 perfect Grade 1 blast. 17 frostbabies.

HPT 7dp5dt: BFP!!! Beta #1 9dp5dt: 108 Beta #2 11dp5dt: 368

U/S #1 3/21: Heartbeat and one perfect bean!!  DS born 11/6/13 via c-section


TTC #2 March - August 2015 = all BFNs

Prep for FET #1: Aug 2015: found "mass" in uterus on saline sonogram; scheduled a hysteroscopy to remove. 

Sept 2015: Hysteroscopy: mass turned out to be scar tissue(?), all removed. Recheck saline sonogram 2 weeks later showed "stuff" still in uterus (more scar tissue? remnants from surgery? Will see if clears with a period). Recheck saline sonogram 1 week later: all clear! Start Lupron and Estrace. Follow up u/s 2 weeks later: uterine lining only 5mm, add in patches. Follow up u/s 1 week later: uterine lining = 4.3mm (argh!), stop estrace and patches and start estradiol injections twice/week. Follow up u/s 2 weeks later: uterine lining = 5mm :/ Instructed to keep on estradiol injections and recheck in 5 days = lining still at 5mm. Need to make a decision - go for it? Or toss in the towel w/ this cycle and start all over again next year with a new protocol. Decided to go for it as we had 17 frosties; what have we got to lose?? 

12/2/15 = transferred 1 perfect Grade B blast

12/9/15 = HPT - BFP!!!!

Beta #1 12/11/15: 236    Beta #2  12/14/15: 503   Please stick little one!!!!

U/S scheduled for week of 1/4/16

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Re: Any experience with OHSS?

  • Dragonfly1226Dragonfly1226 member
    Keep weighing yourself every day. If you do develop OHSS it is fairly obvious. I was gaining a pound or two a day, and I looked like I was four months pregnant because my stomach was so bloated. I had OHSS with my first IVF cycle. The cycle was a BFP but I had a m/c at 9 weeks. It had nothing to do with the OHSS. My nurse said that the only thing that kept me out of the hospital was the large amounts of Gatorade I drank every day. I was finishing three to four 24 oz bottles of Gatorade a day. Good luck!!!
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  • pb_bridepb_bride member
    I did get mild-mod OHSS, but it was late-onset, so it didn't start until end of my 2ww.  So i guess i can't answer your question about waiting or not.  But if you think you may in the early stages of it, definitely drink gatorade or powerade or coconut water.  I prefer coconut water cuz i hate the artificial flavorings; but I did drink some zero cal powerade.  I also ate a HIGH protein diet and avoided salt.
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