Into the Woods

I had a feeling that with estrogen levels over 8000, it was only a matter of time before I'd succumb to OHSS. And I was right. Saturday evening I began vomiting. By Sunday morning the vomiting had not subsided and I felt like death. I couldn't even walk without hubby's help :( Thankfully my clinic asked us to come in and gave me a saline IV. I was given 2 liters of fluids, plus anti-nausea and pain meds. I still felt really bad all day and had horrible abdominal pain that night. But since waking up this morning I feel much better.

Today's ultrasound did show some free fluid in my abdomen, but not enough to warrant draining, more IV's or hospitalization. My electrolytes aren't too crazy either. WHEW! It seems my case of OHSS is a moderate one and as long as I keep up with my fluid intake, I should be ok...eventually. It can take up to 3 weeks for it to completely resolve :\

The good news is that the embryos are doing well! 19 of them split and are in the 7-9 cell range as of today :) Yay!! I'm so proud of our little sea monkeys! My doctor thinks that 8 of them will probably make it to freeze, but that's still a great number to work with :) I'm going to keep hoping that we get even more than that.