5nights in hospital :-(

hayley · Post by **hayley** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:42 am

hi folks well what a week. last Monday (29th) i was feeling really yucky- a week from ec so i went to my gp who sent me to the royal hospital as an emergency with ohss! i could hardly breathe and was about a stone heavier than normal, so anyway they kept me in until friday and now i feel great. i have an appointment this friday to see when i can proceed with fet , but im sure it will prob be a few months yet until my body settles down. feel as if i've been away ages and have so much to catch up on!! Nikola how are you keeping?? do you have a scan on friday? thanks for reading & i'll catch up with you all soon love hayley

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:53 am

hi hayley I wondered where the hell you've been hiding! You poor thing. Are you ok? What a traumatic last few weeks you've had to cope with, poor you! Just you take it easy! Its funny cos I was going to email you to ask your 'professional advice' on booking my honeymoon! I realised that I hadn't heard from you for ages.....now I know why!! I am struggling to keep a glass of water down at the moment, let alone anything else. I feel really sick - which is ironic because I've spent the last five years hoping to get morning sickness! How foolish to wish for this! whoever called it morning sickness (must have been a man!!) was lying...it might start in the morning when you wake up but sadly it doesn't stop at lunchtime!! I've got my first scan on Friday and I guess then I'll finally start to believe there is something in there!! I bloody hope there is, otherwise I've put on a stone, gone up a dress size and two bra sizes for nothing!!! I'll let you know how things go. In the meantime lovely, you look after yourself and take things easy. Maybe a rest until after Christmas (at least!) is a good idea. Let your body recover from the shock its had to go through. When my first tmt didn't work, I had four months off to rest and then look what happened. Lets hope you have the same!!!! lots of love nikola.xxxx

SJ BROWN · Post by **SJ BROWN** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 11:09 am

Hi Hayley Hope you are feeling better, I too had OHSS but did not have embryos put back so luckily I avoided hospital,(just)Im convinced if I had had them put back in I would have been a lot worse... Like Nikola says, have a really good rest & recharge your batteries. Good luck with FET, keep us posted what your clinic says, I have an appt thurs to discuss when I can do another FET(tested neg fri 26/09)..........Am going to ask my clinic about natural FET to give my body a break from drugs, not sure if they will agree or if the success rate is any different... Take care Sarah xx

fiona_lk · Post by **fiona_lk** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:31 pm

Oh Hayley, You don't expect that a week later do you? Poor you - glad to hear you are sounding much better now tho' Good luck on Friday for your appointment (and Nikola for your scan, if you read this) Take Care Lots of love Fiona xxx

BelB · Post by **BelB** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:27 am

Hi there Hayley, OHSS is a bloody awful thing, the huge stomach (quite cruel when you think how much you'd love this little baby to come along, and you're walking around with a belly of a 7 month pregnant woman), the pain and dehydration are all revolting. I had OHSS plus some other little goodies thrown in after my first Egg pick up, my doctor didn't recommend putting embies back in, she said when you're that sick, you're too sick for a pregnancy, so I don't think it was a bad thing to wait. We did the natural cycle FET, I normally ovulate on day 21, but this time it wasn't until day 43, so things took a while to kick in. I monitored my mucous and temperatures, mainly because I felt so disempowered by the whole thing, it gave me a sense of contributing somewhat to this whole rollercoaster adventure. I do think that the eight week wait between paick up and FET was a great thing, I got really impatient along the way, and quite frustrated that my ovulation didn't just happen as planned at day 21, but when I compare how sick I was in hospital, with how well I am now, I know I've given my embies the best possible chance of surviving. All the best Hayley Belinda

hayley · Post by **hayley** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:08 pm

hi folks thank you all for your replies. im having a really relaxing week off work but i feel a wee bit bored now and ready to start back asap! Nikola- sorry to hear your feeling yucky (at the same time i would swop places with you tomorrow!!!) and best of luck for you scan on friday- bet ye its twins

if you are still in the mood for a honey moon pls let me know and i'll email you my new address! Sarah- oh pet so sorry about your -ve test.... maybe me & you can be FET cycle buddies. look forward to hearing what they say about using a natural cycle next time! Fiona- HOW ARE YOU KEEPING GIRL????? your really brill at worring about everyone else !! hope you are enjoying a H&H pregnancy- please let me know. Belinda- as someone who knows all about it i can totally sympathise with ohss- big tummy , feeling like crap etc !! how many eggs did you have ? how many frosties have you got????? best of luck with your fet and keep me posted. well friday will tell a tale for me as i have another scan to see if everything has calmed down and decided when to proceed with fet. i really dont know if we should try before xmas or not- at the same time cant wait to get them babies inside me!!!! sorry for long post- im away to watch grand designs! talk to you all soon luv hayley xo

JackieT · Post by **JackieT** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:15 pm

hi hayley sorry to hear about your hospital stay, but by the sounds of it, you were certianly in the right place. you will probably need a few months just to let your system and your mind settle back down again. good - luck for your next try, and lots of ++++vibes for this love jackie xxx

Di · Post by Di » Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:47 am

Hi Hayley, You've certainly been through the mill - but good to hear you're on the mend. Good luck with your app't toimorrow. Di

BelB · Post by **BelB** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 8:04 am

Hayley, Wondering how your appointment went (I think it was yesterday, but I do get confused re. the whole time difference thing between Australia and the UK). I didn't have a huge number of eggs, eight, and six fertilised, we just had FET with two and are on the lovely 2ww. My doctor can't explain why I hyerpstimmed on eight eggs, but then we think I had more there, but because I had an internal bleed during ec, they had to stop the procedure, so we'll never know. Hope all is well with you Hayley Belinda

beckym · Post by **beckym** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:18 pm

hayley so sorry to hear you had ohss. I had it back in march - it came on 2 days after ec and my last clinic went ahead with et - not a good move, as it got much worse and I ended up in hospital for a week - had stomach drained, the works. Then my consultnant at the hospital where I was admitted was convinced I was pregnant as she had just come back from having twins after IVF where she too had got ohss but sadly was not to be. I'm sure the strain of it is just too much for most embies plus I was in such pain couldn't even put the cyclogest suppositories in which can't have helped. Can totally understand how frustrated you feel by the wait but at least you have frosties to put back - I had 27 eggs but no frosties. In my case I think it was a case of quantity not quality. I advise waiting till the body recovers a bit. I waited 7 months as after the experience wasn't sure wanted to risk it again but here I am!! best of luck to you for the next FET. beckym xxx

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