I like writing in my blog. Sometimes I write in it as if it's my own personal journal, sometimes I write to the hundreds that view my posts, and sometimes I write to my family or my infertility friends specifically. Today, it's personal, and today I'm writing for myself.
This weekend was something else... That pain that started on Friday - that Dr. Jarret was unable to relieve - is still there. I can feel the fluid pockets in my abdomen pushing against everything, and severely stretching out my abs. There have been times this weekend where I felt serious suffering. I've spoken to Dr. Jarret twice, today as he was driving his daughter to camp on the south side of Bloomington and I was crying while telling him my symptoms over the phone. He knows what is going on and was so sympathetic but reluctant to send me to the emergency room. He wants to do the paracentesis (a procedure to remove fluid from the abdomen) so I am going in tomorrow morning at 7:30am. As of this morning, I only have 1 pain pill left. I've gone the entire day without taking it in hopes of it helping me sleep tonight with some bit of comfort or being able to push through without it.
I've been told that this does not affect my uterus and the embryos. But what this seems to be is a case of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome. I've been doing a little research on this and read that a way to avoid OHSS is to use a lupron trigger versus an HCG trigger - which is exactly what Dr. Jarrett did. However, after the transfer on Thursday, and nearly 2 days after my lupron trigger, I was instructed to take a half dose of HCG to aid with implantation. I'm obviously no doctor, but I think that bit of HCG sent my ovaries into overdrive and now I'm dealing with this condition -- which I wouldn't call serious (because serious means I'd need to be hospitalized), but I would say I am in the moderate-serious range.
Anyways, I truly truly hope he is able to perform the procedure tomorrow and give me some relief. I feel like I've been pushing my stomach out as hard and as far as possible for 3 days in a row. It's really painful.
This weekend was something else... That pain that started on Friday - that Dr. Jarret was unable to relieve - is still there. I can feel the fluid pockets in my abdomen pushing against everything, and severely stretching out my abs. There have been times this weekend where I felt serious suffering. I've spoken to Dr. Jarret twice, today as he was driving his daughter to camp on the south side of Bloomington and I was crying while telling him my symptoms over the phone. He knows what is going on and was so sympathetic but reluctant to send me to the emergency room. He wants to do the paracentesis (a procedure to remove fluid from the abdomen) so I am going in tomorrow morning at 7:30am. As of this morning, I only have 1 pain pill left. I've gone the entire day without taking it in hopes of it helping me sleep tonight with some bit of comfort or being able to push through without it.
I've been told that this does not affect my uterus and the embryos. But what this seems to be is a case of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome. I've been doing a little research on this and read that a way to avoid OHSS is to use a lupron trigger versus an HCG trigger - which is exactly what Dr. Jarrett did. However, after the transfer on Thursday, and nearly 2 days after my lupron trigger, I was instructed to take a half dose of HCG to aid with implantation. I'm obviously no doctor, but I think that bit of HCG sent my ovaries into overdrive and now I'm dealing with this condition -- which I wouldn't call serious (because serious means I'd need to be hospitalized), but I would say I am in the moderate-serious range.
Anyways, I truly truly hope he is able to perform the procedure tomorrow and give me some relief. I feel like I've been pushing my stomach out as hard and as far as possible for 3 days in a row. It's really painful.
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