@FlapJackered my oestradiol was 9100 on day 10 of stims and they keep an eye on anyone with an oestradiol of >6000 for a higher risk of OHSS, so I knew I was in that category going in 😏 The lady in the bed on my right (not the couple screaming at each other or the one wailing from the pain!) had 22 eggs collected and they told her she'd almost certainly be having a freeze all due to the risk of OHSS. She was quite upset 😔
For acupuncture @Lily999 I'd advise either trousers or a dress that you can easily hoik up to under your boobs!📍 At mine they need access to bare feet, legs, hands and abdomen (but they give you a towel to cover your pelvis area, so you don't have to crack out your best knickers for fear of judgement 👙😉). And my AF was lighter than normal before my first scan but lining was still plenty thin enough, so try not to worry.x
Massive congratulations on being PUPO @41trying! 😍
Please try not to be downhearted @BaileyBadger4 ❤️ Like you say, there's time for them to have a growth spurt and loads of us have had that happen.x
Congratulations on your haul of eggs @Nmvasey @UnicornPuff ! 🤩 I would have absolutely done the same with going for straight ICSI @Nmvasey** in that set of circumstances and, to be fair to the embryologist, they agreed with my logic when we had a big chat about just before going into EC. They said that their preference is always going to be IVF (survival of the fittest and all that), but she could understand where I was coming from with being primary unexplained and this being our only fresh cycle. Plus we've had the same rate of fertilisation from ICSI as IVF so far, so fingers crossed that you get the same from your ICSI 🤞🏻🍀
My DP's samples were variable too @Chooklass so were warned that it might have to be ICSI rather than a split cycle (his first 2 SA's were normal, but that last one had 💩 forward motility and dodgy morphology 😕). His one yesterday was spot on though, so we had a high-five about that one just before I was wheeled in for EC! ✋😂
Acupuncture done at my end and my acupuncturist thinks I'm nuts for even thinking of going into work tomorrow 🙄 I feel a lot better now, but I'm certainly not feeling 100% and I have an hour and a half commute each way if I do go to work tomorrow 😣 Am I being a total wuss if I ring in sick?! I feel guilty, but then I'm also yo-yoing between feeling alright and being in considerable pain! I've spoken to the clinic again (they told me to ring back with how I was doing) and they said they're optimistic that it's not OHSS if I'm not feeling terrible all the time 👍 They also said to drink as much water/hot drinks as possible as it helps the fluid in my abdomen they saw on the scan reabsorb into my body and be cleared by the kidneys (so that's my advice to you for today @Nmvasey @UnicornPuff ! 💦). I think where I may have gone wrong yesterday was drinking diet coke in the evening 😬 Fizzy drink + (inflamed stomach from sedation x EC) = really, really bad idea! 🤦♀️