IVF #1 CD 15 "UGH!"

I'm not sure how much of this to put on my blog...not sure how much is TMI to put up on the internet, but want to let everyone know what is going on, plus this is part of my personal journey. So, here goes!

I woke up in the middle of the night with severe abdominal cramping. I didn't know what to do...never experienced pain like that before. I ended up in the bathroom with horrible "big D." I honestly thought I was going to die because I kept blacking out...I was on the floor, on the toilet, then back on the floor again....for hours.  I almost had my DH call an ambulance.

I managed to get a few hours' sleep before dragging myself out of bed (and running right into the wall because my equilibrium is completely off.) I was so sick while DH drove us down to the clinic...an hour away. We showed up at 6:45 and they immediately starting running tests. The two doctors then drained my abdomen, which was such a horrible experience. I was in so much pain that I kept passing out, and they finally had to stop without getting all of the fluid. However, they did manage to get a quite a bit of it out of my abdomen (about a liter,) so I suppose that is a good thing.

Turns out that I was severely dehydrated (which seems strange, but the fluid in my body is in the WRONG places!). So, I ended up having to stick around and get stabilized with 3 bags of IV fluid, along with nausea and pain meds intravenously. After a few hours, they manged to get my oxygen levels, pulse and blood pressure stable.  Hallelujah!

They ran a blood panel and some other blood testing (kidney, liver, etc.) and they came back "off," but that is to be expected with everything, so they'll continue to monitor my levels. They are going to give me a day to rest and then I'll have to go back on Sunday to get everything re-checked and possibly get drained again (please no!)

I am feeling a bit better today. No more blacking out and passing out, the breathing is a bit better but I am definitely looking forward to the fluid making its way out of my chest, my abdomen feels better too and I was able to eat some actual food today...the first time since Tuesday. Yay! The nausea has come back a bit after the medicine has now made its way out of my system. But, DH is going to head to the store here soon to pick up my nausea script.

I think that is all to report for now. Probably enough for now...hahaha! I'm hanging in there...thanks for all the support and nice comments!