Extreme bloating

[Comfortingsoul]

Hi everyone, hope you're all staying strong.

I'm really hoping for reassurance that this BLOAT is normal!

I had my egg retrieval on June 7th. They retrieved 39 eggs and we've managed to freeze 15 embabies 🥰 obviously my risk of OHSS was extremely high so we had to take a 3 month break to allow 2 proper cycles to pass before we could prepare for FET. We are now waiting for day 21 before starting downregulation with suprecur.

Anyway, I am SO bloated, like it is not going down, I've obviously gained some weight since starting all of this (normal again, I hope?) but I am already looking 4 months pregnant with this tum I tell ya!

Has anybody else suffered extreme bloating? Should I be worried? Will it go down eventually?

Sending everyone positive vibes & baby dust ✨🩷

[Asha82]

Hi! I wish you all the best and hope you get your bfp but this sounds very much like ohss still, I would go see a doctor about it, I don't think you should be looking 4 months pregnant, I hope everything works out well for you🤞

[Whatever098]

wow 15 embryos, that’s amazing! Yes extreme bloating is pretty normal, particularly with that amount of eggs. I am three weeks post-egg collection of a freeze-all cycle (I’m also high risk ohss) and I was huge, and it’s really only passed in the last week. You may also be carrying a little extra weight from all the hormones (also normal) but like the other comment says maybe check with your clinic and see what they think, maybe they can order a blood test to see where your hormones are at. Best of luck 🤞🏼

[Hopewhite]

Hi, i hope you're feeling better. I think you should definitely check with the doctor so they can discard ohss. Bloating would be normal to an extent after egg retrieval as the ovaries are enlarged. As an example, I only had 13 eggs collected and on the viability scan (6 weeks after collection) my ovaries were still enlarged they measured 1 of them at above 7 cm (they should be around 3-3.5 cm). So you can imagine that pushes everything inside!! 2 months after collection they were around 4 cm when they measured them again. It does take a while for the body to go back to normal after. I forgot to mention I was never diagnosed with OHSS. They advise to drink plenty of water, and up protein intake e.g. protein shakes/yogurts to help with OHSS.

All the best of luck, I hope you feel better soon!