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2013-04-30T12:33:33Z

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Talk:Ideas of what you'll need

2013-04-30T12:33:07Z

Panda: Created page with "I'll add Muslin cloths to the list. They are great for mopping up a multitude of things and also a great swaddle for tiny babies."

I'll add Muslin cloths to the list. They are great for mopping up a multitude of things and also a great swaddle for tiny babies.

Welcome to WikiMum

2013-04-27T18:44:47Z

Panda:

[[File:Smallerwikimum.jpg|435px|right|A Typical WikiMum]] This wiki has been set up by a group of facebook friends, most of whom struggled with infertility for many years and found success with IVF. Our accounts are diverse and many are truly inspirational. If you are considering IVF then feel free to read our success stories (and the failures along the way) and we hope that you will find comfort or help in your journey.

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Panda's OHSS Experience

2013-04-27T18:01:40Z

Panda: Created page with "I had a "moderate" case of OHSS on my first round of ICSI. My cycle up to and including egg collection went really well. I carried on as normal throughout the whole cycle, a..."

I had a "moderate" case of OHSS on my first round of ICSI. My cycle up to and including egg collection went really well. I carried on as normal throughout the whole cycle, and even did a spinning class the night before I was due in for egg collection. Egg collection day came and they retrieved a bumper crop of 26 eggs from me, which they said put me at risk of OHSS so I was told to go home, rest and drink as much water as I could manage.

Day 2 after egg collection, I started to get some abdominal pain and swelling, so I went back to my clinic. They scanned my ovaries and told me I had a very mild case of OHSS. My embryos were doing really well and they were going to try and get them to blastocyst stage (day 5) so I was instructed to continue resting and drinking gallons of water and that hopefully by day 5, the OHSS would have subsided and I'd be able to have the egg transfer.

Day 5 came and I felt a little better and the clinic scanned me again and said I was ok to go ahead with egg transfer. I had two blastocysts put back and was again told to drink gallons of water. 3 days after the transfer, I was feeling very ill, my stomach was swelling quickly and I had a terrible pain in my shoulder. I consulted the booklet on OHSS that the clinic gave me, panicked and rang the out of hours team. I was told to get to A&E as soon as possible.

By the time I got to A&E, I was in absolute agony and my stomach was so distended, I felt like it was going to rip open. They did a urine pregnancy test which came back as very faintly positive but I felt so ill that I don't remember feeling happy about it. I got admitted up to the ward and once there, the doctor came to put an IV line into the back of my hand but my veins had started to collapse and I then passed out on the floor from the pain. They managed to finally get a line into my arm halfway between wrist and elbow which was really uncomfortable but it was vitally important to get fluid into me. Getting fluid into the body is the best way to manage OHSS as it flushes out the residue drugs from your body.

I had gained 3 stone worth of fluid around my abdomen and my waist measurement went from 28 inches to 36 inches literally overnight. I looked 6 months pregnant! I had to spend 8 days in hospital, was weighed and measured every day to see if the swelling was going down and had to measure all the fluid that went in and all the fluid that came out. Peeing in a jug was what I had been reduced to! A blood test confirmed I was pregnant and the HCG levels were off the chart so it was looking possible that I was carrying twins.

I was finally allowed home and spent a further 6 weeks resting at home before I went back to work. On top of the OHSS pain, I had the most horrendous nausea and the only time I didn't feel sick was if I was eating. Carbs, tons of them. My first scan at 6 weeks confirmed I had two healthy heartbeats. My ovaries were still very swollen but were on their way back to normality and luckily I had no cysts.

As I said at the start of this story, I had what doctors described as a "moderate" case of OHSS. The pain was incredible, so I'd hate to think what a severe case feels like!

OHSS

2013-04-27T17:39:47Z

Panda:

==Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome==

From [http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Infertility/Pages/Complications.aspx The NHS Website]

(OHSS) can occur after taking medicines that stimulate your ovaries, such as clomifene and gonadtrophins,
This can develop after a round of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). OHSS causes your ovaries to swell and produce too many follicles (small fluid-filled sacs in which an egg develops).
Around one-third of women will experience mild OHSS after one cycle of IVF. Less than 10% will develop moderate or severe OHSS after one cycle of IVF.

====Mild symptoms may include:====
* nausea
* vomiting
* abdominal pain
* bloating
* constipation (when you are unable to empty your bowels)
* diarrhoea
* dark, concentrated urine

====Severe OHSS====

A potentially life-threatening condition and can lead to:

* thrombosis (a blood clot in an artery or vein)
* liver and kidney dysfunction
* respiratory distress (difficulty breathing)

You should seek medical attention immediately if you experience any of the symptoms of OHSS.
You may need to go to hospital so your condition can be monitored and treated by healthcare professionals.

* [[Kerry's OHSS Experience]]
* [[Panda's OHSS Experience]]

Fish and Veg Cakes

2013-04-27T17:21:06Z

Panda:

These initially started as an experiment with leftovers. My girls' loved them so much that they've become a freezer staple.

=Ingredients=

* Salmon fillet (or any other fish you like), cooked and flaked
* 1 big potato, boiled
* Quarter tsp of mustard powder
* 1 egg
* Large handful of grated cheese
* Any veg you like (Frozen mixed veg (carrots, broccoli and cauliflower), spinach, peas etc.,) cooked
* Handful of breadcrumbs or Matzo meal

=Method=

Mash the potatoes and veg together. Mix in all other ingredients until combined. If the mixture is a little wet, add more breadcrumbs until its mouldable. Mould into golfball sized balls.

In a frying pan, melt some butter. Add the balls and flatten them into cakes. Cook one side until browned, then flip and cook on the other side.

The proportions given above make around a dozen cakes. My girls will usually eat 2 or 3 each so the rest can be frozen to use at a later date.

Fish and Veg Cakes

2013-04-27T17:14:50Z

Panda:

These initially started as an experiment with leftovers. My girls' loved them so much that they've become a freezer staple.

==Ingredients==

Salmon fillet (or any other fish you like), cooked and flaked

2 big potatoes, boiled

Quarter tsp of mustard powder

1 egg

Large handful of grated cheese

Any veg you like (Frozen mixed veg (carrots, broccoli and cauliflower), spinach, peas etc.,) cooked

Handful of breadcrumbs or Matzo meal

Mash the potatoes and veg together. Mix in all other ingredients until combined. If the mixture is a bit wet, add more breadcrumbs until its mouldable. Mould into golfball sized balls.

In a frying pan, melt some butter. Add the balls and flatten them into cakes. Cook one side until browned, then flip and cook on the other side.

I serve them on their own for a quick, very nutritious dinner.

The proportions given above make around a dozen cakes. My girls will usually eat 2 or 3 each so the rest can be frozen to use at a later date.

Fish and Veg Cakes

2013-04-27T17:13:26Z

Panda: Created page with "These initially started as an experiment with leftovers. My girls' loved them so much that they've become a freezer staple. ==Ingredients== Salmon fillet (or any other fish ..."

Recipes

2013-04-27T16:52:54Z

Panda:

[[Brooklyn Blackout Chocolate Cake]]

[[Red Velvet Cupcakes]]

[[Homemade Playdough]]

[[All in one Delicious Choc or Madeira Cake]]

[[Banana & Oat Biscuits]]

[[Fish and Veg Cakes]]

Kerry's OHSS Experience

2013-04-27T16:38:19Z

Panda:

I experienced OHSS during my first cycle of IVF in 2006. As I said in my story, my first cycle was text book. It went so smoothly and I was a little young and naive. I never really thought about what was happening to me and my body, I just went with the flow.

I had my egg retrieval on 26th April 2006 and they collected 15 eggs. On the 28th April, I had 2 embryos transferred with no problems. We went to our caravan to relax for a few days but on Sunday morning I had the urge to go the toilet but, regardless of how much I wanted to pee, it just wasn't happening. Within half an hour of this I was on the floor in agonising pain in my tummy. My husband rang the IVF unit out of hours service who told me I had to get to the hospital as soon as possible. The ride to the hospital seemed like forever, I was in the back of the car screaming in pain. My tummy had swollen so much that when we arrived at the hospital they wanted to take me up to the labour ward as they thought I was in labour. I was taken to the gynae ward, and lots of tests were done including, and most importantly, input and output of fluids. Yes, I had to pee in a jug and measure it!

It turns out that I was suffering from OHSS. The reason my tummy had swollen so much was due to fluid leaking from the follicles in my ovaries after the egg collection. The fluid was collecting in my abdomen and pressing on my organs and my bladder which is why I couldn't for the life of me pee. I was kept in hospital for about 4 days to continue monitoring my urine input and output and also some pretty strong pain relief. I was finally allowed home when my output matched my input, as this showed the condition was improving.

Over the next 2 weeks we waited for our pregnancy test day to come and we were overjoyed when it showed positive. I still had to rest a lot because I was still in a lot of pain from the OHSS, and still had another 3 weeks to our first scan. On the first scan all was well with the baby, a healthy heartbeat was visible but it also showed 2 very swollen ovaries and 4 lutheal cysts each measuring 10cm in size so it was no wonder I was in so much pain! As the pregnancy progressed, the pain eased and the swelling became a baby bump, but even at my 12 week scan my ovaries was 4 times the size they should have been.

[[File:Kerry 5 wks with OHSS.jpg]]

This is me at 5 weeks pregnant with my second pregnancy,
as you can see I suffered from OHSS again. PS I hate this photo but had to share it so you get an idea of the swelling.

OHSS

2013-04-27T16:21:50Z

Panda: /* Severe OHSS */