OHSS is common if you have PCOS. It doesn't seem to occur too often without PCOS because the doctors do try to do things conservatively. The problem with PCOS is that the line between no response at all and way too much response is very, very narrow. It was a 200IU puregon cycle that resulted in the baby I'm currently carrying, but it does seem to be the right place to start. With younger women they will start lower, but there seems to be absolutely no relation between weight and the dosage of puregon that will work. It's a funny thing, and all they can do is experiment.

When it comes to sugar substitutes, yes I did use them. I have tended to use stevia in the past, but splenda is currently the artificial sweetener of choice at home. There are some that I can't stand the taste of, but I can never remember which ones they are! My FS wasn't too worried about me going organic and getting other random chemicals out of my system, so I also wasn't too concerned about going natural and organic... But it seems to me that whatever the change is, it helps. I would still drink a cup of tea in the mornings, and would still have a can of coke zero with lunch most days, but I also drank copious quantities of water, switched to lactose free milk and from there it was very much meat and vegetables, as little bread/rice/pasta or other carbohydrates as possible.

BW