i hope by now you've made the smart move and taken yourself home for some rest Shannon! OHSS isn't something to mess with - the more you fight it, the longer it hang around - and the worse you feel!

as for me, i got my phone call from the clinic today - as i already knew - BFN. asked the nurse the next step - got told i could do an FET in the new year if i travel to Melbourne, or locally if i wait til the end of Feb. hmmmm. i asked what the process is - she mentioned natural cycle - reminded her i don't have one - then she mentioned down reg on the pill, synarel, than something to build a lining without needing to O. after telling her FOUR times that i don't respond to ANYTHING after the synarel, she finally let me speak. she kept saying "but we don't need you to O, just need to build a lining" - it is my understanding that you need to respond to drugs to have a reasonable E2 level for a lining to develop - once i'm on synarel, even with high dose puregon, my E2 levels don't hit even start to rise - my body obviously likes the menopausal state too much - why wouldn't she listen??? what makes her think that someone that doesn't respond to clomid, and gets "stuck" in down reg is going to magically respond differently to something like progynova??? grrrrr - unfortunately i was driving at the time her call came in, so had to pull over - really not the best circumstances to be having a full on conversation - i was caught off guard, and usually when i'm having a serious convo like that i take notes and can go back and clear out my thoughts before they hang up... double grrr

so, i asked her again - what do we do? her answer - go see the FS - we're not prepared to do anything at this stage til you've seen him. Fine! i can do that - and after that? well, you can travel to Melbourne for FET - but the hospital is more expensive, you have added travel expenses - so i'd suggest you wait til the end of Feb - WTF??? i guess this is the point at which i have to go to the FS with all guns blazing (i believe he's local on the 10th of Jan - have to call tomorrow to book) - i don't know how i'll respond to something like progynova - and i flat out REFUSE to experiment come february - if i don't respond and miss the FET at that point - it's another THREE MONTHS til they're local again! NO freakin way!!!

i think i might start another thread, but i will ask here - are there people who've not responded well to puregon (i got 3 decent follies on 200iu with no down reg) who have had a decent response to HRT to build a lining? are the chances of success when you've just forced your body to create an endometrial lining similar to the chances if you have actually o'd (i personally cannot for the life of me see how the hormones will be the same if you've just created a lining as they would if you have actually o'd - none of my memories of studying biochemistry seems to agree with that!). is it possible (and reasonable) to ask for ovulation induction for FET (similar to IUI) as opposed to experimenting? (plus if i o, there's always a chance we could catch the eggie... and increase our pregnancy chances) if you were in my situation, and knew that you couldn't do FET for 6 weeks after seeing the FS, would you contemplate asking to undergo an IUI cycle in between? i don't want to only have four opportunities to fall pg during the year. i don't want to experiment (my FS happily acknowledges that i'm his "problem child" and that my body "scares" him cos it doesn't respond the way he expects it to) and lose one of those oportunities....

hmmm, i'm thinking i'm a little overwhelmed! poor DH - not even home 24 hours and he copped all these questions and more thrown at him while we were out and about - he's just frustrated that he probably won't be at the appointment with me when i get to see FS again - i don't think he wants me to have to fight this battle solo - but i guess i'm going to have to - grrrrr...