Recovery time after EPU?

[MummaSue]

Hey girls,

I am just wondering how long it took people to have no pain following EPU? I had my EPU yesterday and I am not in pain as such, just really quite uncomfortable. I can't hold urine for very long before it gets really sore and I am getting (TMI) shooting pains in the rear area. Is this normal?

I don't have any symptoms of OHSS and my bloods are all good which confirm that it isn't OHSS.

How long does it take to feel normal again?
Cheers
Sue xxx

[S'rose]

Sue - it took me a couple of days to get past the part where the follicles re-fill with fluid and then finally start to drop... So I would say to feel okay again 3-4 days for me. I wasn't in much pain after the first day, just really uncomfortable and bloated.
And then about a week later I bloated again which was nasty, but hormones are a fickle thing
Hope you start to feel better soon.

Oh yeah, and I found that the sharp pains were where the needles were stuck through the vaginal wall were pretty poopy.

[MummaSue]

Thanks so much Sonya, it is good to hear that. Although my bloods are all good and my Dr tells me I don't have even mild OHSS, I am still worried about something going wrong at this stage.

Thanks for your input.
Sue xxx

[redlady]

Hi ladies,

I read this because I wanted to know a bit more about EPU and ET.

Oh no not more pain!! HSG was painful for me. Please don't tell me I have to endure yet more pain.

[MummaSue]

Hey,
It wasn't painful as such, just really uncomfortable and when I needed to pee, it got quite sore. But Sonya was right, it went away after 4 days. It was the very day of ET that I started to feel totally normal.

All good hun!
Sue x

[redlady]

Ok good. I was beginning to get very scared of the whole IVF process because of my HSG experience.

I hope to be doing this soon. Just one more blood test then booking in with Fertility Clinic.

Redlady

[Dutchie80]

Just wanted to wish you the very best of luck Redlady. Hope you are successful first time!

[Amaryllis]

I was in pain for quite a long time following EPU. At least 4 days before DH moved back into our bed.

I had a fair bit of trauma to my ovaries though, with a lot of blood in the abdomen which made things really painful.

[redlady]

Thanks Dutchie,

How are you going with your IVF journey?? I haven't caught up with you for awhile.

I don't know about EPU but after my HSG (hysterosalopingogram), I am not in pain anymore but uncomfortable and bloated. Its been 5 days. My poor DH is waiting for me to be ok for intimacy.

redlady.