Oh hun - I really really feel for you. I currently have gallstones (waiting to get the sucker removed) but mine was diagnosed before I started to have attacks. Having that sort of pain and not knowing what caused it would have been horrible for you. I'm also a little shocked that there were doctors who thought it was ok to dismiss this level of pain as some how kind of normal (???)!! I suspect mine came about during my second pregnancy so I'm not at all surprised to hear that they can be a by-product of the high hormone levels during IVF treatment.

Thank you so much for sharing. I really hope you can continue your IVF in much greater comfort and most of all I wish you success!