I agree, it's not a certainty at all. I had 15 eggs collected (but I only have one functioning ovary) and my E2 levels were about the same as yours. The clinic mentioned OHSS to me and told me to take all the preventative measures but I was fine.
BW will probably pop in, she's a bit of an expert on OHSS - unfortunately for her!
I've had three stints with OHSS - the first two quite bad from 26 and 32 eggs collected (E2 levels were 14500 and 15000), and the second relatively minor from 20 eggs collected (E2 at around 9000) and it only developed with a BFP. We're talking 12-13 days past EPU, it certainly wasn't all that close to transfer, it really only got going once my HCG levels increased (afraid my clinic wouldn't tell me what they were - just that they were nice and high and I wasn't to stress), and didn't really subside until 15-16 weeks. Which is why they completely refused to transfer on my first two stim cycles - believe me, when you spend a week in hospital with ovaries the size of grapefruit and every movement is painful, you realise that you really DO care about whether OHSS develops with a pregnancy or not!
Anyway, Lily, you are doing all the right things. Continue to take it easy and you should be ok. The main risk for OHSS doesn't appear to be egg numbers or E2 levels but PCOS. I have PCOS, it's damned hard to get my ovaries to respond, and even harder to get them to respond without going nuts. Without PCOS, I've heard of egg numbers much higher than mine and E2 levels higher than mine and not even a whisper of OHSS.
The other thing - even with me being incredibly prone to developing OHSS, it really didn't develop with this pregnancy until the last few days before my blood test. At 7 days past EPU (I had a day 3 transfer this time), I was feeling fantastic.
Slyder - I took heed of your recommendation. I was getting sick of going to the toilet all the time anyway. I limited myself to two litres so far today. Glad your DW didn't suffer as well. The nurses gave me the impression that my E2 was the main indicator. Or perhaps I gave myself that impression....
Baby Dreamtime - Wow. You have been through so much. I was panicking on the weekend about them cancelling the cycle but they said as long as I felt ok they were happy to proceed. I know from what I have read of other's run-ins with OHSS that it is better to freeze all and not transfer than run the risk. I will you tonnes of luck with this cycle and will see you over in the TWW thread. My BT is the 21st as well.
Kahlan - thank you for you comments. Best of luck to you too.
Willow - it seems either my clinic and FS was frightening me unnecessarily or MORE LIKELY I have actually created all this anxiety all by myself.
Thank you to everyone for this. I really am much calmer about it all now. I will stop being a drama queen immediately. I feel quite embarrassed to have been worrying about it so much. If late onset OHSS happens then I will deal with it then. IF it happens...
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