O me, O my, O WHAT?!?

Time for that update. I am currently on cycle day 21 with ovulation having taken place on cycle day 15. Now leading up to ovulation I had some mild discomfort that I just chalked up to having to do with ovulation. It was uncomfortable to sit, I would feel internal pressure when I sat and was just mildly uncomfortable. Days leading up to ovulation it got worse and the 'heavy' feeling got more prominent. 2 days after ovulation I was dying in pain, it hurt so much. At this point the heavy feeling became so much. It seriously felt like I was smuggling a 10 pound bowling ball in my uterus and ANY movement H.U.R.T!!!! I laid in bed all day, only to get up to work out, which about made me puke because of the intense pain I was in and all of the jostling around. After my workout, I went right back to bed where I stayed all day. This is completely out of the norm for me. The next day I called my dr and told them how I was feeling and asked if this was normal. I was concerned about the chances of it being Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, in which the meds work a little too well and overproduce follicle/eggs. With me having PCOS and having tons of immature follicles on my ovaries as it is, it generally doesn't take much stimulation to wake them up. And waking them up it exactly what it did! The nurse also agreed with me in that it did sound like Hyperstimulation and dr wanted me to come in for an ultrasound the next morning to confirm.

Ultrasound went well, as well as a vaginal ultrasound can go when one is in intense pain in that region!! The tech told me it appeared that I had a cyst rupture as there was a "large black hole" on my left ovary. Now knowing I had just ovulated I asked if that could be the corpus luteum cyst that is supposed to be there, since I just ovulated. Well yes sure that is a possibility. This was my first clue that maybe it wasn't a ruptured cyst after all. I got to see all of my insides, my abnormal uterus both horns and all, my polycystic ovaries, swollen and all. Yep looked to me the same as the last time I saw them.

Yesterday I finally got the results back from my ultrasound. Definite mild Ovarian HyperStimulation Syndrome. Crap man!!! So per doctor's orders, pelvic rest, nothing inside the pelvis, no strenuous exercise, and rest as much as I can. I will most likely continue to feel this pain until my period arrives. Or if I am lucky enough to get pregnant this cycle (now THAT would be my luck! Ha!) the OHSS will continue to cause me issues as it won't get a break to calm down, thanks to the pregnancy hormones. I am also to take next cycle off to let my ovaries chill with hopes of some of the follicles resuming normal size. Or what is normal for me anyways. If/when I get another period on my own (I doubt that one!!) then we can decide from there if resuming Femara is right for me. So here I am again, proving statistics wrong as Femara is supposed to have less chances of OHSS then Clomid. 9 cycles on Clomid and I didn't experience this not once. 2nd cycle on Femara and here we are! Oh fun!