UGH!

We had 14 eggs that were able to fertilize. Of those only 6 were of good enough quality to transfer back/freeze. However, things got bad after the retrieval. The pain I was feeling kept getting worse as the days went on. I was scheduled to have two embryos transfered three days after the retrieval (Monday after new years). I was in so much pain ie. couldn't walk or go to work, that they wanted me to come in for bloodwork to make sure my levels were normal. Chris practically carried me into the dr's office and based on the way I was feeling they canceled the transfer. My bloodwork came back normal so noone was worried about me. So they froze 4 of my embryos and kept 2 fresh so we could try again two days later. That day I got a tip from someone who went through the same thing to stay sitting up...never lay down not even to sleep. By Tuesday I was feeling "better" but still in a lot of pain. Wednesday I felt 80% better so I was excited to get to the dr's office to have the transfer. I went into the room with the dr and they did an external ultrasound of my abdomen and we all clearly saw what had been making me so uncomfortable. My ENTIRE mid section was filled with fluid...even up into my armpits! The dr immediately said "no, we can't do this". He said that if I ended up getting pregnant that the problem would just get worse and my kidneys and liver would shut down. It was heartbreaking and the worse part was the dr showed me a picture of the two embryos he was going to transfer. We understood it was for the best but it really was no comfort. By Friday I was completely better and was able to go back to work.