I'm matched with an in-house donor at SDFC for may. She just completed a cycle this past week - a huge number of eggs retrieved (over 40) but not surprisingly, she developed some mild OHSS. The nurse didn't actually call it that, but when I brought it up, she said that they had given her meds to stop that from happening - and the donor is still a bit 'tender' 5 days out. She also said they would stim her less for my cycle, with a goal of getting to 20 eggs retrieved (which I'm fine with). But I'm a little worried that this could indicate a problem on the next go round (mine will be her sixth cycle - and she's never had this issue in the past).
The other curve ball is that the donor now can't make it during May because of work. She's committed to June, but timing wise, that means that she can't start stimming until the start of June, so probably a mid-june transfer. She's supposedly very reliable, so I don't think she'll keep on changing the dates on me.
Everything above makes me want to reconsider ORM again - I had ultimately decided against them because they were more expensive for me than SDFC and they required the one day visit prior to starting a cycle (which I can't get them to waive). I've id'd a proven donor there who is available - so I could cycle in May potentially (although it would be a bit of a scramble in April, because I would have to go then for the one day workup - I can't make March because of my own travel constraints).
And one more thing - SDFC wants you to have your final lining check with them - so I would need to arrive the day before retrieval, get my lining check the following day, wait five days for blast transfer, then bedrest. So I would have to be there for 8 full days. ORM lets you do the final lining check at home, so I would only need to be there the day before transfer and one day after (three days). I don't think this is a deal-breaker for me, but it does add another level of disruption if I stay with SDFC, especially if I have to go back for FETs (which may well happen, given that I'm fairly committed to doing eSET).
All things being equal, I like both donors, they are both proven and supposedly reliable, and I would be happy with either one. But the OHSS really makes me nervous....
Am I just making myself crazy?