oopherectomy in 1st trimester and related '?'

[dm06033]

I have just had an 11.5cm ovary removed this past friday and I have some questions.  Although my circumstances are not cancer related this is the only place I found where someone seems as if they may be able to help.  I am 12 weeks along and am unclear even after consulting with my MD about what this means for the pregancy. I was on fertility drugs which is what caused the problem.  Also I'm having a very hard recovery time - I'm not sure what symptoms are pregnancy related and what is surgically related.  I'm still in 'discomfort' at the Lap site but I also am having intense vertigo, I also started to vomit blood which the dr. thought was acid/stress related.  I'm just having a very hard time with this because of the baby and the fact that it all seemed so avoidable if i had a clue as to what the possibilities were.  Can anyone offer me some insight?

[dm06033]

I did go in for the vomiting blood - they figured it was stress related - maybe acid reflux - I just didnt know for sure - it certainly seemed alarming - it has since ceased.  It was an emergency - I had a torsion of the ovary - it was flipped more than 5x!  The pain didnt even fall on the 1-10 scale...  They took it out 6 hrs after I got there - no negotiating!  I'm just hving a rough recovery - so far the baby seems okay - but I've been hearing alot about people on hormones even with one remaining ovary - just to keep their levels healthy - here I am pregnant and they dont 'think' it is a necessity...  It just seems too iffy to me.....

[montie]

Unfortunately, I can't offer you any advice based on experience, but if I were pregnant and vomiting blood, I would be in the ER for sure.  Don't take any chances.  Better to be annoying and overreactive than to take a chance that something else is wrong.  Have they referred you to any kind of specialist?  I would think that would be the first thing they would do.  Why did they operate on you while you were pregnant?  Was it an emergency?