Checked myself in to the ER 30 mins post-amniocentesis

I’m looking for ANY and all stories you got - did you experience something similar? Nothing like my experience? Or even any doctors on here who might help explain what I experienced.

When it comes to OB/GYN procedures, I’ve been through a decent amount. I had my left ovary removed, and mind you, due to TORSION, gone through IVF - HSG, egg retrieval, transfer, countless needle pokes in the belly and back - and hemorrhaged during delivery requiring immediate operating on. So why did I struggle SO MUCH immediately after my amnio?

The amnio was done on the lower left side of my abdomen. When the needle came out, I was expecting immediate relief. The pain stayed there, as if the needle was still in. They lifted up my seat just expecting me to sit up like normal. I could hardly sit up; the pain right at the needle site was so intense. When I propped myself up, I immediately started to feel light headed and like my throat was closing. Within one minute, I started to feel pain go down the lower left-hand side of my body. The pain started in the tailbone, down to to my groin, through my thigh and into my knee. The pain was significant enough that I wasn’t sure if I could stand or walk. Thankfully, my husband was with me, and although standing and walking was incredibly difficult, I could do it with a limp. Then pain started in my lower back exactly parallel to the amnio site. My body basically went into shock. I have never experienced anything like this and I was freaking out. I told my husband that we needed to go to the ER immediately.

We went in and I got checked out. No tests were run or anything, and they didn’t seem concerned. They took a look at the needle site, did a little pressing at the site, checked baby’s heartbeat and did the standard checks - BP, oxygen, temperature. By the time I left the ER thankfully most of the pain had gone away. The leg and back pain went away completely, but I do still have abdominal pain at the needle site.

Was my experience just all referred pain? Did I experience all of this because of low pain tolerance? Any doctors on here have any thoughts on what might’ve occurred? And anyone else experience something similar, or is this a one-off?