How many follies at first scan?

[KitKat72]

Hi Maggie,

Thanks for that. I tried to join you guys in your thread but saw it's been locked. Maybe I'll jump in to the other thread for those of us who are cycling.

Best of luck to you!

KitKat72

[lise]

Hi KitKat,

I agree with Maggie in that everybody responds differently and there's no telling about the quality from the number of eggs.

I went through two antagonist cycles and at my first scans had around 8 follies. This number didn't really increase greatly, and at my two EPUs we collected 5 and 7 eggs respectively. First time only 3 fertilised (although we had problems and had to cancel the cycle) but second try 6 fertilised and we transferred two top quality embies which resulted in a BFP (i'm now 30 weeks pg). So I guess what i'm saying is (and much easier said than done I know!) don't stress too much about numbers as at the end of the day it's quality over quantity.

All the best with your journey xx

[KitKat72]

Thanks for that, Lise! That is great to hear! And woo hoo -- you must be stoked to be 30 wks pg!! I

I'm especially happy to see your post b/c I just had my 2nd scan and there still only seem to be 7-8 follies worth counting, and, of those, only 3 are 20mm or bigger (plus an 18, a 17, 16x2, and a 13). I was a little disappointed that things hadn't progressed more. But now you are giving me hope.

I guess we'll see at EPU . . .

Good luck with the remainder of your pregnancy!

[~ Mylitta ~]

I can't actually remember how many follies I had at my first scan, but at the scan I had before my tirgger shot and then EPU I had about 30 follies of good size. From those 30 I got 10 eggs, 7 of which fertilised. We are having PGD and unfortunately none of my precious embies were suitable for transfer (chromosome problems). We have just started our second cycle and are aiming for more eggs to give us more chances at healthy embies. I guess at the end of the day it doesn't matter how many follies you have as long as you get at least one egg that turns into a healthy embie. Best of luck!!!

[~ Mylitta ~]

Oh, I also wanted to mention (because I was never told before EPU) that apparently the doctors generally aim for between 8-12 eggs from EPU. I didn't realise that sometimes they can't retrieve an egg from a follie, so I went into my EPU thinking I was going to get 30 eggs from my 30 follies, and found myself a bit disappointed when I was told there were only 10.

[Maggie]

Hi Mylitta,
This was my experience too. I had 32 follicles so thought that was how many eggs I would get. Like you though, I only got 10.
I was really disappointed! It was easter in the lead up to this and I kept calling myself the Easter Bunny because I thought I had so many eggs.
Of the 10 they got only 5 were mature. What I'd like to know is- if FS had waited a day or two longer before trigger, would I have had more mature eggs?
I'm sorry to hear that you couldn't use your embryos. That must have been so sad. I hope that you have better luck next time and they are able to find you some perfect ones to implant.
Maggie