Hi everyone

Nixon: I think the follicle sizes are a bit hard to judge by the u/s. At my first u/s I only had 8 follicles growing to a good size and heaps of little ones, so my puregon was increased to let the other folicles grow some more and try and catch up to the bigger ones. At my second u/s had lots of follicles but as there wasn't a lot of room left in my ovaries they still seemed small and squashed together. However come the day of EPU, they retrieved 30 mature eggs. So even though the follicle appeared small in the u/s (due to lack of space) they still contained mature eggs. Fingers crossed this is the case for you.

Neptune: During my IVF cycle my FS advised that when DTD to use protection in case when you trigger you ovulate early. However to get the best swimmers you should DTD 2 days before the EPU. As this is normally before you trigger you shouldn't have O'd as this is scheduled to coincide with the EPU. If you have any doubt thought do a HPT, better to be sure.