Hello to everyone and bless you for hanging in there through such a difficult journey.

It's me again, a newbie who posted early in the first May thread. This is our first IVF/ICSI cycle, and I had my day 9 scan today. 5 "good" follicles, but small (13mm), nurse also said more may come on board. More sniffing and jabbing and then I have to go in for a repeat on Monday. I wonder how many of you ladies crossed my path today as it seems many had scans (Epworth Melbourne). My estrogen level was 1859, but I have no idea how that relates to anything yet. Does anyone have enough experience to tell me what I should be expecting with the estrogen/follicle ratio?

It's my understanding that statistically you get about half the follicles producing viable eggs, and then only about half of those fertilise. Does that sound correct to anyone out there? Or am I just being really pessimistic/optimistic/ignorant of the whole process?

Help is appreciated.