FertilityTies posts tagged with follicles

Beta 130 on 12dpo...

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:41:52 -0600

What do you guys think? More than one in there? Or is it just a good strong healhty SINGLE bean? =) I've read so many posts from women with twins that had beta's above 120 after 12dpo, but then again there is no proof, I'm just so curious. I had 3 eggs... YIKES lol. I'll repost my next set of numbers. I hope they more than doubled!!

Jennifer Wolf

how can i ovulate if my follicles are not 2cm yet??

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:22:29 -0600

Hi Dr

I am so confused..i went to my appointment and had an u/s done (vaginal) the Dr said i had 3 eggs- 2 on my right side and one on my left side- my right side is my good side as i have no tube in the left. He said according to their size 1.6cm i believe they have to be 2cm before i ovulate so he told me more than likely in the next 3-4 days- than we did blood work...nurse called back to advise i did indeed ovulate a day or so ago...so now im very confused..wouldnt my follicles be too small than?? can someone help me understand this..also i am taking 50mg clomid...thanks

girley

Jen's Journey- BFP =)

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:02:04 -0600

Been trying to have our first baby for 3 years as of October 2008. My husband is 24 and I am 23. We were best friends in high school, I've known him since I was 6 years old. We've been together 6 years on November 2nd =)

Been married for 3 years. Bought our first house a month before we got married. We are hard working and honest mid-west people. =)

After stopping birth conrtol pills I did not have a period for 13 months. Then once I got a period every month I tried naturally for a year, nothing. So I went to the Dr and found out I do not ovulate on my own (even though I get a period each month I fall into the 20% of women who get a false period but do not ovulate) I'm on clomid right now.

First round 50 mg- No ovulation.

Second round 50 mg- No ovulation, but on huge follicle at least. Progesterone level 0.8 on cd 25.

Third Round 100 mg- 3 mature follicles, ovulated cd 15.

Nov. 29th 2008- GOT MY BFP =)

I am very thankful for this site and I ♥ all you ladies for helping me along the way!

Jennifer Wolf

how does my doc know im about to ovulate?

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:39:42 -0600

i went for an u/s and b/w today cd10. i had two follicles..15 and 21mm. my nurse called me this afternoon and told me to take my trigger shot and come in for an iui in the morning. i asked her if that was enough time for my hcg to work...she says that with a follice that big and taking the trigger the follicle will rupture pretty fast.

dr q is this true? how does she know this? is this something that would have showed in my b/w?

thanks

~Kris~

Estrogen levels--what is normal & how important is it?

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:43:47 -0600

I had my CD10 scan yesterday. I took Femara 5mg on CD3-CD7, and Gonal-F 37.5 IU starting on CD7, and this will be my 2nd IUI. I have 2-3 follicles that are still maturing (13mm, 11mm, 9mm). My E2 was 86. This is my 3rd cycle w/ injections, and no one has ever mentioned my E2 level until now.

My RE said that E2 level actually better this time than ever, and that even when I had 5 mature follicles (last cycle), my E2 level was only in the 80 range. Because of this, she suspects that I had lower quality eggs in the previous cycle (which ended w/ a chemical preg).

My Gonal-F dose was lowered from 75 to 37.5 this cycle, and during the u/s my RE said thought that this was a mediocre cycle (w/ just 2 follicles), and that I should go back to the higher dose of Gonal-F. But, after she got my E2, she changed her tune and said that this is the best cycle I’ve ever had, and that I should stick w/ the 37.5 dose (even though it’s slow going).

Is Estrogen that important to a successful cycle? What is a ‘normal’ E2 level? Could this be part of my infertility problem?

Kristi19

Taking follistim and only got 5 follicles!

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:15:47 -0600

hi, doctor, and everyone!

this is for my ivf!

i had my u/s today. i have 10 follicles 5 in one i side and 5 in the other side. of dose 10 follicles only 5 are good enough for retreival, i have a 24,20,21,19,18 and the others are 10,10,13,14,16 i have my retreival on tuesday! my doctor said she dont want to give me more follistim cause she dont want to lose the big ones that we already have to try to get the other ones to grow and end up with not much to work with! she also said it was my choice to continue on egg retreival or cancel cycle and start all over again with different protocol so if i decide to continue i have to trigger today! but im not sure of wat to do im scared!:( my question is if i do continue to do it what are my chances of having a good chance of pregnancy or of have a good number of eggs to work with and also after the tigger shot can the folicles grow more or they wont grow at all i realy need the help thank you! i also wanted to mension that i im 21 years old and hubby is 23 and we both are pretty health with the only problem of not having my rite tube due to ectopic.

garcia

doctor Q. i really really need your advise!

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:28:49 -0600

garcia

Follicles

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:58:59 -0600

Hi, I am on my first cycle of clomid days 3-7, I am currently on cd 16 and I ovulated today. I had 3 mature follicles (2 on one side and 1 on the other) the big 2 were on the same side at 27 & 30mm and the other was 19mm (as of yesterday) and we had intercourse last night and I went in for post-coital and U/S today and all 3 were collapsed. Does this mean I O'd all 3?

Mendi

follicles!!!

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:51:59 -0600

hi, doctor Q, im super woried because im doing ivf today when i went ot the doctor for blood work and ultrasound i asked the ultrasound tech how many follicles i had she said that she was just measuring 5 follicles this is my 13th day of lupron 5units daily i was doing 10 units but they lower my dosage and my 5th day on follistim at 100iu daily my previous ultrasounds and blood works where good thats what my nurse said acording to her she said everything looks good but i dont understand about the follicles she didnt say it was a low number or nothing im just worry that i wont have alot by time of retreival can you please help!!!thanks you!

garcia

Getting 'primed' from Gonal-F??

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:30:58 -0600

I'm starting my 3rd cycle with Gonal-F. I also take Femara. With my 1st cycle on Gonal-F, at 75 IU, I had just 1 mature follicle. The 2nd cycle I had 4 or 5 mature follicles, at the same dose (I also had an IUI, which was nearly canceled due to the # of follicles. Got BFP but was a chemical preg). So now it’s CD4 of my 3rd cycle, and my RE wants me to decrease the Gonal-F from 75 IU to 38.5 IU. She said that your body gets ‘primed’ and tends to have a better response with each cycle. Has anyone else found this to be true? I’m worried about getting a poor response at a lower dose, but I also don’t want to hyper-stimulate at the higher dose.

Kristi19

clomid and focille's

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:52:07 -0600

I have been on clomid 50 mg and 100 mg. this month is the fifth month of clomid, the first two were 50 mg and then two months of 100 mg and now after a months break from it all i am taking 100 mg again and trying an iui, each time i've been on the clomid i only have one focille (via ultrasound), i had a tubal pregancy march of 07 so I now only have my left side we are working with. so my question is should my doc up the dosage of clomid so that i get more than one follicle? i heard that chances of iui to work in better while on clomid but, that's if more than one follicle, three and even four follicles, but again there is no way for it to go anywhere. thanks so much hope you have some good advise!

AprilStar

To all the ladies who have used injectable follicle stimulation hormones. Please Help!

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:39:31 -0600

I have a question. When is the soonest that anyone has produced mature follicles. My first cycle where I conceived the twins was 10 days at 112.5 iu Gonal F. Now, I am on 112.5 iu Gonal F plus Menopur. On am on CD 7-treatment day 5. I have just went to the bathroom and have EWCV. I am nervous. The doc told me to schedule for Friday or Saturday. I just don't want to miss this. How much impact do you think the Menopur will have? Thanks in advance.

TTC after Miscarriage

Question for DR~ please!

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:56:23 -0500

I am on cycle day 7 today and started Follistim on Sunday night. I took 225 UI on Sunday night and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday took 150 UI. I went for an US this morning and no follies were there. Is it too early or is the Follistim not working.

Please help!

Abbykatesmom

cyst

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:09:27 -0500

i have multiple cyst in ovaries

is conceiving harder for me?

nnas

please help

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:31:52 -0500

Hi i know i ahve asked lots of questions in the past but i still have so many.

I went to see the specialist about my next treatment, they advised that my follicle are 1.2, 1.1, 1.0 (this is without treatment) and they stated that they think i should have ovulated but i ahve been testing everyday and i am not ovulating, they dont seem to be listening but im not ovulating. why is this? any ideas??

Hello many thanks in replying. I used opks from day 10 and im now over three weeks since last af and nothing.

I went to the hosp on friday and they gave me bad news that not everything has gone to plan and they are having to refer me back to my surgeon.

Apparently my follicles only grew from monday to friday to 1.3 so 0.1 increase! And my lining went from 8mm to 3.6mm with no AF or spotting! They dont have any more answers for me so will get the surgeon to reassess. Please doctor, is there an reason for this please? I am so upset x

Sam

Dr Q... plz help!!! What to do???

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:45:57 -0500

I want to get ur opinion on this plz!!! Would u still do IUI if the couple only has 2 matue follicles or would u tell them to just BD? I have 2 follicles right now with maybe a 3rd that will reach the right size. I know with 3 mature follicles I will do the IUI but Im not sure what to do with only 2 follciles.

Just wanting ur personnal opinion on this and what u would do if ur patients were in this situation?

Thanks!

Katie822 trying for #3

Dr Q... follicles and eggs?

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:23:42 -0500

I am wondering if every follicle contains a egg? Is there any other procedure besides IVF that can tell u if ur follicles contain a egg or not? I know that in ur 40's there is a syndrome called "Empty Follicle Syndrome" but Im only 30 yrs old and Im wondering how anyone would know if there follicle contains a egg or not?

Im doing IUI for the 1st time and I have 2 good follicles and maybe a 3rd but Im not sure if I want to continue since I just found this info out.

Hope u can help me on this... thanks!!

Katie822 trying for #3

DR question about Femara

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:29:53 -0500

How many folicle do doctor recommend seeing when taking 5mg for 5 days cycle on femara? I had one good size last month with out med and ovulate on my own.

angie_ ttc_ #3

egg retrieval

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:35:45 -0500

How soon after egg retrieval do you find out how many eggs they got and the quality of them? Is it right after retrieval procedure or later?

Rosaria

can ANYONE Dr or not, answer this??

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:55:03 -0500

Attention any Dr. or anyone with experience with follicles/ ovulation...

Can you answer a question for me, to the best of your ability. I haven't had this question answered yet and I'm very curious.

I was put on clomid for the first time this month. CD3-7 @ 50 mg by my OBGYN in order to make me ovulate since I've been ttc for 3 years.

I've had BW u/s and other tests done, everything come back OK the reason I can't conceive is thought to be non ovulation due to my irregular cycles (mostly long, around 30-34 days sometimes short though around 16 days, overall very irregular)

I went in for my CD12 u/s and I had follicles in each ovary however my Dr said they were small for CD12 (all ranging under 1 cm) He said given the sizes of my follicles I most likely will not ovulate this cycle.

My question is: Is it possible that I will still Ovulate this cycle given the fact that clomid makes some womens cycles longer and makes them ovulate later than ususal? Normally my cycles average at 31 days without clomid. Is it possible that I am just a late ovulater and my follicles were so small on cd 12 b/c I may not ovulate until around cd 20? I guess what Im asking is, even though my follicles were less than 1 cm on cd 12 is it possible they could still keep maturing and I could just ovulate later due to that?

Im sure my Dr expected me to ovulate around cd 14 or 15, and if thats the case then of course my follicles werent big enough yet.

I need to know if you know any information on how fast follicles can grow or mature and if you think in 7-9 days then can grow another cm to reach 2 cm and allow me ovulate?

I appreciate ANY comment or information reguarding this, its a big concern of mine as I really hope this month on clomid was not a waste.

Thank you.

Jennifer Wolf