Follicle size question

[MzTia]

Hello Ladies

This has been bugging me since my failed cycle in June. And my RE's med response has not put my mind at ease in any way so I am hoping to understand it more.
One day 5 of stims(day 8 of cycle) my 5 dominant follicles were 15mm which subsequently only allowed me to stim for 7 days and trigger on day8. Are 15mm follices way big for day 5 of stims? What made them so big was it too much meds? I am so scared of this happening on my next cycle I will do anything to make it to 9-10days of stims cause I think
(and may be wrong) that the eggs need that time to mature. I only ended up with 3 mature eggs out of 7 although 2 we knew would be way underdeveloped.

Anyone have any insight? Thanks all for listening.

[Dakota]

On your last u/s before trigger, what size where they then? I dont know what size my follies were on day 5, but on day 6 I had them as large as 17 and I still went to 10 days of stim. Granted I only had a total of 8 follies so I guess it was ok that they were bigger. By my last u/s day they were as big as 24. I did end up with 5 mature eggs out of 8 follies, and all 5 fertilized.

What does your Dr say about your concerns?

[mgpasco]

I think the hardest part is to blindly trust someone when you have some knowledge yourself. Although my RE is great and got me pregnant once already, I second guessed him every step of the way and asked the most annoying questions. But sometimes it is important to ask those questions and being annoying to put your own mind at ease because often there is a reason for what they are doing.

ask ask ask ask away. I have called the nurse back countless times after I have hung up to ask another question.

[MzTia]

Thanks Dakota, it is good to hear someones was as big s mine. Everyones follies seem so much smaller then mine were. On day 8 the last u/s i had they were 18-22 I believe. I also had about 8 under 10 on day 5 and 2 of those on day 8 were 14(those 2 were the ones that were compltely underdevoloped). I was happy that all 7 that they aspirated actually had eggs in them. So out of 7 2 were totally no good, 2 were not matuer, and 3 were mature and of those 3 only 1 fertilized the first day then a second one fertilized the next day. So I only ended up with 2 embies 6 cell and 4 cell.
I do feel like I have more control this time , like I can force my opinions now that i have more knowledge. Last cycle I would have begged to go one extra day. They refused to coast they say withdrawing meds would be detrimental.
My RE said that if anything I need more meds which just doesn't sit right with me. I am thinking more meds would just make them bigger faster and what I need is to get then to move along more slowly. So we are staying with the same meds and adding in a flare protocol. I read so much it is making close to going to another clinic because I just question way to much. I truly believe that I can get more mature eggs I am just not sure how to do that or wether this change is the right thing. This is my only other shot at this as with everyone I am totally out of pocket.

Sorry to be so long winded but this as been building in me for almost 2 months now. thanks for listening.