follicle size?

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heather4312
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follicle size?

Post by heather4312 »

:?:

I just got the call that I trigger tomorrow YAY! But she told me to I had super big follies, and may loose a few? My biggest is 25MM, followed by 3 22 MM, then about 10 between 16 & 18MM...

Is this bad.. I have been monitored the last three days in a row. Why did they let them get sooo big???

Has anyone else had follies this big?

Any help is appreciated..

Thanks!! Good luck to everyone!
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Post by toobee »

mmm- I dunno, but Im sending good thoughts your way. :P Every clinic seems so differant, so I think it depends. i have heard differnt things about follie sizes, but I am sure someone will write soon to send you some relief- I would like to know the answer to the question

Maybe you should try to direct the question to Ghost?? He seems really super duper knowledgble with all the technical stuff
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Re: follicle size?

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heather4312 wrote::?:

I just got the call that I trigger tomorrow YAY! But she told me to I had super big follies, and may loose a few? My biggest is 25MM, followed by 3 22 MM, then about 10 between 16 & 18MM...

Is this bad.. I have been monitored the last three days in a row. Why did they let them get sooo big???

Has anyone else had follies this big?

Any help is appreciated..

Thanks!! Good luck to everyone!
Sounds great to me. You should get some great eggs from those big follicles.
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Post by heather4312 »

:P

So big is good? I have just never seen numbers that big anywhere. I was afraid they were tooo big.

Thanks a bunch!!
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Post by Ghost »

heather4312 wrote::P

So big is good? I have just never seen numbers that big anywhere. I was afraid they were tooo big.

Thanks a bunch!!
We get them that big. Bigger is better...for the eggs. However, the longer stim to get those large follicles is often worse for the endometrium.
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Post by lynniecat »

Big is good to a point. My friend got a mature egg from a 26mm folli and I got a mature egg from a 13.8 folli.

They were probably trying to get the smaller ones to be mature without over growing the large ones. I have often wondered whether the best one was the biggest one. I think there is some debate on this but no proof that it matters. My guess is you will get lots of nice embies. This sounds very promising! Man I wish I had that many at that size!!!!!
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Post by Ghost »

lynniecat wrote:Big is good to a point. My friend got a mature egg from a 26mm folli and I got a mature egg from a 13.8 folli.

They were probably trying to get the smaller ones to be mature without over growing the large ones. I have often wondered whether the best one was the biggest one. I think there is some debate on this but no proof that it matters. My guess is you will get lots of nice embies. This sounds very promising! Man I wish I had that many at that size!!!!!
There have been some enlightening studies. The abstract for the most recent can be found on PubMed.

www.pubmed.gov

Enter search keywords: Rosen Cedars Follicle

(Rosen and Cedars are two of the authors)
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Post by lynniecat »

There have been some enlightening studies. The abstract for the most recent can be found on PubMed.

www.pubmed.gov

Enter search keywords: Rosen Cedars Follicle

(Rosen and Cedars are two of the authors)

Interesting! That makes sense. I was definitely paranoid about losing my top follicle when I only has five of them. Seems that one that responds the fastest would be a good one! Just seems to make sense to me!
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Post by heather4312 »

:)

Thanks for the link, and all the info.
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Post by toobee »

I have size envy :lol:

i just got my orders to trigger tonight! Heres what I got as far as follie sizes:

E/R is Thursday

22, 18.5, 19.5, 19, 19 ,17.5, 15 ,15 ,14 ,12 , 12

Congrats!
ME: 39 DH: 46 :) TTC for 8 years
3 miscarriages (concieved naturally)
3 blasts transferred - 1st IVF - BFP !!
Beta 1,2,3 = 497 /4056 /16,896 - TWINS!
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Post by ivfnurse »

Great response! Good luck!
I am an infertility nurse and I work in a major IVF facility. I am willing to answer questions and give guidance, however, since I am not treating you, only your physician can give you the most accurate information.
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Post by heather4312 »

Good luck toobee! You have lots of great follies....

KEEP POSITIVE!!!

Keep me posted.
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