Infertility

Follicle question

I'm new to the follicle talk--this is my first cycle with IUI (I've done 7 clomid with TI cycles previous)...I'm doing 150 mg clomid with a trigger shot and IUI this round until insurance approves the injectables with IUI. 

I had my CD10 monitoring u/s today--my right ovary had 1 follie that was a 13 and then about 4 others that were 11.5-ish and a bunch in the 10 range...then my left ovary had 7 in the 10 range.  I know they were looking for larger than 12--I'm waiting for a call back on the official results of that u/s and my E2 levels, but in the mean time I'm trying to figure it all out.

Does only 1 follie at 13 mean that I only probably have one real chance of an egg releasing this month or is there enough time for the 11.5 follies to enlarge to get to a 12?  I honestly don't know how the whole follicle thing works and the literature I've read doesn't help me much.  TIA ladies.

Re: Follicle question

  • I know in my case, I could have had your same situation and still ended up with 3 or 4 at 17 when it was time to trigger.  It just depends.  I believe I have heard that a follicle can grow between 1 and 2 mm per day (I think that is correct) and one may grow a little faster than the others.  It really varries.  And my doctor didn't trigger unless I had at least one follicle at 17 or larger.  I'm thinking that your doctor was just looking for one to be at 12 at this point in time in your treatment.  So they still may have time to catch up before you trigger.

     

    I know this kind of rambles, but I hope this helps. 

  • Thank you!!! That helped me a lot...I didn't even know what size they like them at for trigger so this helped me a lot!!
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  • I took Femara and it always made me ovulate a little later.

    The cycle I got pregnant, I had 2 follicles at CD 10 measuring 12 & 13.  On CD 12, the follicles had grown to 18 & 19 I think.  There were smaller ones as well.

    They grow quickly, so don't worry.  Good luck.

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  • It varies cycle to cycle and day to day but they grow on average 1-3mm/day.  But I had one grow over 6mm in one day once! My RE's office wants to see one at 18mm or two at 16mm to trigger. I tracked mine the last 2 cycles and would be happy to share to give you an idea, you can see that cycle 3 they grew really fast, cycle 4 not as much but caught up in the end. I was actually a little nervous about the way cycle 4 was progressing, I was all sad after the cd12 appt since there was hardlt any growth and I'd already triggered the day prior in the prev cycle, but 2 days later it was all good =)

    Cycle 3:

    cd10 = 11.5, 11.5, 13, 14, 15

    cd11 = 11.5, 11.5, 13, 15, 17, 21.5 - so we triggered

    Cycle 4:

    cd10 = 13.5, 13.5, 14

    cd12 = 13.5, 15, 15 

    cd14 = 16.5, 18.5, 20.5 - so we triggered

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