3 mature follies...advice!?

rella22

Hi everyone!  Went to the RE today for my CD12 u/s and had 2 mature follies (21 and 24) and one on it's way to being mature @ 16mm.  RE said it should be mature by the time O occurs.  Anyways...I'm just wondering with 3 mature follies and the trigger shot, is there a bigger chance for multiples?  Do some people only get 1 mature egg and then 1 fertilized egg?  At this rate I would obviously be grateful for as many fertilized eggs as I can get and will not be picky!  This is the first time I have ever been monitored on Clomid (ridiculous I know) and also my dose was upped from 50mg to 100mg.  I just want it to work so badly!!!!   

MissEm15

Does your DH have a normal SA? It's hard to give advice bc you weren't monitored to know how many follicles you had before. I'd obviously go for it now, but we are MFI & I've had two previous IUIs. I think if were my first IUI tho, we probably would have cancelled w/ more than 2. We were terrified of twins when we started.

**pregnancy mentioned (not mine)

My friend's second IUI w/ two follicles got her pregnant w/ twins. However there are a lot of ladies here who have done IUI's w/ three and four mature follicles and nothing. You need to feel comfortable w/ the outcome either way, best case & worst case.

Edit: I hope I don't sound preachy.. we just ended up w/ 5 follicles and I had to decide to TI or nothing. I was so stressed for the whole week after, but now I feel like I made the right decision. So I know exactly where you are coming from on being torn on what to do.

aves0708

Basically if you have three mature follies, all three have a chance at being fertilized and implanting so you do have a higher chance of multiples.  If I were in your shoes I would be hesitant/nervous to move forward with three mature follies, because you have not been monitored in the past.  I was really happy this first cycle that we only ended up with one mature because I am terrified of multiples.  If we had several monitored cycles that fail, then I think I would be more willing to go ahead with more follies.

Unfortunately it's a tough decision that you and YH have to makes. As long as you are well educated on the risks of a pregnancy with multiples and accept them, and your RE is ok with moving forward then, then I wish you lots of luck on this cycle!!!

jencity9

Yes the chances are higher, but I have had multiple IUIs with 3 follies and have yet to get a BFP. I guess it depends. My DH has minor motility issues but nothing that is a problem after the sperm wash.

muzikgrrl

I has 4 mature follicles and one at 12.5 on my CD 12 with 100mg of Clomid, they stopped counting at that point. We cancelled our IUI and used protection on my RE's advice, until we'll after ovulation was confirmed. Multiple pregnancies are super risky, like Naria mentioned so you do have to take that into consideration. We didn't want to risk it especially since it was only our first cycle.

rella22

Thanks for your replies ladies.  The crazy thing about this is that my RE didn't even suggest cancelling this cycle or even warn me of the possibilities of multiples.  If it wasn't for my googling and talking with you ladies, I would have no idea that 3 mature follies could lead to multiples!