ER this morning - 13 eggs, 17 empty follies

AlexPuppy

I had my ER this morning and apparently there were about 30 follies (which explains why I felt so damn full the last few days) and 13 eggs. Totally pleased with my 13 eggs.  Will do 4 in-vetro and 9 ICSI.

But has anyone else had a lot of empty follies?  Seems excessive.  My RE didn't seem too concerned... she said it goes along with the 'type of ovaries' that I have.  But really?  Is this common?

 

lnle

I don't know if it's common, but happy for the lucky 13!

kimarino13

With IVF #2, I had 31 measurable follicles, but only 10 eggs. ?The rest were cysts. ?My RE said he can tell when they are cysts by the color of the liquid that drains out when they are aspirated.

krissyh21

I had 13 follicles but only 5 eggs. I asked about it and they said sometimes no eggs will grow in the follicles and it is common. 13 total eggs is a GREAT amount! Congrats on a great retrieval!

AlexPuppy

lnle:

I don't know if it's common, but happy for the lucky 13!

  I hadn't thought of that.  I'm glad to be in the double digits - I was  paranoid that they wouldn't find any this morning.  But now that you mention it, yes!  Lucky 13!!

peztopper

my friend awoke from her ER w/ ALL empty follicles. she was devastated. i'm not sure what the issue was, they think it may have been her trigger shot but i'm not sure of the final thoughts.

glad you got 13 though, that's excellent!!!?

AlexPuppy

Thanks, ladies!!! 

MBandBud

Wow, tons of folllies and eggs!  

Just our of curiousity, what was your estrogen level.  Wondering if that is indicative of how many follies have eggs.  

GL! 

mbjmaybebaby

YAY for 13!!

AlexPuppy

MBandBud:

Wow, tons of folllies and eggs!  

Just our of curiousity, what was your estrogen level.  Wondering if that is indicative of how many follies have eggs.  

GL! 

My RE doesn't take estrogen levels each time, but she did take it on Sunday and it was 1177.  At that time we saw by u/s that there were 15 follies, but it wasn't yet time to trigger (did that Tuesday night).  I'm sure there is some tricky math that can be done and someone could figure out if that's an indication. 

SkiGirl1080s

Do you have PCOS...that would explain your RE's comment?  I had DOZENS of empty follies.  My E2 level didn't correspond to the number of mature eggs in either of my IVF cycles.  Regardless, 13 eggs is a great number.  Fingers crossed you'll have a great fert report! 

kristinem17

Woo Hoo !  Congrats on the 13 eggs!!!!!!!

AlexPuppy

SkiGirl1080s:

Do you have PCOS...that would explain your RE's comment?  I had DOZENS of empty follies.  My E2 level didn't correspond to the number of mature eggs in either of my IVF cycles.  Regardless, 13 eggs is a great number.  Fingers crossed you'll have a great fert report! 

I've wondered about PCOS.  The RE mentioned it in passing, but then when I asked about it later she said it wasn't anything to worry about.   Hmmmmmmmmmm.  Time to google PCOS symptoms and testing.