Boost follicle before egg collection ?

[HopeNotTooLate46]

Day 9 of stims on short antagonist protocol. Just had scan, 1 follicle is ready (19mm) and the other is below the threshold (13mm). Going in for another scan tomorrow to give little 1 a chance to catch up and then trigger/egg collection on Monday/Tuesday.

Wondering if there is anything I can do to boost the little one over next few days?

Is there any preparation for egg collection?

[Hidden]

heya, I don’t have experience as I just had my first scan at 6 day stims today and she said ‘whatever you’re doing keep doing’ - I’ve been drinking a glass of pomegranate juice a day, drinking a smoothies with avocado, spinach, lots of berries and q10 mix plus 4000iu of vit D. The q10 mix you can get from Tesco. Wishing you luck xx

[HopeNotTooLate46 in reply to Hidden]

thanks Elsidee11. ive been on q10 and vitamins a while now so will continue with those. will up the pomegrate and smoothies. glad to hear all is goimg well with you xx

[Hopecontinues]

Hi,I would focus on eating a lot of protein. Skyr yoghurt, chicken, eggs, nuts. Try having protein with every meal.

Good luck, I hope the little one catches up.

X

[Bebe294]

Hey you can do a castor oil pack up until trigger night just b careful not too hot

Good luck

[HopeNotTooLate46 in reply to Bebe294]

What do I do with the caster oil? Thanks Maryca294. Dual Trigger not until 11 tonight

[Bebe294]

if you search castor oil the instructions and videos come up. A clean cotton and pour some castor oil on it and put it on your tommy close to womb and ovaries wrap yourself in plastic and put a medium heat pad or hot water bottle but b careful not very hot and not burn yourself

It encourages blood circulation and help follicles grow but just before trigger. After transfer not at all and not on menses!

I did risk and did another pack the day before retrieval one time but just bcuz doctor told me some of my follies stopped growing the day of trigger so I did to help them grow which they did and I went from 1 egg only to 4 mature retrieved however only one reached good quality 5 day blast

So if your follicles are big dont do castor oil and pls no massage just lying down with pack n heat for about half an hour bcuz its your first time and do it on modtly empty stomach bcuz you might get cramps n bowel movements a lot if stomach full aldo not much super activity after that same reason

I hope its not late when u see this msg

Good luck all the best