16 follicles but only 3 now growing?

[Darcy1996]

Hi all - long time loiterer, first round IVF-er.

I am in the stims stage of our first ever IVF round and slowly baking some follicles over here for first collection for PGTA.

I know there are huge drop-offs at each stage - and super unlikely to get great numbers when I'm 42, however......at my baseline scan could see 16 follicles going into stims.

First scan (last Friday, day 5) they seemed please that 6-ish were growing nicely on my right ovary and more smaller ones on my left.

At my 2nd scan today (day 8), they can see 3 follicles on the right at approx 16mm, and getting closer to where they'd like them to be, to hope for a mature egg in each but that's it. And then some smaller (but don't seem to be progressing much from Friday).

I know "it only takes 1 egg", but as I know we have some male-factor to consider too as we go into ICSI, and then a possible high rejection rate with PGTA testing (or nothing to test), these numbers don't seem great after an optimistic baseline, followed by a good/optimistic first scan.

Am I being unrealistic?

[JA-fnuk Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Three is a good number - still early yet maybe some of the smaller ones will catch up Wishing you good luck with your treatment Remember if unsure of what is happening ask the clinic/ nurse to explain it to you

Take care

Janet- Partner

[Darcy1996 in reply to JA-fnuk]

thanks Janet - I think as it is first time, it feels disheartening, especially when I know we will likely lose some at fertilizations, maturity, testing stages etc. You are right and I am going to call my clinic and ask for more clarity and the possibility of waiting as long as possible for more to catch-up as I cannot imagine I am at OHSS risk with small numbers....but then they are the experts. Thanks Janet - appreciate all of the partners here <3