Stims day 7 / Second Scan

[DSB25]

Hi,

I am in a bit of an anxiety mess and feeling anxious about follicle numbers following my scan - I thought I may have more but clinic are happy.

I have just had my second scan (previous one was three days ago). I currently am on Day 7 (8th injection tonight).

At my previous scan I had 7 follicles -

1x 13mm

2 x 11mm

4 x under 10mm

Today I had 9 follicles 1

1 x 18mm

1 x 15mm

3 x 14mm

1 x 11mm

3 x under 10mm

so it looks like 2 extras have arrived however clinic is saying that they most likely will be too small to collect. Good news is that they are all growing.

I am booked in for my collection on Friday (today is Monday) as Wednesday will be too early.

It’s really hard not to compare however my numbers seem quite low and I was expecting to get more with the stims. Has anyone got any tips to stop worrying?

[Millbanks]

Hello lovely,

Those numbers look good to me! You don't want too many as often the quality can be lower with greater numbers.

I have had a couple of egg collections where they saw tiny ones at the second scan and they had grown enough by collection date. Try not to fret.

xx

[Twiglet2]

I think 8 is the average for collection so looks like you are spot on! Sometimes with egg collection less is more in terms of quality (and avoiding OHSS) so completely agree with millibanks having huge numbers doesn’t always mean lots of embryos. My last round I had 6 eggs collected, 4 fertilised and 2 blasts- one of which worked so your numbers look good to me! Good luck for Friday 🤗✨