Follicles with IVF?

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I’m on day 7 of my first IVF cycle. Day 5 ultrasound showed 14-16 follicles with the largest 8mm. Today’s ultrasound showed only 8 of those follicles are growing with the largest 11.5mm in size. The doc said I will definitely have to stim until at least Tuesday (10 days). She wasn’t concerned saying good steady growing follicles is what she wants and Qualify vs Quantity. Anybody have less than 10 follicles and move on to a successful retrieval? I’m kind of bummed today. Update: Today was day 11 of stims. Ultrasound today showed all 14 original follicles are growing. Follicles are 14-18mm in size. I’ll repeat ultrasound in AM and see when I’m due for retrieval. I am getting excited and keep telling myself Quality over quantity!! Please send all your positive prayers, thoughts, and vibes my way!!!

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Yes. I had 5 folliclies  , 4 mature and 3 fertilized. Out of the 3 fertilized, i had 2 good ones. I did a 3 day transfer and had a bfp with a little girl.

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I had 2 follicles (had already ovulated lead follicle). Got 2 mature eggs, both fertilised normally.

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I had to have a few additional days of medication. I think I either had 7 or 9 follicles on my last scan before retrieval (sorry I cannot remember which!) and I ended up with 17 eggs. 14 were mature. We did PGS testing and were left with 6 healthy. So I’d say you’re looking good and trust what your doctor says! (I know easier said than done!!) good luck!!!

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I had 14 follicles but only 5 eggs. Of those 5, 2 made it to day 5 and are currently freezing. Doing one more round of egg retrieval to reserve a few more embryos before transferring. I didn’t realize you can have more follicles than eggs or vice versa so it was a little bit of a let down for me. But happy to have 2 quality embryos! Gotta stay positive!

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I had 12 follicles and was kinda bummed by the relatively low number. I saw some women with double that! But the quality vs quantity is true. 9 retrieved, 8 mature, 8 fertilized and 5 5-day blasts. It's an emotional process and if you're anything like me, you're going to find something to worry about! I'd probably had been worried if I had too many follicles too lol! Good luck to you! Numbers aren't everything and really all it takes is one!

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Yes I had less than 10 follicles! We got 6 eggs, 5 mature, and 4 fertilized. We did a fresh 3 day transfer that unfortunately failed butttt we still have 2 frozen embabies and are about to start our FET cycle! 
I was upset at first only getting 6 eggs but as time went by and they kept updating us with how well they were doing I was over the moon! All we need is 1! I personally don’t want 6+ kids lol so I was very happy with our end result! 
Are you doing a fresh or frozen transfer?

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I only had 9 follicles and got 8 eggs. 5 of them fertilised. 2 were top quality, 2 were good quality and 1 wasn’t viable. I had 1  top quality 5 day blasto put back in 19th Feb, the other 3 have all been frozen. Try not to worry! Good luck!

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