for ladies who have done ivf???

[carisa]

I've been on injections for five days now. Today was my first ultrasound and my RE saw 4 follicles on one side and 5 follicles on the other. I was a bit disappointed. I was really hoping for more than that! I am on a much higher dose of follistim than I was on last year when doing IVF. Is the higher dose of follistim for creating better quality eggs, or is it for more follicles?

Just wondering, I'm so upset over only having 9 follicles. I know that not all follicles have eggs usually, so now I'm worried I won't have any to transfer. Any ideas on this? Thanks. Carisa

[carisa]

Thank you so much for answering my question. Unfortunately I don't know my estrogen level, they didn't take my blood today. I go back in 2 days, on Fri, and they said they would take it then. I am taking 300 IU follistim and 75IU menopur. I have taken 5 doses so far, today was my first ultrasound and my RE said it still looked early and to stay on the same dose for two more days, then get checked again. The follicles were not mature yet. There were a few that were bigger than others, but they were all still pretty small. My RE didn't seem concerned, I just get so worried. Carisa

[feather2e]

How much follistim are you taking and what were your estrogen levels? Response to follistim is dependent on your body. Too much and you just get more follicles  quality is better than quantity. Although for IVF they want  more than with IUI.Also how mature were the follicles.It may just be too earlyin the cycle.