Peach Blossom

Hi there,

I had my second follicle monitoring scan yesterday at 11dpo. They said that I had a follicle maturing on my left ovary measuring 12mm. I have to go back on Monday which I am assuming is because they think I'm about to ovulate... Is that right? I'm new to this and don't really understand what size a follicle is when it releases an egg. Can anyone educate me?!

CurlySue

They say 17mm is optimum size so at 12 it's still a few days away, I'd imagine.

chocci

It grows about 2mm a day too so you can probably work out ovulation to be at about 14dpo at approx 17mm

Peach Blossom

Thank you! I don't wholly understand about all of this yet, so sorry if I sound stupid, but is there a chance of the follice maturing slower that 2mm a day? For instance is it possible to go in on Monday and the follicle to have not grown at all since Friday? I'm curious I guess as I normally don't OV til CD 26 and I'm on track for OV on CD 14 at the moment which is very exciting!

CurlySue

There is a possibility but if the treatment is working it's unlikely. I know when I went for a follicle tracking scan with IVF they told me I had a certain number of mature follicles and when I went for egg collection some of them had caught up. Some were only at around 10mm but had grown enough over a few days to produce eggs. Some had not grown at all.

Peach Blossom

Thanks Curlysue. I'm not on treatment just yet, they're monitoring as I've mc'd 2 and had a chemical this year. I also have pco. I'm convinced I have a luteal phase problem which is also why they decided to monitor me. I guess we'll see on Monday!

Peach Blossom

Had my 4th monitoring scan today... I'm a bit confused. He said that he couldn't see the follicle so hopefully that means the egg has been released. Surely if the egg has been released they would be able to see a corpus luteum? Wouldn't they? He said he couldn't see the egg... should he be able to? What will they see on Friday that they didn't see today? Sorry if any of these are stupid questions and thank you in advance for the advice offered!

chocci

Your right yes, if the egg had been released it should be clear on the scan that a corpus luteum is present, they can tell by the shape as to weather the egg has been realsead. Sometimes people doing the scans use differnt terms and confuse us, they have differnt phrases for communicating things. If it is bothering you i would just pick up the phone and ask to speak to one of them to explain what they ment? its not fair you worrying about it

Let us know what they say XX

Peach Blossom

Thank you Chocci... I thought my amatuer obstetric research couldn't be that off... I will try not to worry about things and go back on Friday and hope that they can tell me something a little less confusing! Will let you know!

chocci

Hey hun, was just wondering how you got on? x