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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for all the responses. I am leaning towards a second cycle, but am having doubts with my clinic. I actually do not know the total number of follicles that were emptied at my egg retrieval, I just know at my last ultrasound the nurse counted around 12 (and I had to ask her to count and tell me), but they couldn’t see them all, so I assume I had around 15 follicles at my retrieval. Talked to my RE recently. I asked how many follicles they emptied at retrieval and they said they did know and they don’t count when they do an egg retrieval. They also would not recommend anything different if I were to do a second IVF round. Is this a red flag? Should I be worried? Do most RE’s not know how many follicles a woman has going into an egg retrieval?[/quote]

Do you know how big the follicles were at your last ultrasound? Follicles less than 16mm are unlikely to yield a mature egg.  They should be able to see more than 12, and at that number you could have plus or minus on or two, but unlikely. Also did you trigger with lupron or hcg? Lupron triggers can sometimes result in empty follicles. We’d have to know your AMH and AFC along with your protocol to assess whether this makes sense or not.[/quote]

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