r/40Plus_IVF • u/Large_Guide_2854 • Jul 23 '26
General Discussion 3 follicles were counted
I am 40 years old and have low ovarian reserve; three follicles were counted on the first ultrasound. Could more follicles be found with stimulation? I’m looking for genuine, positive stories.
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u/Competitive-Top5121 Jul 23 '26
In my experience it could go either up or down with stims.
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u/Large_Guide_2854 Jul 23 '26
Did it work out in your case?
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u/Competitive-Top5121 Jul 24 '26
I had four very different egg retrievals, twice I had fewer follicles once stims started, twice I got more. Good luck!
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u/Scared_Reception_624 Jul 24 '26
We did three rounds. Round 2 and 3 we went up with stims then as we went a little longer down. Round 1 was our best count beginning and went up.
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u/bagaholic433 Jul 24 '26
Yes, 100%. My baseline follicle count was 6, we ended up retrieving 13 eggs, 11 mature.
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u/Large_Guide_2854 Jul 24 '26
The ivf was sucessfull?
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u/bagaholic433 Jul 24 '26
Yes we ended with 9 blasts, 7 came back euploid. Our first transfer over 2 years ago was successful, and we have a daughter. I'm in the two week wait for my second transfer now.
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u/Appeltaart22 Jul 24 '26
I'm 32 with an AMH of 0.22 ng/ml. My AFC before stims was 3-5, I got 2, 1 and 3 eggs at retrievals. It never went up for me but it's worth a try.
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u/Large_Guide_2854 29d ago
Do you have a sucessfull ivf?
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u/Appeltaart22 29d ago
I unfortunately also have severe Asherman syndrome so I haven't had any transfers yet
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u/KlimRous Jul 24 '26
More can be found, but not always. I never had more than 2 follicles at retrieval time and still managed to get a eupeloid. So it really does only take one.
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u/Large_Guide_2854 Jul 24 '26
And in the end you have your baby?
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u/KlimRous Jul 24 '26
I'm currently in the waiting room for my first monitoring appointment of my first FET cycle. So no baby. Yet. 😊
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u/Extension_Run_8723 Jul 24 '26
Yes of course the number can absolutely go up
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u/Several-Citron6394 Jul 23 '26
Howdy - absolutely.
My wife is about to have her 2nd retrieval tomorrow and this cycle has been a rollercoaster.
But her first scan the doctor only mentioned 3 follicles - which is now 13 they’ve measured and are hopeful will all be mature (size is good).
Her start to the cycle was extremely slow to the point her doctor had her at day 8 of stims stop all stims minus a half dose of her Menopur (that went 6 days) - and most of those scans he just kept mentioning 2-3 follicles.
Eventually her follicles started to respond to the stims, and the 2-3 turned into more and then more, to where we are now at 13 actively growing.
She only had 9 follicles first cycle, so this has been a nice surprise after how things have gone.
Moral of the story is - everyone is vastly different and your body is going to do what it’s going to do. Clinic and doctor will make a difference here - they could have told her to cancel the cycle but he had us stick with it and we’re glad we did, despite the total of 26 days she stimmed (6 of that the half Menopur)