The number of follicles present within your ovaries will tell a fertility specialist about the state of your fertility. This is because follicles contain immature eggs. These immature eggs develop and grow in size until the follicle they are held in is of optimum size, whereupon they are released ovulation. If you have lots of follicles, then you have the potential to release more eggs increasing the chance that one of those eggs will be healthy enough to result in a successful pregnancy.
Egg quality is determined by your age and also your lifestyle. As a woman get older, the quality of eggs decreases, particularly after the age of 35, and normally from around her mids most women will not be able to conceive naturally.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to test the quality of your eggs. If you are keen to understand your chances of having a baby, we would suggest a Fertility MOT. During IVF, you will be put on a course of drugs to stimulate your ovaries to produce more eggs. Monitoring the ovarian follicles is part of the fertility treatment process. You will have several pelvic ultrasound scans during the stimulation phase to assess that the dosage of medication is correct and when you are ready for or egg collection.
This includes monitoring the number and size of the follicles on each ovary. When your follicles have reached around mm in diameter they are deemed ready for egg collection. We will time your egg collection procedure around 36 hours after your trigger injection to allow us to collect your eggs at the best possible time. The mature eggs that are collected will then be transferred to the laboratory to be fertilised with sperm to create embryos.
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome may occur if the ovaries are very sensitive to stimulation and produce an unusually large number of follicles and therefore eggs usually more than 15 or high levels of oestradiol. This is a potentially dangerous situation, although OHSS, in its severe form, occurs in only 0.
During the simulation phase of your treatment cycle, your follicles will be closely monitored by ultrasound scans. If we think you are at risk of developing severe OHSS, there are a number of options that you and your fertility specialist will need to consider including abandoning the cycle, delaying the egg collection, or freezing all the embryos for transfer in a later cycle.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome PCOS is a condition which affects how the ovaries work. Normally, ovarian follicles contain egg cells, which are released during ovulation.
In polycystic ovary syndrome, abnormal hormone levels prevent follicles from growing and maturing to release egg cells. Instead, these immature follicles accumulate in the ovaries. Affected women can have 12 or more of these follicles. The number of these follicles usually decreases with age. About half of all women with polycystic ovary syndrome are overweight or obese and are at increased risk of a fatty liver.
Additionally, many women with polycystic ovary syndrome have elevated levels of insulin , which is a hormone that helps control blood sugar levels. By age 40, about 10 percent of overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome develop abnormally high blood sugar levels type 2 diabetes , and up to 35 percent develop prediabetes higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that do not reach the cutoff for diabetes. Obesity and increased insulin levels hyperinsulinemia further increase the production of androgens in polycystic ovary syndrome.
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are also at increased risk for developing metabolic syndrome, which is a group of conditions that include high blood pressure hypertension , increased belly fat, high levels of unhealthy fats and low levels of healthy fats in the blood, and high blood sugar levels.
About 20 percent of affected adults experience pauses in breathing during sleep sleep apnea. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely than women in the general popluation to have mood disorders such as depression. Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common cause of infertility due to absent ovulation. The prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome ranges from 4 percent to 21 percent, depending on the criteria used to make the diagnosis, but it is often reported to effect 6 to 10 percent of women worldwide.
The causes of polycystic ovary syndrome are complex. This condition results from a combination of genetic, health, and lifestyle factors, some of which have not been identified. Common variations polymorphisms in several genes have been associated with the risk of developing polycystic ovary syndrome. Because they are common, these variations can be present in people with polycystic ovary syndrome and in those without.
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By using the website or clicking OK we will assume you are happy to receive all cookies from us. Search Join Us. Navigation Top This chapter should be cited as follows: Erickson, G, Glob. Under review - Update due Follicle Growth and Development Authors. Gregory F. Chronology The steps and timing of human folliculogenesis are shown in Fig.
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