Ok so my single friend aged 41 having had two failed attempts at donor insemination is doing IVF - she had a really long first phase (the bit when they put you into a sort of menopause) as they were waiting for a period that never came. Anyway they said her oestrogen was low and she was fine to start stage 2. She went for her day 8 scan (8 days seemed a long time to wait but..) and they said she had 4 maybe 5 follicles developing. She seemed a bit upset by this, I think she was expecting more. I came out with all the usual crap like well you only need one good one etc, but have no idea what the 'norm' is for follicles - how many is Ok etc. I'm going with her on Sat for another scan with egg collection scheduled for mon or tues. Any help or advice anyone who's been through this can offer would be greatly appreciated. She's spent a fortune on additional acupuncture and reflexology but was told by one of them she wasn;t being positive enough and now feels guilty about that! I just want to be able to help.
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Cll · 11/12/2003 17:15
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