What did the dr mean?

[Sunshineandgin]

I went for my smear test yesterday, now registered with private dr as not in UK. Finished the smear as normal and then she says shall we do an ultrasound while we’re down here so I thought might as well.
I could see on the screen while they did it she said my uterus looks healthy but my right ovary looks large and she couldn’t see any eggs, my left ovary normal size and she thought some eggs. Then basically implied that the contraceptive pill I’m on is really bad (Yasmin) but I only had it prescribed as you can’t get microgynon here.
Now I’m worrying what it means if she can’t see any eggs - does that mean I have none or just that you can’t really tell on an ultrasound?

I think it mainly means that they did an ultrasound for the sake of charging more...

That's a bit strange never heard of an ultrasound being done?

Many types of pill suppress ovulation and so you wouldn't expect to see any follicles. This is why it can take awhile after coming off the pill to get a normal cycle back.

I'm not sure if Yasmin is one of those that is designed to suppress ovulation. You'd have to research that.

Sounds like they just wanted to charge you more...

Luckily it’s all covered by the company insurance so I don’t need to worry if it cost more.
I guess I just need to stop taking the pill and see what happens. Feels like I missed out a lot about fertility in biology lessons at school!

OP - the "eggs" the doctor referred to are follicles.
In a normal hormonal monthly cycle, waves of small immature follicles grow together until one of them becomes the "dominant" follicle which causes the rest of them to shrink back. The dominant follicle then bursts, releasing the egg.
During a normal monthly cycle on any given day, an ovary May be at any stage of that cycle.
The combined contraceptive pill stops you releasing eggs, and therefore often the normal waves of follicular growth don't happen. Unless you are TTC there is no need to stop taking the pill - the effects are temporary and normal ovarian cycling resumes once hormonal contraception has stopped