When a sister retrieves an egg, she is very worried when she hears that she has several empty follicles, and she is afraid that the number of eggs retrieved behind her will affect the success rate of the test tube. Why are there empty follicles? Is there a relationship between getting empty follicles and inducing ovulation?
1. What happens to empty follicles in IVF?
AA69 Fertility Center tips: One reason for the appearance of empty follicles is that some eggs are mature and some are not mature; it may also be related to the level of hormones in the patient's body, resulting in immature eggs; and there may also be empty follicle syndrome.
2. Is there anything to do with ovulation induction when empty follicles are taken?
In order to obtain more high-quality follicles in the cycle, improve the success rate of the entire IVF, and avoid the damage caused by multiple excitation puncture eggs to the female ovaries, the clinic will often formulate the most suitable ovulation promotion program according to the female patient's own situation to obtain more and high-quality eggs.
However, under the monitoring of B ultrasound, it can be found that the development of follicles under the action of ovulation induction drugs seems to be normal, but when the eggs are retrieved, the eggs cannot be sucked into the follicles, resulting in the phenomenon of empty follicles, and finally the number of eggs obtained is reduced.
Empty follicles are generally due to early atresia of the egg, and may also be a problem with ovarian function, so IVF egg retrieval may be related to its own ovaries, eggs or hormones in the body, and may also be related to medication. That is, the retrieval of empty follicles after induction may indeed be related to IVF protocols.
3. What should I do if there is an empty follicle?
IVF is the use of targeted personalized ovulation stimulation program, will also be based on real-time follicle monitoring, hormone monitoring to adjust the program, medication adjustment, but the setting of this program is based on the patient's ovarian function, egg quality, basal follicles, age, etc. to develop, both to avoid ovarian overstimulation, but also to avoid eggs are desirable, then in the promotion of ovulation to take into account the overall situation is true, so for individuals, IVF can only try to avoid complications, empty follicles These conditions continue, And there is no absolute guarantee. This is especially true in patients who face decreased ovarian function, a small number of eggs, and an older age.
However, even if there are empty follicles, don't worry too much, because the follicles are different in size and the development progress is different, but in any case, it is impossible to take out all the eggs that are empty, unless it is empty follicle syndrome, as long as there is hope for eggs.