Nature thought out the woman's organism to the smallest nuances, providing her with the opportunity to conceive and give birth to a child. A certain role in the ability to give birth to a baby is played by the size of the follicle during ovulation, the development of which is also cyclical.
Folliculometry
This term is used to refer to the procedure of ultrasound examination of the size of the follicle before ovulation or at any other stage of its growth. Why do we need to study this process, which occurs deep in the ovaries? The fact is that the follicles are the place where ovules are born, and they are responsible for the long-awaited conception. The size of the follicle during ovulation should be such that it could give birth to an egg. Folliculometry is designed to monitor how the follicle lives, and whether it is ready for life support and egg ovulation.
What size should a follicle have when ovulating?
A woman who aspires to become pregnant, worried about all the processes taking place in her body. One such is the change in the size of the follicle after ovulation and to that. In order to avoid possible confusion, one must immediately understand that the first day of the monthly cycle is considered to be their beginning, whereas the final one falls on the last day before the monthly. Therefore, we give a classic picture of the size of the follicle in ovulation and in the remaining stages of its development, calculated for a monthly cycle lasting 28 days:
- The diameter of the follicle when ovulating, which is 5-7 days old, is 2-6 mm.
- With the onset of the 8-10 day of the monthly cycle, the size of the dominant follicle begins to be determined during ovulation, in which the egg itself will grow. Its dimensions are about 12-15 mm. The remaining follicles, reaching 8-10 mm, gradually decrease and disappear altogether.
- When ovulation occurs, a follicle of 24 mm of which hides a mature egg, already reaches the age of 11-14 days. Soon it will burst and release an egg ready for fertilization.
Approximately this is the short life of the follicle. In the remaining days of the monthly cycle, either an egg can meet with a sperm, or an end to its useless existence may occur. This cycle will continue until the moment when the long-awaited pregnancy does not come.
Occasionally, the dominant follicle may not burst. It is also likely that there will be a maximum follicle size when ovulating, which is called persistence. The latter is characteristic for the growth of the neovulatory follicle and can cause infertility. If the normal size of the follicle before ovulation tends to constantly decrease and completely disappear, then we are talking about atresia. In any case, the size of the ovulating follicle is a very important information for those who have long and unsuccessfully trying to become pregnant.