How to tell if the follicle is empty

All mature follicles contain egg cells. They are not empty egg cells or empty eggs. Therefore, there is no such thing as empty egg cells in clinical medicine. Only when the egg is mature, because the egg wall is too thick, or because of insufficient female hormones in the body that causes the follicle to become luteinized, in other words, the egg does not break open and the egg cell cannot be cleared, resulting in shrinkage. In clinical medicine, active intervention is necessary. For example, puncture can be performed under B-ultrasound guidance to rupture the follicles and remove the eggs, and then sexual intercourse can increase the chance of pregnancy.

Simply put, an empty egg is an egg without an egg cell, which is usually caused by ovarian dysfunction or endocrine imbalance. Empty eggs include hidden empty eggs and pathological empty eggs. Hidden empty eggs are mostly due to insufficient efficacy of ovulation-inducing drugs or improper dosage, resulting in the inability to ovulate normally. Usually, eggs can be discharged after one cycle of drug adjustment. Pathological empty eggs are mostly caused by genetic mutations, and normal ovulation is impossible even after the use of ovulation-inducing drugs.

Some women who have been suffering from infertility for a long time prepared to go to the hospital for test tube surgery, but when they retrieved the eggs, they found that the eggs were empty and they could not retrieve the eggs. In the end, they could not successfully perform the test tube surgery. So, what is the matter with the egg being empty? What does an empty egg mean? Let's find out below.

The egg is empty.

An empty egg is an egg without an egg cell, and no egg cell can be retrieved during egg retrieval for in vitro fertilization. The reason for the production of empty eggs is mostly due to the asynchronous necrosis of the egg and the egg cell. If empty eggs appear, the woman's uterus and ovaries may have aged, so it is basically impossible to obtain egg cells. At this stage, there is no authoritative treatment for empty eggs. Generally, Chinese herbal medicine is used to regulate the endocrine system to reduce the probability of empty eggs. To know the condition of the ovaries, you can check FSH in advance. You can tell from the FSH value that if the FSH is high, the ovulation induction effect will not be very good. The other situation is regular. In this case, there is still hope for successful IVF, and perhaps healthy eggs can be successfully retrieved during the next ovulation period. For patients with empty eggs, most of them are regular, so patients do not need to be discouraged and wait for the second IVF egg retrieval to see the situation. If it is regular, it is possible to successfully retrieve eggs.

The causes of empty eggs include early ovarian atresia, excessive use of ovulation-inducing drugs and endocrine therapy, etc. Empty eggs often cause infertility because there are no egg cells in the eggs. There are Chinese and Western medicine methods to treat empty eggs. In this case, if you want to have a baby, you should seek treatment as soon as possible. Patients should go to large specialist clinics for regular checkups and treatments.

Can I get pregnant during ovulation with a small egg?

The egg is composed of an oocyte and many small and medium-sized egg cells around it in the ovarian cortex. At the beginning of each menstrual cycle, several eggs develop at the same time, but usually only one or two eggs develop to perfection and become mature follicles, while the other eggs are locked one after another. Small eggs are actually caused by poor development of the uterus. Poor uterine development means that in the late ovulation stage, the egg development cannot reach the mature follicle size from beginning to end, and the function is poor, the secretion of estrogen is insufficient, and the clinical cervical score cannot reach the required low value (>10 points). This condition is quite common among pregnant women, with an incidence rate of up to 27.0%. Moreover, it recurs in the same patient at different time periods, with a recurrence rate of 63.8%. Even during its non-FM period, there are often abnormal phenomena to varying degrees. These findings suggest that FM may be a key cause of infertility. Ritchie also reported that infertility is caused by abnormal uterine development and ovulation disorders, accounting for about 15% to 25%.