How big is a mature follicle?

Healthy eggs are the prerequisite for women to have children. Many women’s infertility problems are directly related to egg abnormalities. The follicles are divided into three stages: primordial follicles, growing follicles and mature follicles. When they mature, they will ovulate. The more common follicular abnormalities in clinical practice are follicular dysplasia and agenesis of follicles. Mature, healthy follicles are important. So, how big is a mature follicle? Let’s take a look below.

How big is the follicle considered mature?

1. Generally, the follicles of a person are mature when they are larger than 20mm and can be discharged. The size of the follicle when ovulation occurs depends on the individual. Some ovulate when the follicle grows to 15mm, while others need it to grow to 25mm. Under normal circumstances, mature follicles will be discharged within one to two days, and the discharged follicles can generally survive for 2 days. There are usually one or more follicles. But usually only one mature egg is released each month, while the others atrophy or are absorbed by the body.

2. Only when the follicles develop and mature can they function fully and the eggs released can be mature and healthy. If the follicles are underdeveloped, ovulation cannot occur normally or the quality of the eggs released is poor, it will affect normal conception and fertility. Some women release immature follicles or do not ovulate, which will affect their fertility. Moreover, the miscarriage rate and fetal malformation rate will increase greatly.

How to improve egg quality

1. Diet adjustment:

Five days after each menstruation, buy a one-pound water fish, add 10 grams of dog wolfberry, 10 grams of yam meat, and 10 grams of yam, and stew for about 45 minutes. Start taking it five days after menstruation. If the follicles are not good, you can take it one more time. Because this soup is meant to promote the growth of follicles, you don't need to drink so much. Drink it once on the fifth day after each menstruation. If the follicles are monitored to be large enough, you don't need to drink it a second time. If the follicles are not large enough, you can drink it one more time. Each cycle repeats.

2. Childbearing age:

For men, sperm is renewed every 30 days, but for women, eggs are with them from birth. Lifestyle, environment, and age will affect the quality of eggs. According to women's physiological laws, their fertility is strongest at the age of 25, slowly declines after the age of 30, and rapidly declines after the age of 35.

3. External stimulation:

The toxicity of cigarettes can directly affect the eggs, causing you to enter menopause early. Long-term smoking will damage the body's entire hormone system and affect the function of the ovaries. Drinking, insomnia and irregular diet can have serious negative effects on women's reproductive health, leading to a decline in both egg quality and ability to conceive. After an artificial abortion, pregnancy is suddenly interrupted and hormone levels in the body drop sharply, thus affecting the internal environment for the survival of the egg and affecting the quality and vitality of the egg.