What is Follicular monitoring?
It is a common fertility procedure, it involves doing a series of transvaginal ultrasound for tracking the development of egg-containing follicles within your ovary from an immature state (which we call antral follicles) to a mature state (we call leading or dominant follicles).
Knowing when your eggs are nearing maturity helps to know when ovulation occurs and also predicts the best time for intercourse(known as timed intercourse) or IUI(intrauterine insemination) or ovum pickup in IVF(in vitro fertilisation)
How is it done?
The first scan is generally done on day 2 of your menstrual cycle to look at the baseline. This is same as a regular transvaginal scan.
If a natural cycle is being monitored, the next scan is done according to your cycle length(usually day 8-10 in a 28 days cycle).
If medications are being used the start date is decided according to the that.
Thereafter generally it is repeated on alternate days till rupture of the egg.
What is sono AVC?
Our centre is equipped with highly advanced machine i.e. GE Voluson E8. It is sophisticated machine and has various advanced softwares, one of which is “sono AVC”. This software helps in counting of developing follicles(eggs) with greater accuracy with colour coding of these follicles(eggs) according to size.
Is it safe?
Yes, ultrasound uses sound waves to produce images and is safe.