Can the doctor tell me how many eggs i have for sure ?

[ladyd]

If any or the quality of eggs and is it expensive??? and insurance cover it??
i am 34 years i worried i am getting old i know one time the doctor did the ultrasound and saw only about 3 or 4 eggs only some of them grew about 10 cm and died he was givng me shots to ovulate,,,,,,,,,,then he made me feel bad he said i was cold i don't know what he was trying to say but i felt my heart to the floor,,,,i already felt bad that even if they were, just eggs i wanted to cry ,,,,,,,i know the older you get the few eggs but i was wondering if they can check and the insurance cover it ??? i don't have money:

[OTMomma]

I think if you aren't doing fertility treatments, most doctors don't want to bother doing ultrasounds to count/measure egg folicales. However, you can get blood work done to check all of your hormone levels. My doctor says she can tell from my hormone levels that I am ovulating. And my insurance did cover the test. Its done on a certain day of your cycle.

Peace,

[Dena]

I think the Clomid challenge test can also give them information about where you are with regard to ovarian reserve. I am not sure if insurance covers that - I think it depends on your insurance company. Mine will not cover anything remotely related to fertility now, but will cover some of my meds, like lupron. Go figure.

[blueridgewoman]

Yep, you can get a progesterone test seven days after you are supposed to ovulate (the test is generally done day 21 of a 28 day cycle) and the levels will tell the doctor if you ovulated or not.

[ladyd]

Originally Posted by ladyd

If any or the quality of eggs and is it expensive??? and insurance cover it??
i am 34 years i worried i am getting old i know one time the doctor did the ultrasound and saw only about 3 or 4 eggs only some of them grew about 10 cm and died he was givng me shots to ovulate,,,,,,,,,,then he made me feel bad he said i was cold i don't know what he was trying to say but i felt my heart to the floor,,,,i already felt bad that even if they were, just eggs i wanted to cry ,,,,,,,i know the older you get the few eggs but i was wondering if they can check and the insurance cover it ??? i don't have money:

thanks to everyone that answered!!!!!

[MichelleW]

I can't say anything about insurance, but we have starting doing vaginal ultrasounds on CD11/12 to see how the eggs are doing. At that time they count the eggs & see how big they are (ie: how soon they'd release on their own). After this, I get a shot of ovidrel & then 36 hours later a shot of sperm
So, yes, there are things out there which can be used to check how may eggs & their size.
I have no idea what your doctor did before when he told you that you only had 3-4, etc. But yes, as pp said, there are ways to check if you have ovulated that cycle too.
Good luck!