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Re: # of follicles
From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:48:30 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 20 Jul 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I had an ultrasound yesterday on cd8 and it showed that I had 5
>developing follicles in my right ovary. I just read on the net that the
>number of follicles relates to the possibility of mutilples. Is that
>true?

yes -- if you ovulate more than one egg there is a higher chance of more than one being fertilized and therefore having more htan one baby
Do I have a normal amount?
are you on any fertility drugs? >Thanks!

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