Do you ever have something you want to know more about and you google it and click on and read those crazy message boards...Well I did that about ovulation. Ooops...Those message boards are full of support but not all that reliable for information. So my mind had a feeding frenzy on all the other "concerned women"'s questions and half answers...eventually my mind remembered one of my original questions...
Is follicle growth exponential? When I googled that I got some medical journals and I began to have clarity. Apparently there are some studies that show yes and some no. Some experts say to expect 1 to 2 mm follicular growth pre-ovulation per day. Other experts say that they will grow more per day as you move toward ovulation. I'm hoping for the exponential experience because I had a 1 mm growth from day 10 to day 13.
Additionally, I found out that it is pretty typical for a follicle to take 15 days to get from 10mm to 20mm. This sounds much better than- follicles should grow 1-2 mm per day and we need them to be 18-21 mm and they are about 10mm now. So a few days ago I was thinking I could be ovulating in like 4 days but now I realize that only growing 1 mm is not too strange. At least they're growing!
I don't know why I can't remember that I need to go to the facts to keep my mind settled and not worry. I always seem to fall into the hysteria trap on the web that is message boards. But thank goodness I found my way out once again and found some medical facts to compare myself to rather than other women's personal opinions and experiences. We are all so different and variable...Supportive, but different and variable.
TTFN
p.s. I have added 2 new links that helped me be logical today.>ovulation progress chart & >Follecular ...
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