What to do if no dominant follicle is found

For a woman to become pregnant normally, she needs to produce high-quality eggs. If she cannot ovulate normally, artificial egg stimulation must be performed, but this will also have certain side effects. In addition, having eggs does not mean you can get pregnant. Even if there are many eggs, you need to have a dominant follicle. But what if some women do not have a dominant follicle? You can improve it through your daily diet, such as eating more foods that are beneficial to egg promotion.

What is the dominant follicle?

The so-called dominant follicle in medicine is a follicle that is larger than 10mm and smaller than 18mm on ultrasound. There is always one follicle that is the largest, and after it ruptures and ovulates, the other follicles are absorbed and disappear one after another. We call the follicle with the largest head and the most mature development the dominant follicle. If the normal menstruation is 30 days, the follicle that grows to more than 1.0 on the tenth day of menstruation can be considered the dominant follicle.

What to do if there is no dominant follicle

There are many reasons for the immature development of follicles. Diet therapy is a good way to promote the development of follicles. Foods that promote the development of follicles include:

(1) General cereal foods are beneficial to promoting the development of follicles, such as black beans, rice, adzuki beans, red beans, corn, soybeans, wheat, potatoes, etc. You can also drink more soy milk or black bean soup on a daily basis.

(2) You can eat more nut snacks in moderation, such as walnuts, cashews, pine nuts, almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, peanuts, sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds, etc.

(3) Foods such as onions, wolfberries, milk, pumpkins, chicken, and beef are rich in phytoestrogens. Eat more of these foods to increase the amount of sex hormones that are lacking.

(4) Traditional Chinese medicine has certain advantages in regulating follicle development. Drugs such as Rehmannia glutinosa, Epimedium brevicornum, Lycium barbarum, Ligustrum lucidum, Cornus officinalis, Deer Antler Powder, Chinese Angelica sinensis, and roasted Astragalus membranaceus have very good therapeutic effects.

This article introduces in detail what high-quality follicles are and what to do if there are no dominant follicles. As a woman who is preparing for pregnancy, you'd better pay attention to the development of your follicles in time. Once you find that there is no dominant follicle, you need to take immediate measures to promote the development of the follicles and let the follicles develop into dominant follicles in time.