A note about ovarian cysts

When I went in for my first sonograms, I had one ovarian cyst in each ovary. This sort of freaked me out, but it turned out not to be a big deal. Cysts are relatively common. When the eggs develop, the follicles that are produced usually detach. If they don't, they become a cyst. Cysts are just large follicles that are left over, and they usually are just reabsorbed into your system. Most of the time, you don't know if they're there and they don't do anything. The scary stories about cysts involve the rare cases where they get very big, don't reabsorb, and start causing some abdominal pain.

You will be checked for cysts in this process because you can't start a donation cycle or the medications with a cyst. However, if you have one, don't worry. Mine were quickly fixed with a month of stronger birth control pills.