Supplements?

cerad5

Okay, I know my RE should be the one that gives me this advice and everyone is different, etc. But I am curious. What supplements do you take? What cycle days? Green Tea? Red Raspberry Leaf Tea? Mucinex? Pomegranate Juice? Vitex?

CheesyPeas

I've tried lots of different stuff but here's what I'm on currently:

Throughout cycle: stinging nettles, B-100, whole food based prenatal, DHA

Up until O: tea blend with red rasberry leaf, red clover, nettle, alfalfa, chamomile, oatstraw, peppermint and dandelion leaf.  Green tea every now and then.

5 days before O:  Guaifenesin (I used generic Robitussin)

Momarazzi007

I just heard about avocado. Apparently for IVFers it can increase success 3.4x over those not eating like half of one a day. I am weirded out by them, but like my buddy KC1212 I'll dance in the freaking moonlight in a thunderstorm if it worked at this point.

pettycrocker

I take a regular multivitamin (no prenatal) and it's actually a Flinstone because that is what my kid uses and ain't nobody got time for buying separate vitamins. I also take a multimineral, DHA+ folic, and B complex, all of these besides the DHA are just for my own self, and have nothing to do with TTC. 

This month I started 600mg COQ10 and baby aspirin, hoping it will yield me copious healthy eggs next IVF- these are specifically TTC related. 

None of that fancy crap ever worked for me (the tea, and herbs, and standing on my head during a full moon, etc), and I've tried it all. The only thing that makes a difference in the quantity and quality of my CM is more water. 

KC1212

A pre-natal

herbs (from acupuncturist) my newest "regime" will include a different herbal forumula that corresponds to the appropriate phase of my cycle

and pre-seed (not really a supplement, I guess)

DH is on a herbal formula rx'ed by acupuncturist as well.

What is the theory behind pomegranate juice :-/

tuscanbride2007

I currently take: prenatal with DHA, vitamin D, vitamin B12, vitamin C, CoQ10 and fish oil.

I drink red raspberry leaf tea 2x a day up until O.

Jen071407

Just reading all of your responses has me exhausted. I only take a prenatal, mostly because that's all I've ever been told to take. If I do end up going adding acupuncture when we do IVF I  know she'll suggest a whole smorgasbord of supplements. In fact, just from my phone convo with her she's already suggested essential fatty acids...something about fish oil and omega 3's   :-? It really irks me that some women out there jacked up on all sorts of illegal drugs can "accidentally" get KU and here we all are talking about tea. 

KC1212

Jen071407 said:

Just reading all of your responses has me exhausted. I only take a prenatal, mostly because that's all I've ever been told to take. If I do end up going adding acupuncture when we do IVF I  know she'll suggest a whole smorgasbord of supplements. In fact, just from my phone convo with her she's already suggested essential fatty acids...something about fish oil and omega 3's   :-? It really irks me that some women out there jacked up on all sorts of illegal drugs can "accidentally" get KU and here we all are talking about tea. 

Ain't that the truth!

freakyfast

I just take a prenatal vitamin with DHA. 

tuscanbride2007

@KC1212 Pomegranate juice is suppose to help thicken your lining.

KC1212

@tuscanbride2007 can a lining be too thick?

tuscanbride2007

@KC1212, I have heard yes and no.

I actually started drinking red raspberry tea last cycle because during my 2 medicated cycles, the nurse questioned what day I was in my cycle because my lining was really thick. I have read that it can inhibit implantation so I thought, let me try to thin it out a bit. I will see if it worked as we will be starting our next medicated cycle this week.

KC1212

@tuscanbride2007 RRLT thins your lining? Man, I feel like an idiot today 8-}

tuscanbride2007

@KC1212 I have read that it can help and I actually had a heavier AF last cycle. It is suppose to "tone" your uterus, so I guess that helps to thin your lining? I feel like everything is just a crap shoot!
:-B

cerad5

Thanks ladies I am seeing conflicting reports on what certain supplements do and don't do. As soon as my first post D&C AF shows up I am back with the RE and I'll ask him his opinions

CheesyPeas

I had no idea RRL thinned uterine lining either!  I used promegranate juice after my mc for the two cycles it took to conceive DS but haven't spent money on it this time around.  It's probably because DH does the grocery shopping, and I would need to remember to ask him to get some.

sailorgal

prenatal, B complex, vitamin D, Robitussin

NYGirl02

Prenatal and femaprin. I think some bumpies frown upon femaprin sometimes, but my OB was totally fine with giving it a go.

almostamissus

After a year of trying, the cycle I got a bfp I took soy isoflavones. First af since mc is due in about 2 days. I will probably try them again since I got positive results.

KC1212

almostamissus said:

After a year of trying, the cycle I got a bfp I took soy isoflavones. First af since mc is due in about 2 days. I will probably try them again since I got positive results.

I've heard of that but what is the theory behind it?

almostamissus

The theory is that they are similar to clomid (both are SERM) but weaker. You take it the same way as clomid, for 5 days at the beginning of your cycle and it is supposed to help you have more/better eggs. The part I found interesting is that unlike clomid, it actually increases ewcm and makes your lining more receptive to pregnancy. Win/win as far as I could tell. You're not supposed to take it if you have thyroid issues. And in large amounts over long periods of time it acts as a birth control but I think that's also similar to clomid. I picked up a bottle of 120 capsules at gnc for under $20. It can't hurt to try!

freakyfast

I just got 2000iu of Vitamin D added to my vitamins yesterday, by my RE. 

KC1212

Sometimes I feel like I need to invest in a pill organzier lol!

cerad5

KC1212 said:

Sometimes I feel like I need to invest in a pill organzier lol!

Me too! I already have my Metformin 3x a day, when I add in supplements it gets a little crazy!

suzieq9980

I'm on pre-natal with DHA and Pregnitude