Egg quality

kgrasser · April 2014

Hello, My name is Kelly and I have been TTC for over a year and a half. I have poor egg quantity and I just learned quality too. We just did one round of IVF with ICSI and ended with 1 embryo and after the PGD testing it came back abnormal. We are set to do another round of IVF in the near future. I am new to forums so hope I am doing this right but I am looking for support and advice. Does anyone have any ideas of ways to improve egg quality? Anyone try a gluten and dairy free diet to help with egg quality? Thanks so much!!

poohniki · April 2014

Welcome and I'm sorry you are here. Some of us are on supplements for egg quality. I was recommended by my RE to take CoQ10, DHEA, and melatonin. I would ask your RE before taking anything though.
I believe gluten-free helps lessen inflammation. I am going gluten free to help with implantation. Not really sure if it does anything for quality.
You should ask to get your vitamin d levels checked. Sometimes if you are low, your AMH could be reading low and it may go up a small amount if you start taking supplements.
Good luck!

katib77 · April 2014

I'm on 600mg ubiquinol CoQ10 daily as well as 1000iu of Vitamin D. I will be taking dexamethasone for inflammation during IVF#2 as well as adding in HGH this time around to see if it helps improve quality (studies have shown it can help AMA ladies).

penad5 · April 2014

as PP said CoQ10 - in preliminary studies has shown very positive results with egg quality. But i agree with @poohniki talk to your RE before starting anything new

Good luck!!

Ham113 · April 2014

**BFP mentioned**

My first IVF resulted in 29 eggs retrieved, but only 11 were mature and only 5 fertilized. We ended up transferring one 4BB and froze one 4BB and got a BFN. Though I don't have egg quantity issues, my RE believes that I may have quality issues. For IVF #2, I was put on CoQ10, Saizen (HGH), and dexamethasone in addition to the same antagonist protocol for IVF #1. IVF #2 resulted in 20 eggs retrieved, 10 mature, but all 10 fertilized. It also resulted in better quality embryos, we transferred two 4AB, and had two 4BB to freeze. I haven't had my beta yet, but got a BFP on a HPT on Sunday. No matter what happens, this cycle has already been way better than the first. Not sure whether it's a fluke or if it's attributable to the Saizen, CoQ10, and dex.

Good luck!

kgrasser · April 2014

Thank you all for the advice! I am taking 600 mg of COQ10, 75 mg of micronized DHEA, and 2000 mg of Vit D daily. I am also taking royal jelly and L'Arginine. I will ask more about melatonin. I was told with IVF #2 I will get HGH too. Thanks again! I really appreciate your help!

Lindsey7348 · April 2014

I recommend a book called "It starts with the egg" by Rebecca Fett. You can purchase it off of Amazon.

Someone recommended it here not long ago and I just finished it yesterday. It was very helpful for me. I, too, took royal jelly and l-arginine and there is contradicting studies for those two things in there. Worth the read for sure!

Good luck!