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Its time for DH to step it up!

adrenalinejnke27adrenalinejnke27 member
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Today is CD 1 of cycle #5. I, like most of us  on CD1, am upset and looking forward to some wine tonight.

I'm also making plans for how I can make this cycle "better" than the last 4. (Things were looking so good this cycle, but still Af reared her ugly head!!!) I already temp, chart,  do yoga, drink green tea and POM. This cycle I think its DH's turn to do something to help our chances- I want him to start taking a multivitamin. I heard that vitamins (C and E I think?) help with sperm motility. Has anyone else done this? Any recommendations? DH says he wants gummies....

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  • FianschneidFianschneid member

    Please! I'm still trying to convince DH that there are only certain days of the month when I can get pregnant. (Thanks a lot sex ed classes of the 90's)

     A multivitamin certainly couldn't hurt. If he's open to a gummy, I say give him the gummy. Good luck.

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    At my preconception appointment, I asked my OB if he knew of anything that would improve sperm motility. He mentioned those zinc & C tablets that you take when you have a cold. Something about zinc increasing testosterone in men and vitamin C thinning out the seminal fluid.
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  • ProcrastinatingBrideProcrastinatingBride member

    Yup, I bought DH multivitamins a couple of cycles ago, but he was reluctant to take them until the RE mentioned them.  Now I still have to hand one to him to make him take it, but at least he's taking them.  I don't know that it only helps motility (as our RE recommended them, and our MFI issue is morph), but it should help the quality of his sperm overall, morphology and motility-wise, I think.

    Just bear in mind that (IIRC) it takes 3 months for new sperm to develop, so it will take a few cycles (depending on how long your cycles are) before it "pays off."

    Sorry about CD1, and good luck.

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    imageFianschneid:

    Please! I'm still trying to convince DH that there are only certain days of the month when I can get pregnant. (Thanks a lot sex ed classes of the 90's)

     A multivitamin certainly couldn't hurt. If he's open to a gummy, I say give him the gummy. Good luck.

     

    ha ha ha so right. I feel that we were seriously misinformed in middle school health class. 



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  • adrenalinejnke27adrenalinejnke27 member
    Thanks ladies- I was planning on going to Target tonight to get myself some more prenatals, so I'll pick him up some gummies with Zinc, Vitamin C and E. Hopefully armed with gummies and the fact that REs recommend them I can get him to start taking them regularly!
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  • PandaManda23PandaManda23

    I have my Dh on Vitamin C which i need to make sure he takes his today. lol....i'm his mommy when it comes to vitamins....i'm also taking a C every 2-3 days since I'm prenatals....don't want to over dose on C....

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    I have my Dh on Vitamin C which i need to make sure he takes his today. lol....i'm his mommy when it comes to vitamins....i'm also taking a C every 2-3 days since I'm prenatals....don't want to over dose on C....

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  • JoAnna914JoAnna914 member
    imageFianschneid:

    Please! I'm still trying to convince DH that there are only certain days of the month when I can get pregnant. (Thanks a lot sex ed classes of the 90's)

     A multivitamin certainly couldn't hurt. If he's open to a gummy, I say give him the gummy. Good luck.

    LOL!! My husband was also shocked that I can only get pregnent about four days out of the month.  He's done his part by not using a laptop anymore (apparently the heat can kill off sperm).

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  • Harmony37Harmony37
    Try sharing your POM with him. It's supposed to be good for his swimmers. I read it in this https://www.whattoexpect.com/preconception/fertility-foods-for-men.aspx this morning, among other things. Also, let him have his gummies if it means he'll take the vitamin. ;-)
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