IVF, Supplements and or suggestions

ADRIANAC1982 · June 2016

So now that DH and I are going to be embarking on this journey, I am wondering if I should start, stop certain supplements.

Right now I am taking CoQ10, DHEA 75mg, Vitamin D, Melatonin, and my Prenantal vitamin.

Any suggestions, or should I nix any? Im convinced the DHEA is making me break out like crazy and I have read conflicting stuff about it, in terms of IVF.

Also any other tips or tricks would be great! I like to prepare and feel like right now is the best time to do it

Thanks

FatPony · June 2016

I don't know about the others, but you have to continue the prenatal I believ

JamieH2000 · June 2016

i would reco reading the book It Starts With the Egg. I found it a quick easy read and it goes through what to take and not take based on scientific research. I'm getting ready for IVF and taking a prenatal (with active form folate, not folic acid), Coq10 (again the active form, which is more expensive but they have it at Costco!) and vitamin D. My accupuncturist also specializes in infertility (just had twins from IVF herself actually) and is going to give me a reco diet too. I'll try to share once I get it!

ADRIANAC1982 · June 2016

Thanks @JamieH2000, I have It Starts with the Egg and have been trying it thus far, so who know maybe for IVF what ive been doing will make the difference. Ill probably go back and re-read it though, i feel like I didnt pay to much attention because I was like wait a minute this is for IVF not IUI

I got my CoQ10 at Sam's Club, they had 400mg so it wasnt that may pills. They didnt have that at my Costco.

I ran out of those bc I gave them to my DH now that we are moving onto IVF soIm taking 2 of the 200mg/day.

sleepyrn · June 2016

My RE has me on the vitamin d (my levels are critical low) and prenatal along with 81mg aspirin every day.

Kp214 · June 2016

For the acne, Clearsil in the tube works great! You might also consider decreasing it to 50 mg. I did that and have stopped breaking out. I may try to increase it back to 75 mg to see if I break out again. Also, my AMH level increased from 1.1 in July 2015 to 1.9 in May 2016. I only took the supplements and did acupuncture with Chinese herbs for 6 weeks before the retest. I don't know that this really changes anything but just wanted to let you know.

ADRIANAC1982 · June 2016

Thanks @kp214 I may have to try that........

dragonfaerie · June 2016

Salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide are not recommended when pregnant, and my dermatologist told me to quit using them while trying. I switched to Cetaphil and use one of those face buffers which has helped my acne.

I don't know about melatonin being okay, my RE told me if I was having trouble sleeping to take Benadryl.

ADRIANAC1982 · June 2016

@dragonfaerie I have to look back at It Starts with the Egg, that's where I got melatonin from.

Here is a little blurb about melatonin:

"Poor egg quality is one of the causes of infertility in women and up to now there has been no treatment available to help this condition. However it seems that melatonin may now be able to do the trick. Apparently melatonin helps to improve the quality of the egg by reducing the level of an oxidizing agent called 8-OHdG in the egg. Researchers found that women taking 3mg of melatonin before their next IVF cycle had 50% of their eggs becoming fertilized compared to less than 23% of the eggs of the control group. Following embryo transfer, 19% of the women taking the melatonin became pregnant compared to just over 10% of the women who didn't take it."

I sleep like a champ so I definitely dont need it for that

dragonfaerie · June 2016

@ADRIANAC1982 Ahhh, okay! I didn't know that that could help! How neat!

ADRIANAC1982 · June 2016

@dragonfaerie It Starts with the Egg is great!! I got it thinking it could help with the IUI procedure but when I got right into it, it was more for IVF patients, so good thing I have it to go back and look at again.

Super easy read, and a lot of interesting stuff in there. Ive tried to follow a lot of the stuff in there so I guess only time will tell many swear by this book

dragonfaerie · June 2016

Best of luck to you!

ADRIANAC1982 · June 2016

Thank you so much @dragonfaerie and BEST BEST BEST of luck to you throughout your pregnancy

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chicandbubbly · June 2016

Be prepared for the med delivery. It is extremely overwhelming to see that many meds. Also, I am not sure if you did injections for your IUI's but honestly I found that the injections weren't bad at all so don't worry about them! I easily did them for myself. I iced the area before and put heat on after.

Also I did fertility acupuncture and that helped me relax and I think alleviated some of the symptoms I had. I would highly recommend it.

Feel free to message me with any questions

wifeinraleigh28 · June 2016

I don't have any suggestions but there is good info in this thread!

@chicandbubbly I'm seeing your beta #2 numbers in your signature! Congrats!

caseyw8784 · June 2016

I remember something on the boards last year about taking melatonin while TTC is kind of iffy. I can't remember exactly why or what the posts said, but I stopped using it after I read it. Maybe search the boards for it and see what pops up?

ADRIANAC1982 · June 2016

@caseyw8784 I will do that.....I feel like its so tricky thats why I think ive asked a few times. Everyone's body is different, and its kinda like I tell my clients who insist that their case is like their friends case etc etc etc! No 2 cases/people are like although many of us might have similar numbers we are all different. But thanks I am definitely going to start looking for that post.

@chicandbubbly Thank you, my DH did my trigger injections because I was being a big baby, but I have no needed anything else so Im sure I will be overwhelmed. Ive been looking on pinterest and found some good organizational ideas for everything so im going to try some of what I found.

@wifeinraleigh28 suggestions or not, I always look forward to reading your posts, your the best

JamieH2000 · June 2016

@chicandbubbly- just curious on how often you did acupuncture before retrieval and transfer? My lady has said that trying to get in at least 9-12 sessions before transfer is kind of the magic number, so I am going twice per week for the next four weeks at least, and maybe 1 per week after that. She also comes to the ET day and does accupuncture before and after in the actual transfer room (but that day costs $300). Just wondering what you did, since you had success on your first try! I am enjoying the acupuncture so far, its just a little pricey (~$75/session). I also justify it since she just went through IVF herself, its really just nice to have someone to talk to that gets it, so i'll consider part of the cost unofficial therapy

chickyclg · June 2016

I would bring up the DHEA concerns with your RE for sure, I was on a very high dose of certain vitamins for both of my FETs (1 successful, 1 not), but I have a whole slew of issues that I'm dealing with too. If you do PIO I highly recommend asking for Synera patches to numb the injection site.

chicandbubbly · June 2016

JamieH2000 I didn't go that much. (It was $95 per session so pretty pricey) I went once a week starting a few weeks before stims, twice the week of transfer (day before and day after). My acupuncturist recommends going twice a week during stims but for me it was more stress to try and fit in another appointment when I already had so many. My last one was the week after transfer (last week). Probably in total it was about 8 times?

JamieH2000 · June 2016

chicandbubbly - Thanks for the info! That makes a lot of sense. I think I will cut back to once per week once I start all the stims/monitoring as it is so hard to get away from work for all the appts already. Congrats again, and hoping for a great third beta for you!

Angelic789 · June 2016

Hi, ladies! Hope you’re fine.
This is what I took and did/ didn’t do and I really believe this helped.
Before my IVF with donor eggs I was to lose some lbs. So that I did diet, just healthy adequate eating I suppose. And I’ve kept this healthy eating trough all the process, and surely now as it is.
I gave up any type of alcohol and caffeine. I included lots of rice milk, pineapple juice and Brazil nuts.
I also tried not to stress about the procedure which I think was the biggest factor in it working. Kept myself busy. Also took folic acid. I ate loads of avocados as once saw a programme on that they are supposed to help our "ladies bits" - lol. Even now I am taking a multi vitamin!
The Biotexcom clinic we were with made our donor drink 2 liters of water and 1 liter of milk during stimms. The water helps to ward off OHSS and the milk is high in protein which is required for egg production and development. She also took Pregnacare and had acupuncture.

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