Great BIG supplement thread

flashley-2 · February 2017

What are you taking ? How much ? What are you giving your SO ? How much ?

kiwi2628 · February 2017

My H and I are both taking PNV (well, mine is a PNV, his is the Rainbow Lite mens vitamin) as well as 2200 mg Vit D daily

dragonfly87-2 · February 2017

DH:
--a multivitamin (which I make sure he takes daily)
--almonds (does that count? lol)

Me:
--PNV
--Magnesium (Natural Calm for insomnia)
--Baby Aspirin (Dr. recommended)
--Eta: chia seeds (omega 3)

flashley-2 · February 2017

I clearly be posted this for selfish reasons. I only take folic acid. @dragonfly89 what does baby aspirin do for you ? What is baby aspirin ? @kiwi2628 are you and your H taking vitamin D ?

kiwi2628 · February 2017

@FLAshley we both take it

dragonfly87-2 · February 2017

@flashley: *TW*** My doctor recommended it after my CP. Even though it was my first loss...she said it wouldn't hurt.**TW**

Baby aspirin is 81 mg low dose aspirin. It's supposed to help with potential clotting and thins blood, so improves uterine blood circulation. I had a thin uterine lining at the time of loss and multiple 1.5 day spotty/clot periods. I didn't take the suggestion until this past cycle though. While on it, I noticed AF went up to 2.5 days, no clots and was regular flow. So, I am continuing to take it.

jess0211 · February 2017

Me:
Nature's Made Prenatal Multi + DHA
Women's Probiotic
Drinking Raspberry Read leaf tea

DH:
Regular Men's Multi vitamin
Fish oil

Tennis11785 · February 2017

I take:

Rainbow Light Prenatal One OR Nature Made Prenatal Multi + DHA
If I've taken the RL Prenatal, I also add in a Nature Made Fish Oil Pearl
3,000-4,000 IU of Vitamin D (not much rhyme or reason as to whether I take 3 or 4 pills a day. It depends on how well I think I'll be eating/how many pills fall out into my hand)
100 mg of CoQ10

H takes

Rainbow Light Mens Multi
100 mg of Coq10

I know my dr said if I get pregnant again, that I'll start taking a baby aspirin. I need to do some research as to whether I should start around O or if I should wait. If anyone has any suggestions/links to legit studies, I'd appreciate it.

slaven · February 2017

DH: Nothing, can't even get him to take fish oil supplements for his cholesterol
Me: Prenatal prescribed by my Dr. (it's free with my insurance) and I just started a women's probiotic today that was suggested to me. I've been getting frequent vaginal yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis. I feel like my perineum is short and that's probably part of the reason.

flashley-2 · February 2017

My doctor recommended I only take folic acid and not a PNV ? I question this ?! I'm going to get coq10 tomorrow for us both.

shortstack930 · February 2017

Me: prenatal vitamins, evening primrose oil 3x daily until O, red raspberry leaf tea until O, baby aspirin after O
DH: fertilaid daily--he only takes it once a day because he said three pills a day made him queasy and gave him headaches but he doesn't have a sperm issue so I figured it couldn't hurt.

jsnakehole · February 2017

I take a prenatal, but I've been taking it for a while. My doctor recommended it to strengthen my hair and nails and I feel like it worked (could totally be the placebo affect). I also take probiotics and vitamin D.

DH isn't on any vitamins as far as I know- I'm lucky I can get him to stop getting punched in the crotch by his buddies in his unit. I'll start working on him with that when he gets home.

slaven · February 2017

@FLAshley My dr. recommended a pnv even as a regular multi vitamin because I'm "of reproductive age" (her words) (this was when I was taken off BCP from bad side effects but was contemplating continuing TTA) however it is the folic acid that is most important during the early weeks of pregnancy and I'm not sure there's any truth to other vitamins aiding fertility besides helping overall health.

dragonfly87-2 · February 2017

Question: does anyone know if its ok to take a PNV and a multivitamin? Just curious. My previous multivitamins have things in it that my PNV doesn't...so would be nice to have both.

Pinky917 · February 2017

I take a PNV (Rainbow Light Prenatal One), 200mg CoQ10, and 5000iu Vitamin D (this may go down after I get more bloodwork done in April) daily. I also take Evening Primrose Oil 3x a day from CD1 until O.

DH takes a multivitamin and 200mg CoQ10 (and I practically have to force him to take it, ugh).

ETA: I also drink Red Raspberry Leaf Tea leading up to O, but mainly just because I am trying to cut down on caffeine and I like it.

slaven · February 2017

@dragonfly87 From what I know, most of the vitamins in prenatals and multis get released in your urine if you get too much. Not sure if that means they would do no harm in excess or not (potential for kidney/liver issues maybe). There is apparently something called a PNV plus multivitamin. You could look and see if that has what your multi has but PNV doesn't and see if the daily values for what they both have isn't too high.

Pinky917 · February 2017

@dragonfly87 I would be concerned about getting to much of certain vitamins by taking both a multivitamin and a prenatal, which could end up making you very sick. Can you get whatever isn't in the PNV on its own?

dragonfly87-2 · February 2017

@pinky917: good idea, I will look at specific supplements not in the PNV and see if I can find them sold separately.

katiegeminimoon · February 2017

Me: Prenatal including DHA. CoQ10(200mg)(Ubiquinol, not the other one). 5,000 iui vitamin d (is that too much?!). I was taking fish oil but I think it gave me a rash, I need to try it again. Pregnitude, which is powdered my-insitol and folic acid.

DH: CoQ10(200mg)(Ubiquinol, not the other one). 5,000 iui vitamin d. Kroger brand men's multi vitamin. Fish oil (1,000mg)

Pinky917 · February 2017

@ktcakes87 I take 5000iu because I was Vitamin D deficient. What my doctor had recommended was take 5000iu for a while, and if my levels are normal the next time I have bloodwork I would knock it down to 2000 to maintain. I don't think taking 5000iu is necessarily bad, but I might recommend dropping it down a little bit of there isn't a deficiency.

katiegeminimoon · February 2017

@Pinky917 I have no reason to think I'm deficient, but the ones I bought are 5,000iui. Maybe we will finish these then buy lower does ones next time. I did double check with my friend who works for poison control and she said you can't OD on vitamin d or anything l

zwink1 · February 2017

I'm taking:
- Rx prenatal. No specific one at the moment, I'm working my way through a pile of samples my RE gave me.
Before I started on the Rx samples, I was taking RL prenatal one
- TJ's Omega 3 DHA/EPA
- CoQ10
- Extra Vitamin C

H:
All of the above except swap out the prenatal for RL men's multi.

KatieEl · February 2017

Me: prenatal, omega 3, probiotics, vitamin d (1000iui), desiccated liver capsules, greens powder, maca, 4 cups red raspberry leaf tea a day, l'arginine, collagen peptides, pineapple (incl. core) 1-5 DPO, green tea CD1-O

H: men's multi and omega3 (both taken rather sporadically, unfortunately)

glitzandglitter · February 2017

I am TTA but have started taking a few things. I take a PNV with DHA, vitamin B complex, cranberry, and coq10.
Question: I am only taking 30 mg. of coqu10 a day. Is that too little?

LadyMillil · February 2017

A PNV or multivitamin with folic acid is really the only thing you need to take unless your doctor recommends otherwise. It is possible to overdose on supplements and not all excess are peed out so you really shouldn't take anything without the advice of your doctor.

I take vitamin code raw prenatal + Nordic naturals DHA + extra iron because I'm deficient. My RE put me on 300 mg coQ10 for egg quality for IVF.

DH takes a men's multi vitamin.

izza2 · February 2017

LadyMillil said:

A PNV or multivitamin with folic acid is really the only thing you need to take unless your doctor recommends otherwise. It is possible to overdose on supplements and not all excess are peed out so you really shouldn't take anything without the advice of your doctor.

I take vitamin code raw prenatal + Nordic naturals DHA + extra iron because I'm deficient. My RE put me on 300 mg coQ10 for egg quality for IVF.

DH takes a men's multi vitamin.

Thank you for saying this.
I'm kind of shocked at how high of a dose of certain vitamins some people seem to be taking!
I have Vitamin D deficiency and was prescribed 2,000 IU twice a day (4,000 IU total). If you don't have a deficiency, there's no reason to supplement an excess amount of a vitamin. You can have harmful side effects from taking too much of any vitamin or mineral. If the excess Vitamin D isn't excreted (and it's not all excreted, it does build up), for instance, you can get a build up of calcium, which can result on vomiting, weakness, poor appetite, kidney problems...
I fully understand wanting to make your body as healthy as possible while TTC to facilitate the growth of a LO, but, in doing so, you can definitely have the exact opposite effect if you're not consulting your physician and doing your own research on what you're actually putting in to your body and how much you're putting in.

AFM, even though we're TTA at the moment, for TTC-purposes I take a prenatal vitamin and a folic acid supplement, at the recommendation of my PCP and my previous OBGYN. For general health reasons, I also take 4,000 IU of Vitamin D and fish oil (twice a day), also at the recommendation of my PCP.

DH doesn't take any supplements for TTC-purposes, but for general health reasons he's started taking Vitamin D (only in the winter).

jenotontx · February 2017

I have been taking the Natures Made PNV with DHA and I take an additional 2000 IU of Vitamin D. I always tend to get Vit D deficient in the winter and my PCP recommend 3000 IU but the PNV already has 400IU so I figure that's good enough. I'm planning to start RRL tea and the plan is to get DH on a multi this weekend!

@izza2 Do you take the folic acid supplement because there isn't enough in your PNV? My PNV already has 800mcg which I think is within the sugggested range?

@LadyMillil Your advice is what I have also been thinking. I have been considering the coQ10 but I don't really know enough about it and my quick google reasearch (I know, real reliable) reflected that there isn't alot of evidence supporting how much you should take for fertility so idk if I want to mess with that.

izza2 · February 2017

@JJMNO1616 - My PNV has 800 mcg, I take a supplement for 200 mcg. My annual BW has been suggesting that I may have a slight problem with actually absorbing nutrients from food (and I really don't eat enough food that has a significant amount of folate), so when I mentioned TTGP to my PCP during a visit in 2015, she suggested taking 1 mg (1,000 mcg) of folic acid in total. My OBGYN was on board with that recommendation, so it's what I've been doing.
1 mg is at the top of the tolerable level, not over it, so there's not really a risk of it masking a B-12 deficiency like taking too much would.

seethosestars · February 2017

@dragonfly87 - I actually take a regular multivitamin and then added in an extra folic acid for this reason. The regular multi had additional vitamins that the PNV I was looking at didn't have. There is less folic acid in my regular multi (than the PNV) so I just add a 400 mcg folic acid to top it up.

I also take an omega-3 supplement (with 500 mg fish oil, 300 mg omega 3, 180 mg of EPA and 120 mg DHA), 1000 IU Vitamin D, and 600 mg ubiquinol.

DH takes a men's multivitamin, the omega-3 supplement, 1000 IU Vitamin D and 400 mg CoQ10.

Pacty49 · February 2017

I take...nothing. And he takes...nothing.

yikes, need to get on that.

Disclaimer, not officially TTC yet, just talking about starting soon, but still!

BertieMeetsGertie · February 2017

@Pacty49 I believe the recommendation is to start taking a pnv 3 months before TTC. GL!

dragonfly87-2 · February 2017

Forgot to add earlier that I eat a tablespoon of chia seeds daily soaked in my pom juice. It's kind of like a supplement because it's a great natural source of Omega 3 (about 2.5 grams or 2500mg).

jenotontx · February 2017

@dragonfly87 Oh that's a great idea! I love chia seed pudding with almond milk... I'll have to try the pom juice.

cdnrunning · February 2017

@dragonfly87 @JJMNO1616 We buy the chia squeeze packs from costco. I think the brand is Mama Chia. They have different flavors and they're so easy to eat on the way to work.

KristoKekerooni · February 2017

Me:
-Prenatal Vitamin
-5,000 IU Vitamin D daily
-10,000 IU Vitamin D weekly
-Vitamin C
-Iron
-CoQ10
-Melatonin
-Baby Aspirin
-Potassium
-Clomid
-FertilAid
-Magnesium

(disclaimer: All this is not necessary for most, my body has difficulty absorbing nutrients, so I am deficient in literally everything; don't take what I take.

H:
-CoQ10
-Daily vitamin
-Antibiotic for DNAF
-Clomid
-FertilAid

hartmich · February 2017

I want to echo what others have said to not just take things for the sake of taking them. Trust me, I get it... I wanted to take all the things to just to "fix" whatever it was that was keeping us from getting KU. But like @ladymillil said, most people just really need a PNV. While it may not "hurt" you (that we know of, really) to take most of these supplements, it also doesn't seem smart to take something you don't really need either.

Now, things like green tea and pomegranate juice and pineapple core - I think you're fine with those kinds of things.

Redpuma119 · February 2017

@hartmich I 100% agree with what you said. I was one of those that took a daily vitamin and then d,b,e, fish oil, calcium, magnesium, etc etc and my dr told me to stop.

dragonfly87-2 · February 2017

@hartmich: I agree. As tempted as I have been to add things, I have stuck with what my doctor recommended and then added magnesium for sleep issues. Also, I have found natural ways to ensure I get certain nutrients through diet (like chia seeds, more leafy greens, etc). That way, I know I am eating healthy and not over doing it.

borgie05 · February 2017

Ticker warning (I think I'm supposed to warn everyone, right? Honestly I forget it's there most of the time lol)

Currently just taking prenatals from Trader Joe's (same one I took last time around). Will start taking Nordic prenatal fish oil pills soon too. Hubby won't let me spend the money on those just yet. I wanted to take them earlier, but since we aren't actively trying (we aren't preventing either so I'm prepping) he said no. He said once actively trying OR a positive test, whichever comes first, then I can buy those. I took them with my son though and prior to getting pregnant with him and I swear by it's amazing lol.

livingthedream-3 · February 2017

LadyMillil I second this. You can absolutely have too much of certain vitamins. The most important thing when taking PNV is the folic acid. If you eat a well balanced diet supplements aren't very necessary, unless otherwise instructed by your doctor for a specific reason.

I am only taking a regular women's multivitamin, not a PNV. Mostly because I like the flavor of the chewables. It does have a slightly less amount of folic acid, so I make sure to eat lots of leafy greens. I should switch to the PNV, but I've always taken these w/ my other pregnancies. We are currently NTNP until spring/summer, so I might switch as we get closer to TTC again.

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