Game plan for this month

[Sunflower1]

my hubby said he hated the smell of Conceive Plus so we switched to Preseed and no complaints. The cycle we did catch on we didn't use it at all though actually..

coq10 is good for the women as well as it improves egg quality
pretty sure it works as I didn't use it with my first round of ivf and only had 3 eggs retrieved and 1 was only good enough to fertilise
but then on the second ivf round 12 eggs, 6 fertilised. 4 didn't make it past day 3 but still a much better outcome overall xx

That's good to know. I'll look into it. x

 

[MoominGirl]

Yeah CoQ10 is in my 'look into' pile.

I don't drink tea or coffee so caffeine intake is already low. OH doesn't drink much either. Neither off us smoke and neither of us drink much alcohol. So we've already got on top of the big nos without even trying.

Most of our efforts have been focused on other lifestyle areas that are definitely a bit lacking. OH has been doing the martial arts and will hopefully be increasing that to twice a week when classes restart. I've been doing yoga and also hoping to increase to twice a week soon. Also aiming to start swimming again. Got all the stuff just haven't quite made it to the pool yet!!

For diet, we've seriously reduced red meat and tried to replace with fish or meat free meals. It was something we thought was going to be a big effort but we really haven't missed it at all. Also trying to increase fruit and veg intake so homemade soups etc for lunches instead of sandwiches. Trying to cut down on sweet stuff. OH is a total sugar addict so that's been a lot tougher!!

I've also started having acupuncture and have a reflexology treatment about once a month. Of course I have no idea if any of this is doing anything to help but hopefully will improve our general health if nothing else!!

That all sounds great! We now eat alot of Mexican food now that my OH has discovered beans! Everything has refried beans in it! He is also a sugar addict, so that's really difficult. He's switched to things like coconut nectar which is a low carb natural sweetener. We both have a little sugar. We are both off gluten and dairy - can't remember if I said. Yoga is so great - I'm sure that will help. My OH has a coffee every day but I think a little bit of caffeine is ok. He even had alcohol free beer at the weekend at a party. I was reading about how bad stress is for testosterone yesterday.

I've heard good things about acupuncture!

How long have you been trying?

We both like Mexican food. I tried making my own guacamole and I was quite pleased with how it turned out!

We've been 'officially' trying for around 15 months but been off contraceptives for about 2.5 years. As I had high prolactin which was stopping me ovulating until about 18 months ago, I like to count from there if that makes sense. How long has it been for you?

 

[MoominGirl]

my hubby said he hated the smell of Conceive Plus so we switched to Preseed and no complaints. The cycle we did catch on we didn't use it at all though actually..

coq10 is good for the women as well as it improves egg quality
pretty sure it works as I didn't use it with my first round of ivf and only had 3 eggs retrieved and 1 was only good enough to fertilise
but then on the second ivf round 12 eggs, 6 fertilised. 4 didn't make it past day 3 but still a much better outcome overall xx

I had read about benefits for both but wanted to read a bit more as it's quite expensive. It's good to know you saw an improvement as I think in my head, I'm trying to get us both in the best possible condition for IVF should that be the road we need to go down. We only get one cycle funded so want to make it count.

 

[DeeDeeAbi]

Try baby aspirin- worked twice for me! Think you're meant to start the CBs on cd7? Xx

Thanks!How does baby aspirin work? x

It's meant to help more blood go to your uterus do your lining is nice and thick for implantation! Quite alot on Google about success stories getting bfps. Good for your hair, skin and circulation when not TTC too xx

 

[xMillie]

my hubby said he hated the smell of Conceive Plus so we switched to Preseed and no complaints. The cycle we did catch on we didn't use it at all though actually..

coq10 is good for the women as well as it improves egg quality
pretty sure it works as I didn't use it with my first round of ivf and only had 3 eggs retrieved and 1 was only good enough to fertilise
but then on the second ivf round 12 eggs, 6 fertilised. 4 didn't make it past day 3 but still a much better outcome overall xx

I had read about benefits for both but wanted to read a bit more as it's quite expensive. It's good to know you saw an improvement as I think in my head, I'm trying to get us both in the best possible condition for IVF should that be the road we need to go down. We only get one cycle funded so want to make it count.

Yeah it's not cheap.. I haven't purchased anymore since I ran out but considering trying it again