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After an 8 year battle with infertility and countless struggles, our family is finally complete. This blog chronicles the journey it took for us to start and build the family we always wanted. Background on the blog (started in 2012, just days before I found out the embryo transfer for our son worked).... I decided to start a blog after realizing I have only been able to make it through my TWW's (two week waits) with the help of Google and with the openness of other women suffering from infertility sharing their own stories and giving others hope. I have time and time again found my exact symptoms on other women's blogs and felt an overwhelming sense of calmness they provided me. I thought it was time to pay it forward and hopefully provide this same thing to other women on their own journeys.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Egg Quality Supplements

So I gathered a ton of information and will be taking the following supplements to prepare my eggs for a July IVF.   To clarify, we will still be doing a frozen embryo transfer (FET) in April with our only two frosties.  They were frozen at day 3 and the doctor said they are pretty fragmented.  I honestly don't have much hope for them.  So in order to be proactive (since I only have time against me) I am taking the following supplements to prepare my eggs for a July retrieval.

  • Baby aspirin
  • Co Q10 Enzyme 200 mg three times per day
  • DHEA 25 mg three times per day
  • FertileCM three times a day (only when naturally trying)
  • Folic Acid 800 mcg (pill) / 400 mcg in 2 packets of Pregnatude
  • L- arginine 1000 mg twice a day
  • Omega-3 Fatty Acid 1000 mg every day
  • Maca 750 mg twice a day
  • Melatonin 3 mg at bedtime
  • Myo Inostol 2 gm twice a day (Pregnatude packet)
  • Prenatal Vitamin once a day
  • Queen's Delight (Royal Jelly 1000mg, Propolis 600mg, Beepollen 1500mg) three pills to get the dose
  • Vitamin C 500 mg in the morning (1/2 of 1000 mg pill)
  • Vitamin D 2000 iu
  • Vitamin E 200 IU every day

Here's how I divied them up throughout the day.... no rhyme or reason, just tried to balance it all out:

Breakfast

  • Baby aspirin
  • Co Q10 Enzyme 200 mg
  • DHEA 25 mg
  • FertileCM
  • L- arginine 1000 mg
  • Maca 750 mg
  • Myo Inostol 2 gm, folic 200mcg - Pregnatude packet
  • Omega-3 Fatty Acid 1000
  • Queen's Delight
  • Vitamin C 500 mg  (1/2 of 1000)

Lunch

  • Co Q10 Enzyme 200 mg
  • FertileCM
  • Folic Acid 800 mcg
  • Maca 750 mg
  • Queen's Delight
  • Vitamin D 2000 iu

Dinner

  • Co Q10 Enzyme 200 mg
  • DHEA 50 mg
  • FertileCM
  • L- arginine 1000 mg
  • Myo Inostol 2 gm, folic 200mcg - Pregnatude packet
  • Queen's Delight
  • Vitamin E 200 IU

Bedtime 

  • Melatonin 3 mg
  • Prenatal

Foods for Egg Quality


Good

  • lean protein (chicken)
  • fruits and vegetables
  • fish or fish oil supplements
  • walnuts
  • whole grains (brown rice)
  • spices
  • pineapple (bromelain)
  • berries

Bad

  • saturate fats
  • refined carbohydrates (pasta and white rice)
  • red meat
  • full-fat dairy 
  • refined / processed
  • salt


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