Alcohol and Ovulation?

[Lilly09]

Hi ladies,

I have a bit of a random question! Did any of you who have problems ovulating, notice a difference when cutting out alcohol?

I am not a heavy drinker but will have a glass of wine with dinner most days or the odd cider in warm weather. It took me 2 years to conceive my son and it seems like he was some kind of miracle! I started training for a Marathon and fell pregnant just before my first fertility appt. We have now been trying for 2.5 years for number 2. I was on 100mg of clomid for 4 months and after a great progesterone level the first month and every month after that it has got lower and lower to the point it isn't confirming ovulation. The only thing I can think of that I did differently the first month, is I cut out alcohol for most of the month. I am just trying to figure out if this is a coincidence or not. Google kind of confirms it but not completely!

Any replies would be appreciated. Thank you x

 

[Myshelsong]

Hey hun, just want to make sure this gets some attention.

Personally I do not drink very often. Maybe a few times a week if I am Really stressed out. If we are having family stuff sometimes a few in one day but then none for awhile. I have not seen any impact on my ovulation. Perhaps your just not responding to Clomid? This does happen to some it just gets weaker and weaker. Maybe you need a switch up in your meds. I am on Femara as an alternative and having success with ovulation with that.

But if you think it is alcohol then cut is out. Better to not regret doing something that you could have changed in this journey I say.

 

[Lilly09]

Thanks so much for replying! I didn't realise that for some people it just gets weaker and weaker. That's made me feel a bit better about it, thank you! x

 

[Ommahbuba]

Hi,

Just alcohol made you feel more relaxing, that is very important in getting pregnant. So, you can try yoga or any other relaxing way instead of drinking alcohol!

 

[boobear2872]

Alchol also helped circulation.Maybe ask ur doc about low dose asprin.

 

[Ferry]

This is in no way scientific... but we were TTC for four years and the two times I got naturally pregnant within that, I was (ahem) drunk off my face - red wine the first time, sangria the second. Within the four years I did phases of cutting out alcohol (I did phases of lots of things!) and it made hee haw difference to me.

But that's anecdotal x there will be others with contradictory experiences I bet x

 

[lisap2008]

Some sites says a glass of red wine a day aids fertility and some say it lowers it, I think it just depends on the person, you could try taking Resveratrol it is an important phytonutrient and antioxidant that naturally occurs in the skin of red grapes.