hello there, just to let you know I used CoQ10 along with other things but the reason was mainly to regain health and vitality after breastfeeding for 18 months and my partner was life-threateningly ill, we switched to an organic diet lots of veg & fruit ,free range meat, etc. and a range of vitamins and supplements. I had a perfectly healthy unplanned natural pregnancy when I was 38 and gave birth at 39 years. At 40 I had another natural unplanned pregnancy which resulted in a missed miscarriage whilst I was breastfeeding my then 1 year old daughter. After this and my partner's illness we started to really change our eating habits etc. so I am thinking it is a combination of everything that I naturally got pregnant again age 41 and am currently 16 weeks with a healthy bubb ( combined first trimester testing gave me a 1 in 1141 chance of fetal abnormality/downs). Just to note, neither of us are drinkers or smokers - I have not drank alcohol for about 3.5years and have never smoked.
age: 41 (42 at delivery est. 5 Jan 2013)
how long ttc: have never actively tried for any length of time, thankfully has just happened.
length of time on coq10: started taking it to regain health and vitality August 2011 off and on until conceived April 2012
dosage: initially 120mg once a day for about 3 months, then stopped for a couple of months then in February 2012 started again on 30mg once or twice a day.
Just to note other things I took to regain health and vitality :- due to a few months of long cycles after my miscarriage I took agnus castus to regulate me again, which worked a treat after only a couple of months.
Chlorella to detoxify my body, on and off for at least 6 months
Vitamin C powder in fruit squash - approx 1000mg to 3000mg a few times a week
Vitamin B12 - helped with fatigue
B-complex
Vitamin D3
Multi-Vitamin
Cod Liver Oil / Flaxseed Oil on alternating days
The month we conceived my current pregnancy we both tried taking Maca to see what it would do for libido, etc. funnily enough - just gave us both a headache! Anyway that was the month I got pregnant anyway and only took it for a few days so doubt it was because of this.
hope this info is helpful to someone / anyone - thanks and take care and best wishes to everyone XX