Increasing your chances of Fertility Naturally

[LauraLy]

Yeah, I love this thread - keep recommending it to other girls. Spread the word!
I'm taking 1000mg EPO before ov. Tomorrow I start on the grapefuit juice. OH is already having orange juice poured down his throat and taking a few supplements to make his swimmers superer!
Abi x

Think I'm going to head out and buy some OJ now !!!!
What kind of supplements does you DH take?

Thanks for any info!!!!

 

[Princess86]

bump- yeah after all them tips the results will be a bump!

 

[abster]

Bump!

 

[abster]

Oops, sorry Lauraly, didn't mean to ignore you!

OH is taking zinc and vitamin E supplements. Anything that they take takes about 3 months to work, because of the way sperm develops I think. Obviously I'm hoping that by the time they've had time to work I'll be up the duff anyway, but it can't hurt, eh?
Abi x

 

[suzie7]

TTC on cycle #5 and just started taking 1x baby asprin (81 mg) a day. Anyone know of BFP results using baby asprin? I was using Vitex (chasterberry) but I don't think I need as my cycles are regular. I am going to be committed to drinking 2x raspberry leaf teas a day too and no alcohol for me this month (a good glass of red wine is hard for me to give up). Keeping my fingers crossed for a Xmas surprise!

 

[abster]

Not even heard of baby aspirin suzie7, to be honest. If you look further back in this thread, there's tons of information to help you to conceive. Really useful stuff that mslesley spent ages adding in the summer.
Good luck - lots of
Abi x

 

[LauraLy]

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[abster]

Bump! Take a look at this thread! Brilliant xx

 

[Minimin]

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[HappyMama]

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What a great thread.

 

[Premomt]

bump!

 

[abster]

If you've been trying for a while with no luck or you've suffered recurrent miscarriages then Traditional Chinese Medicine (incorporating acupuncture and herbal pills) can work wonders - you need to make sure it's a practice specialising in fertility.
I also recommend The Infertility Cure, by Randine Lewis, which was recommended to me by my acupuncture doctor help me learn how TCM works to help increase fertility (it's a very different system of medicine to what we understand in the west). It also contains a tool to help to diagnose yourself according to TCM and loads of information tailored to each issue you may have, to help you to improve your fertility. It's a wonderful book and truly uplifting.

Also, check out The Really Useful TCM thread on here - full of information about lots of girls' experiences of TCM treatment.

Abi x

 

[abster]

Bump!

 

[robinsonp10]

hey this is my 1st post on this. im 24 male and the love of my life is 19 and we r ttc. we r in our 2nd month of trying and i just wanted to know if their is anything i can do to increase my levels of fertility? ive been trying zinc supplements for bout a week now but was wondering if ther is anything else i can do?

if any1 has any tips they wud be greatly appreciated

 

[abster]

If you scroll further back on this thread there's tons of really useful information that should help you. Good luck to you both - hope you get your BFP very soon.
Abi x

 

[robinsonp10]

will do just getting used to forums lol

cheers abi

 

[mamaxm]

i read through all of this post (skimmed really, it's very late ) very interesting stuff! i'll have to try the grapefruit juice!
so i'm going to start EPO (again.. a little bit wary about it, last time i used it, my LP shortened to 9 days.. maybe just a bad cycle) and flax seed, i'd also really like to try vitamin b6 but i can't seem to figure out exactly what to take! i hear a complex is better but most of the complex's only have 50mg of b6! can i take extras? or is it safe to take b6 by itself?
love this thread should def. be sticky

 

[abster]

A vit B complex is a very good idea - Holland & Barrett do 100 and 50 mg caps - I use the 100mg slow-release ones. Are you in the UK?
Check out this thread: Vitamin B6 - Lengthen Luteal Phase or Increase Progesterone. It starts off about B6 but veers onto B- complex quite early on. If you're in the states there are mentions of where to get a good B complex on the thread.
Do you have a short LP? In short, the recommendation on there is that if your LP is 11-12 days 50mg should be fine, shorter than that and I'd try 100mg. Get them and try it out - I'd say if you're not sure then buy 50mg an dthen you can just change your dosage (better than cutting in half the 100mg ones).

EPO takes 3 months to show any effects so I doubt that's what would have affected your LP. Did you have a stressful month previously, or were you ill?

Yep, should def be a sticky thread!
Abi x

 

[faz]

Its a good read.

 

[Hann79]

Hi Ladies

New to this thread and hoping for some of your advice.
I think we may have had an anovulatory cycle after an early MC last cycle, i had -opk's through o time, but had ewcm and high cervix. Since the time I should have O'ed i have had a high soft open cervix and creamy cm (sorry TMI).

As I have never experienced this could someone in the know tell me what to expect as due for AF today and no +test

I dont know if or when I will have a period or if I don't should I expect to Ovulateat the same time as normal (about 11 days after O.... due to 25 day cycles!)

Please help I'm going mad here

Hannah xxx