Over 40 Natural BFP with DHEA CoQ10 Vitex Black Cohosh Low AMH

[Milty]

Ok I was on low dose DHEA but starting today up it to 100mg and I'm taking 2 packets a day maybe of pregnitude.

See I have hyper O that usually results in twins but not so for me. My theory is that my eggs don't fully mature which results in no fertilization or more recently early CP. My FS in the past believed my eggs are fine but could tell me more if I did IVF. I won't.

So the hope is this will help my egg/eggs mature. She has told me that women without PCOS but did have infertility did better with egg quality in their IVF cycles when taking it.

I tried researching it but all I see is info on PCOS

 

[FireBaby]

Yeah I tried researching about Myo Inositol but I also can only find info about PCOS too.

Did you get your DHEA levels checked? I'm trying to decide if I should before supplementing but the more I think about it the more I think I should at least try supplementing it.

What brand DHEA did you get? Is it micronized?

 

[Milty]

Yes mine is. I actually think I'm going to switch to the one linked back a few pages.

I have had my levels checked before and after being on DHEA because you don't want to go overboard.

I also did test again today to check and I go back in 30 days to check again to be sure I'm at the right level.

 

[FireBaby]

I'm going to go get my DHEA tested - the more I read about it the more important I think it is to understand what your level is to begin with.

Were you low or normal?

 

[Briss]

Firebaby I totally agree re testing before taking DHEA, from what i read it's really powerful stuff that can make a difference including to your egg quality but can also screw things if your levels are already high

 

[Milty]

I was normal.

I need to say I read my doc notes wrong I am only supposed to take 75mg of DHEA.

She also put me on 100mg of Progestrone twice daily during LP

 

[vkj73]

so i'm on my 8th day of getting only highs on the cbfm.
i don't remember this ever happening.

i started taking vitex last cycle, and coq10 this cycle.

could that be part of it?

anyone using the cbfm in conjunctions with these two supplements had the same thing happen?

i'm a little concerned.

 

[Blythe]

so i'm on my 8th day of getting only highs on the cbfm.
i don't remember this ever happening.

i started taking vitex last cycle, and coq10 this cycle.

could that be part of it?

anyone using the cbfm in conjunctions with these two supplements had the same thing happen?

i'm a little concerned.

i used cbfm in conjunction with both those sups....no issues with COQ10 but vitex delayed my ovulation by 2/3 days and gave me horrid headaches....i did not like it at all. Do you also use an OPK in the late afternoon/evening? i sometimes picked up LH surge on those rather than CBFM.

 

[vkj73]

thanks blythe.
i hope i'm not messing things up by testing out these
different supps.

p.s. now that i think about it, i've had some dull headaches off and on.

 

[Blythe]

thanks blythe.
i hope i'm not messing things up by testing out these
different supps.

p.s. now that i think about it, i've had some dull headaches off and on.

I often think the same thing.....a couple of years back my periods were perfect 28 day cycles no spotting and very little pmt.....that is no longer the case! I wonder if the supps I'm taking have put everything else out of balance.

 

[maxxiandniko]

Hi guys. Hope you don't mind my jumping in. I'm 41 and just had a miscarriage. Heartbeat was there at 7 weeks, gone at 9 weeks. I had a d&c almost 3 weeks ago. Prior to that I miscarried last year around the same time with a similar situation and the year before I successfully had twins with IVF. A miscarriage and chemical before the twins led me to ivf. Anyway my RE recommends ivf again but my husband is not on board. He sees a ton of risks involved if I get pregnant again (I had my twins at 28 weeks). He'll do the ivf if I insist but I don't know if I should insist on something like that. Anyway I ordered and started taking some OvaBoost and Royal Jelly along with prenatal vitamins. Anyone have any experience with or heard of anyone having good results with these supplements? I will be doing blood work as soon as I get my period just in case we go with the ivf but this time last year all looked ok.

 

[vkj73]

maxx, i don't know much about those sups. i wish you all the best of luck tho.

i finally got a peak today after 10 days.

so this a.m., i decided to take a break from the vitex and coq10, and just stick with
the prenatal and b6.


to all!

 

[Blythe]

Vkj....for the peak....its that pesky vitex!! I would stay with the coq10 as i don't think that delayed your ovulation....of all the supps i would drop that would be one of the last on my list.

Vitex is good for girls who have irregular cycles (imo) but it is a very strong herb and can mess up a good cycle (well it did for me).

 

[vkj73]

thanks blythe!

maybe i will stick to the coq10. my cycles range from
29 days, to 38, to 30, and back and forth.
so i've been hoping that the vitex would help with that.

maybe in some ways it is.

who knows

 

[Briss]

I am wondering if I should try vitex, I like the idea of delayed ovulation….

 

[Blythe]

Vitex can take a couple of months to work and get the cycles regulated....im so impatient though i only gave it one.....but the headaches were just too much for me. Some women have had impressive results though...

 

[notrustyyet]

Vitex can take a couple of months to work and get the cycles regulated....im so impatient though i only gave it one.....but the headaches were just too much for me. Some women have had impressive results though...

BTW, headaches just mean you are taking too high a dose. A couple times I took 2 of my Vitex (225 mg) instead of one, so 450 mg (it's easy to get sucked into more is better thinking) and only got headaches with double the dose. Called Co, who makes it and they told me same thing. Try halving it. What dose were you on?

 

[Ceilani]

Just wanted to say thanks for this thread notrustyet. Found out my amh is 0.78 ng/ml (US scale) today, so I'll be purchasing black cohosh and dhea today. I'm already taking CoQ10, but only 200 mg...upping that to 600 over the course of the next couple of weeks.

My doc is willing to put me on Clomid though. If the clomid challenge tests look okay, I'll continue with it for a few months.

Thanks again...I cried a bit and then remembered your thread...gave me more hope than I started with today!

 

[Milty]

I am wondering if I should try vitex, I like the idea of delayed ovulation….

I missed this before and just wanted to say that the B complex delayed my O by 1 day the first month I took it. I had always ingored it because I had a good LP but I noticed huge benifits from it.

Also, the pregnitude I just started in combination with the b complex has made my O move up to CD 16!!! which is a big difference from CD 12 or CD 13. It's not so different to be concerned just enough to give me more peace of mind.

 

[Blythe]

I am wondering if I should try vitex, I like the idea of delayed ovulation….

I missed this before and just wanted to say that the B complex delayed my O by 1 day the first month I took it. I had always ingored it because I had a good LP but I noticed huge benifits from it.

Also, the pregnitude I just started in combination with the b complex has made my O move up to CD 16!!! which is a big difference from CD 12 or CD 13. It's not so different to be concerned just enough to give me more peace of mind.

Im CD11 and not a hint of a line in opks and i would usually get a strong line by now.....im taking a new B complex supplement which is think is delaying ovulation so im going to stop taking it until i have ovulated and start up again and hoping it will sort out my LP spotting.