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Looks good to me, but I know nothing about them.
This'll be the month to remember, with BFPs in September!
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Looks good to me, but I know nothing about them.
NDTaber9211
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I was thinking about buying fertilaid for men for DH. It states it can help morphology and I figured it couldn't hurt. Should I buy it now even though ovulation will probably be happening within the week or wait until we know if this cycle was a bust?
No fever?I would order it now so it's in his sytem for next cycle, just in case this cycle doesn't work out. Which who knows, you still might get your
this month!
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Wow I didn't know that about Nikki, amazing!
Nichole idk I say try if for a week! But don't stress over it. I wouldn't stress DH either, just tell him a few vitamins etc should do the trick!
Nichole idk I say try if for a week! But don't stress over it. I wouldn't stress DH either, just tell him a few vitamins etc should do the trick!
Nichole, I found this info on another forum. It's a long list but maybe you can find something here that can help. My DH takes a great raw multivitamin, zinc and extra doses of vitamin C every day.
Men who wish to improve their sperm quality and count may want to consider these supplements:
Note:*FertilAid does contain amounts within range of Zinc, B12, Selenium, CoQ10, L-Carnitine and Vitamin A.* Although I question if it's enough B12; according to the studies you may want to add extra B12 (I do)
.• Vitamin C (500-1500 mg/day) Vitamin C helps to combat the pollution we are surrounded with. Pollution, particularly agricultural chemicals have been shown to cause much lower sperm counts. Vitamin C has been shown to reduce DNA damage in sperm by 91%. It is also shown to reduce agglutination and abnormalities. Vitamin C (1000mg) per day raised sperm counts by 140% in the first week in one study and 200 mg increased sperm counts by 112% in the first week. After 60 days the 200 mg group had caught up with the 1000mg group. All of these men had impregnated their wives by the end of the study.
• Vitamin E (400-800 i.u. per day) Studies show that vitamin E can increase sperm potency by 2 ½ times. Two studies found that vitamin E supplementation lead to a 20% pregnancy rate in previously infertile men. That is higher than most assisted reproduction procedures! Take vitamin E in mixed tocopherol form. Take it with vitamin C but do not take it without consulting your doctor if you have anemia, poorly clotting blood, hyperthyroid, high blood pressure, or liver disease
.• Zinc (15-60 mg/day) Even a mild zinc deficiency can cause drastically lower sperm counts. Zinc may also improve sexual function. In one study, thirty-seven men with more than five years of infertility, and whose sperm counts were less than 25 million/ml took 60 mg of zinc daily for forty-five to fifty days. For the twenty-two patients with initially low testosterone levels showed an increase in testosterone and mean sperm count increased significantly, from 8 to 20 million/ml. Nine of the twenty- two wives became pregnant during the study. For the fifteen men with normal testosterone levels, sperm count increased slightly but there was no change in testosterone level and no pregnancies occurred. If you take zinc for longer than a few weeks you should add 1-3 mg of copper to prevent a copper deficiency
.• B-12 (10-100 mcg/day) and a B-Complex supplement can help balance testosterone and LH/FSH secretions. Lack of B-vitamins is very common in people who eat mostly refined and processed foods as well as those who smoke. Twenty-seven percent of men in one study with sperm counts under 20 million/ml took 1,000 mcg of vitamin B12 per day. As a result, their total sperm count increased in excess of 100 million/ml
.• Selenium (100-200 mcg/day) Selenium deficiency causes fragile sperm with easily broken tails. Semen is high in selenium so it must be replenished regularly. Selenium is toxic in large doses so don’t take more than 200 mcg day. One double-blind trial found that sperm counts doubled in previously infertile men after supplementation with selenium.
• Co-enzyme-Q10 (30-100 mg/day) increases sperm counts. Also an anti-oxidant.
• L-Carnitine (up to 3 grams per day) An Italian study found that 2 grams a day of carnitine for three months dramatically improved sperm counts and mobility.
• A good multi-vitamin including vitamin A. It is not a good idea to take vitamin A separately as it is very easy to overdose on this vitamin.*A multi will not have enough of the other supplements, but it is a good starting place to make sure you are not missing anything. Vitamin A helps improve sperm production.
• Essential fatty acids (EFA) are even more important for men than for women. Eat lots of coldwater fish and ground flax seed or supplement with a combination of between 1-7 grams of fish oil and flax oil capsules. Fish oil and flax oil contain different EFA so you will need to add substantial amounts of both to your diet. EFA are important for lowering your risk of diabetes and heart disease, improving overall health, and improving sperm count. Be careful about taking too much if you are on blood thinners. Be sure to choose distilled fish oil because oils such as cod liver oil contain toxic levels of vitamin A
.• L-Arginine (2-4 g) Arginine has shown very promising results in numerous studies on both sperm counts and motility. It is best used when everything else has failed.
Men who wish to improve their sperm quality and count may want to consider these supplements:
Note:*FertilAid does contain amounts within range of Zinc, B12, Selenium, CoQ10, L-Carnitine and Vitamin A.* Although I question if it's enough B12; according to the studies you may want to add extra B12 (I do)
.• Vitamin C (500-1500 mg/day) Vitamin C helps to combat the pollution we are surrounded with. Pollution, particularly agricultural chemicals have been shown to cause much lower sperm counts. Vitamin C has been shown to reduce DNA damage in sperm by 91%. It is also shown to reduce agglutination and abnormalities. Vitamin C (1000mg) per day raised sperm counts by 140% in the first week in one study and 200 mg increased sperm counts by 112% in the first week. After 60 days the 200 mg group had caught up with the 1000mg group. All of these men had impregnated their wives by the end of the study.
• Vitamin E (400-800 i.u. per day) Studies show that vitamin E can increase sperm potency by 2 ½ times. Two studies found that vitamin E supplementation lead to a 20% pregnancy rate in previously infertile men. That is higher than most assisted reproduction procedures! Take vitamin E in mixed tocopherol form. Take it with vitamin C but do not take it without consulting your doctor if you have anemia, poorly clotting blood, hyperthyroid, high blood pressure, or liver disease
.• Zinc (15-60 mg/day) Even a mild zinc deficiency can cause drastically lower sperm counts. Zinc may also improve sexual function. In one study, thirty-seven men with more than five years of infertility, and whose sperm counts were less than 25 million/ml took 60 mg of zinc daily for forty-five to fifty days. For the twenty-two patients with initially low testosterone levels showed an increase in testosterone and mean sperm count increased significantly, from 8 to 20 million/ml. Nine of the twenty- two wives became pregnant during the study. For the fifteen men with normal testosterone levels, sperm count increased slightly but there was no change in testosterone level and no pregnancies occurred. If you take zinc for longer than a few weeks you should add 1-3 mg of copper to prevent a copper deficiency
.• B-12 (10-100 mcg/day) and a B-Complex supplement can help balance testosterone and LH/FSH secretions. Lack of B-vitamins is very common in people who eat mostly refined and processed foods as well as those who smoke. Twenty-seven percent of men in one study with sperm counts under 20 million/ml took 1,000 mcg of vitamin B12 per day. As a result, their total sperm count increased in excess of 100 million/ml
.• Selenium (100-200 mcg/day) Selenium deficiency causes fragile sperm with easily broken tails. Semen is high in selenium so it must be replenished regularly. Selenium is toxic in large doses so don’t take more than 200 mcg day. One double-blind trial found that sperm counts doubled in previously infertile men after supplementation with selenium.
• Co-enzyme-Q10 (30-100 mg/day) increases sperm counts. Also an anti-oxidant.
• L-Carnitine (up to 3 grams per day) An Italian study found that 2 grams a day of carnitine for three months dramatically improved sperm counts and mobility.
• A good multi-vitamin including vitamin A. It is not a good idea to take vitamin A separately as it is very easy to overdose on this vitamin.*A multi will not have enough of the other supplements, but it is a good starting place to make sure you are not missing anything. Vitamin A helps improve sperm production.
• Essential fatty acids (EFA) are even more important for men than for women. Eat lots of coldwater fish and ground flax seed or supplement with a combination of between 1-7 grams of fish oil and flax oil capsules. Fish oil and flax oil contain different EFA so you will need to add substantial amounts of both to your diet. EFA are important for lowering your risk of diabetes and heart disease, improving overall health, and improving sperm count. Be careful about taking too much if you are on blood thinners. Be sure to choose distilled fish oil because oils such as cod liver oil contain toxic levels of vitamin A
.• L-Arginine (2-4 g) Arginine has shown very promising results in numerous studies on both sperm counts and motility. It is best used when everything else has failed.
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OPKs are still pretty much totally negative .. but my face is starting to break out and getting lots of creamy cm so hopefully will O like Monday or Tuesday!
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Katrina, hope you feel better! My Hubby isn't good at taking them.. most days I just get his pills for him and hand them to him. That solves that! Lol. Hope you're right .. just give me til tomorrow to get some BD in!! Like 3 or 4 solid days would be good.
Nichole, hopefully it's not as bad as Dr. Google says! I thought it looked good but then again, I've never seen one before. I would order it.. maybe that will jinx you!!
I plan on busting out the softcups when we get home.
Nichole, hopefully it's not as bad as Dr. Google says! I thought it looked good but then again, I've never seen one before. I would order it.. maybe that will jinx you!!
I plan on busting out the softcups when we get home.
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No idea but I will definitely have DH ask his urologist Monday. Do you know what it means about him having wbc and rbc present in his semen?
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Katrina- I am glad your fever is down! I had the flu last year and had 104 temp at one point. It definitely sucked.
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Here's what I found about WBC in semen (white blood cells)
"All semen samples have WBC in them. If greater than 1 million WBC per 1 ml are present, there is concern of infection. Generally leukocytospermia (WBC in the semen) affects 5-10% of the patient population, but can rise to 20% in certain patients groups. Semen has to be cultured for aerobic and anaerobic infection as well as Chlamydia and Mycoplasma. Additionally, leukocytes have to be differentiated from immature germ cells using immunohistochemical methods. WBC cells are deleterious because of their ability to stimulate the release of reactive oxygen species (ROS), thereby inhibiting sperm motility and sperm function. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced by polymorphonuclear cells .The three main ROS are superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, and the hydroxyl radical. On the other hand, seminal plasma contains a number of antioxidants that protect sperm from oxidative damage from exposure to ROS. Men who have higher concentrations of such antioxidants may be able to tolerate greater concentrations of seminal leukocytes. Despite an apparently abnormal threshold level for leukocytes within the semen, a wide range of conflicting evidence exists as to the significance of seminal leukocytes and infertility. The impact of this condition and its treatment on semen quality are extremely controversial"
"All semen samples have WBC in them. If greater than 1 million WBC per 1 ml are present, there is concern of infection. Generally leukocytospermia (WBC in the semen) affects 5-10% of the patient population, but can rise to 20% in certain patients groups. Semen has to be cultured for aerobic and anaerobic infection as well as Chlamydia and Mycoplasma. Additionally, leukocytes have to be differentiated from immature germ cells using immunohistochemical methods. WBC cells are deleterious because of their ability to stimulate the release of reactive oxygen species (ROS), thereby inhibiting sperm motility and sperm function. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced by polymorphonuclear cells .The three main ROS are superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, and the hydroxyl radical. On the other hand, seminal plasma contains a number of antioxidants that protect sperm from oxidative damage from exposure to ROS. Men who have higher concentrations of such antioxidants may be able to tolerate greater concentrations of seminal leukocytes. Despite an apparently abnormal threshold level for leukocytes within the semen, a wide range of conflicting evidence exists as to the significance of seminal leukocytes and infertility. The impact of this condition and its treatment on semen quality are extremely controversial"
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And RBC (red blood cells):
"Generally semen does not contain RBC. RBC presence indicates mild bleeding. It is called HEMATOSPERMIA in medical terms.
The possible causes could be as follows:
1) Trauma Causes
Urethral trauma
2)Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
Endourethral chancre, luetic
Infected organ, Abscesses
Prostatitis, acute
Prostate abscess
Prostatitis, chronic
3) Neoplastic Disorders
Adenocarcinoma, prostate
Urethra, carcinoma
4) Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
Urethra, calculus, in males
Prostate calculus
Please get further evaluation done by an andrologist to know the exact cause of hematospermia in you. "
and
"The presence of red blood cells in the semen may indicate a reproductive tract infection.
Conversely, it may be a product of damage to a small capillary due to over active masturbation. A number of sample jars have sharp plastic rims and accidental injury is not unknown."
"Generally semen does not contain RBC. RBC presence indicates mild bleeding. It is called HEMATOSPERMIA in medical terms.
The possible causes could be as follows:
1) Trauma Causes
Urethral trauma
2)Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
Endourethral chancre, luetic
Infected organ, Abscesses
Prostatitis, acute
Prostate abscess
Prostatitis, chronic
3) Neoplastic Disorders
Adenocarcinoma, prostate
Urethra, carcinoma
4) Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
Urethra, calculus, in males
Prostate calculus
Please get further evaluation done by an andrologist to know the exact cause of hematospermia in you. "
and
"The presence of red blood cells in the semen may indicate a reproductive tract infection.
Conversely, it may be a product of damage to a small capillary due to over active masturbation. A number of sample jars have sharp plastic rims and accidental injury is not unknown."
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