Vitamins and supplements
Okay, lets see if I can remember the whole list:
1. Bioceutcials InNatal - two caps a day. This is the pre-pregnancy supplement.
2. Bioceuticals Zinc Sustain - one tab a day.
3. Blackmores CoQ10 - three caps in the morning and another three at night.
4. Herron EPA DHA Fish Oil - 3 x 1000mg caps in the morning and another three at night.
5. FGF Iron & Folate supplement (little white bottle with orange lid) - 1 tab morning, 1 tab night.
6. Cenovis 1000mg Vitamin C - one tab morning.
7. Nourishing Flora Probiotic - one cap morning, one cap night.
8. Bioceuticals Lipoec Acid - 1 cap morning, 1 cap night.
9. Bioceuticals Inflameze - 3 morning, 3 night if you suffer from arthritis
10. Blackmores B6 - 1 tab morning, 1 tab night
11. Selenosol Drops - 10 drops in glass of water each morning.
12. Thompson's Kelp - 1 tab in the morning.
I also took two different herbal tonics prepared by my Naturopath. One of them contained liquid Vitex. For anyone suffering PCOS or an irregular cycle (ie short luteal phase or a whacky 40 day cycle), I'd recommend Blackmores Vitex tablets, but stop taking them as soon as you've had your IUI or IVF transfer.
In addition, I took a few supplements for anxiety attacks and infertility induces depression. If anybody wants that list, let me know.
Finally - I ate a high protein diet: protein in 3 meals a day. Plus loooaaaaads of green veggies. No spuds, carrots, sweet potato - any veg with carbohydrate in it.
Big cheers!
OP.
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Finally conceived in Nov 08 (2.7 years trying)
1 IVF ICSI cycle (2 transfers, 2 thaw failures all BFN)
5 IUI (3 stim, 2 nat) - BFP
DS born 7-8-09
Last edited by OriginalP; March 26th, 2009 at 08:22 AM.
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