Trying naturally between IVF and FET?

[Elocin]

We're not planning on heading back for our FET this year, and at the moment we doing the whole 'trying / not trying' thing.

We're both taking our vitamins like good little TTC'ers, but I was curious to see if something like Royal Jelly would help me at all?

Background: I only have one tube, which is open, but not in great shape so I would need the egg to be in pretty tip-top shape to make it through.

Is there anything else I could take to help the process?

TIA

[nothing2lose]

Allo Elo

I am the supplement Queen. I spend my life popping supplements!! As you know, no success as yet but I am taking the following daily -

1 Berocca Performance Tablet
1 Elevit pre-natal multi
300 mg CoQ10
1000 iui vitamin D
4000 mg fish oil
25mg zinc
1500mg royal jelly capsules
100mg vitamin B6

Hope this helps!

x

PS I am doing a stim cycle next as I have no frosties

[luna moth]

Maca Powder
Fertility Fruit Bread (no scientific basis, but good excuse for me to bake and come over for a natter!)

[nothing2lose]

OOOOooooo is that an actual recipe Audux????

Care to share?

[Elocin]

I've not heard much about Maca Powder... will have to do some research.

N2L, it's Audax's special recipe... delicious fruit bun, baked with love and sprinkled with tons of baby dust. She made it for me when I was going through IVF and came over for a cuppa, a goss and let me snuggle her LO for a couple of hours (Nellie and I totally bonded over Dr Phil). I obviously didn't eat enough though...

[nothing2lose]

I'll take three loaves

[jayejaye]

Hey chicks, just thought i would pop my head in and say we had success with a natural cycle when we were told chances were less than 10%. Male infertility were our issue and in the months prior to bfp, DH got off the grog, started taking menevit (although FS said it was no better than a multivit and much more expensive!!) and he lost about 15 kilos, all of which i think contributed. When i saw FS he said "yeah all of that would've helped" so i was a bit ****ed hehad never actually recommended that we do all of that!!!! Go figure. Anyway, i hope you get your BFP sweetie. J.

[Elocin]

I just went to my local health food store and asked about Maca Powder helping with fertility and cycle regulation and the lady there gave me the impression that it would help me conceive because it would make me want to have more sex with DH...

She said 'it's great. Just like horny goat weed. Great to help you... you know *wink wink*'

(oh and she said 'just relax. So many people get pregnant when they just relax. Or take a holiday' )

I like my husband a lot and don't really need any help in that area. Are there any other benefits??

Off to spend some time with Google me thinks.

[MummaSue]

Nic, I have a really good book called The Fertility Diet. It's awesome and basically got my body in tip top shape (along with acupuncture) for us to start out IVF cycle. I know that you're trying naturally just now, but the month before we did IVF, I was charting my cycle for my acupuncturist and my chart was TEXTBOOK and we *almost* considered putting off the IVF to see if we could do it naturally. As you know, we didn't as it was all scheduled in but my body was doing what it should and I feel it was down to the way I was eating based on recommendations from this book - amongst other things of course.

I'll post it out to you today

[Elocin]

Oh awesomeness... thanks honey!

Don't post it hun... are you working tomorrow? I can meet you near your work and pick it up?

[nothing2lose]

Sue, is that the one by Jeremy Grolls? (I think that is his name!)

[Elocin]

Oh cool. Between the fertility fruit bun, little baby cupcakes and this sticky vibe rice pudding I'm going to have triplets

[Lenny]

Grrr to the lady at your health store. Want me to come over and teach her a thing or two about TTC and what NOT to say!!!

[nothing2lose]

There are cupcakes too?!

[Elocin]

Thanks Lenny... She lost my sale, that's for sure!!

N2L, I swear that Audax is just trying to fatten me up. Whatever her motive, I'm happy to taste her recipes

[luna moth]

Oh, yeah, I forgot about the baby dust cupcakes.

I'm building up credit, so that one day I can reap a billion squishy baby cuddles.

[Miss.B]

GL Elocin, hope it all goes well for you sweets!!! Will be keeping everything crossed for you guys (fingers toes and anything else I can!! lol)

PS Well, my DF and I are trying naturally too (we kinda have nil chance naturally but what the heck! hehehe we have fun trying ) and I got him taking the menevit tablet. Poor thing keeps getting pimples on his face hahahahahaha. He says the tablets brought his youth back! bahahahaha

B xoxo

[Mum2SweetCs]

Hey gorgeous, just popping in to wish you all the best and may audax, super cupcakes do the job. If they do please express post some to me hehehhe.

Ps, subbing as I need as much help as possible too. Off to google meca powder