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@mamatriplets pls include me as always

@all scanned cd12 n cd14 n cd16..... Still Wasn't ovulating. Dis is my 2nd circle on clomid both 100mg...doctor says to increase it to 150mg next circle.my circle is 28 days so.........yea dats it.I really don't know wat I shuld b doing differently. Metformin,clomid,pregnacare and preseed. Dis is my 4th month on metformin already, I shuld b ovulating on my own by now. I just don't get why I'm not ovulating.I dnt want to b sad or depressed bt it is really hard.....*sigh .I still hav faith

@mama triplets, please include me in the prayer, baby dust to all of us

@Rockqueen,i think U̶̲̥̅̊ shuld inform ur doctor about it.for d weight gain ma sister no be small it dats М̣̣̇Ɣ biggest challenge rite nw,A̶̲̥̅♏ seriously wrking on М̣̣̇Ɣ diet cus weight loss is a bit diffy.pls do same.

Mstia a big congrats to u. May God protect nd preserve this pregnancy. @Mama3 pls add me for d prayers o. We are next in line for a miracle.

Happy Saturday Ladies!

Regarding PCOS with some ladies it's quite obvious because you will have Polycystic ovaries, irregular cycle, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, obesity and many more obvious symptoms.

Then there's the PCO without the Polycystic ovaries, they tend to have regular cycle and not necessarily have all the symptoms PCOS patient tend to have.

I don't have a Polycystic ovary but I do tend to produce a lot of eggs during IVF the Highest I've produced in one cycle was 28 so I had this test called PA1 done in the states I tested positive- heterozygous mutation because my Dad has diabetes so it did show on the test result that I'm a carrier so the doctor prescribed 1500mg Metformin bearing in mind that this would make me produce better quality eggs as opposed to producing a lot. My sisters, I almost died so reduced dosage to 1000mg but now I'm on 500mg. To be honest before I started my period was regular so the only sign I had was producing a lot of eggs. I hope this helps and the test was done as a result of having strong immunes.


Beetle

MSTIA, Congratulations on your pregnancy. Wishing you a stress free pregnancy. Much love.

Beetle

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@ Mistia, big congratulations to you God is indeed faithful @ all it goes to show we are next in line for our BFP.
Mama triplet Abeg add my name by default to the prayers. Baby dust all.

Hello Glorious mothers,
I know how waiting for our desire to manifest is not easy but as @swit2have said using God's word, He will save us.
@Shiloh, hugs....it will soon be over.

I say the godly character that we are imbibing is not for nothing....the Lord is faithful and will perform as He promised.

With these same hands will we carry our precious children and our paps feed them and experience joy over them in Jesus name.

God wants these children more than we do and is preparing us to handle them as Hannah did Samuel....it takes lots of patience to train children in line with God's word.
You have cultivated this patience so far, expect to reap its reward very very soon.
God bless you.

shiloh: @All..pls does clomid cause insomnia??. I have had it reall bad for about 3days now. Its a terrible experience. Could it b d clomid or am jst stressed? :s

that's clomid Shiloh, also gives me hot flashes at night, that drug eeen hmm its well

Hello fruitful vines, @mamatriplet where goest thou? We are warming up for the prayers tonight o. May the king of glory hear our cry tonight and crown our prayers. May every weed that ΐs growing with our wheat of conception be seperated tonight. God will no longer tolerate the weeds! And may every struggle and delay perish tonight (matt13:24) tonight we are bailing ourselves with the blood of jesus! God ΐs still God! Unleashing babies to us all

@Fruitful, U too ginger!!! Prayer nite is tomorrow, but if U Fire prayers tonite d beta 4 U. We are commanding October to Release our Babies hence the 30th nite was chosen. The List of Women for the Agreement/chain prayer will be pasted tomorrow evening. So far we are 16 of Us that will Agree & Pray that Babies be Released into this forum. Its gonna be AWESOME!!!!

Saw this on the Fertilitfriends website.


Please find below a list of vitamins and supplement for improving your chances of conceiving for both men and women. I have collated information from hours of online research and hopefully have the majority of the latest info added here, as well as the required dosages (often in ranges as usage varies even with the experts!). Please though note that I am not a doctor and this is what I took (and it worked for me), so feel free to do more of your own research and adjust to what suits you and your partner. Please also feel free to add further info if you come across something. I have kept it simple as I often find there is just too much info to wade through, when you just want answers, but if you do google searches, you will find more info on all.

As both eggs and sperm take around 3 months to make, it is advisable to start taking most of these 3 months prior to conceiving/treatment.

General info for both:
Drink at least 6 glasses of water a day (very very important). Drink lots of green tea (for the antioxidants), but don’t drink with iron or folic acid as tannin inhibits absorption. No caffeine -even decaf coffee/tea contains some caffeine – rather stick to herbal teas (and make sure these are true herbal teas and not black tea flavoured). No alcohol. No smoking. Try and eat organic food or at least non genetically modified food. Get some exercise to improve blood flow and wellbeing. Avoid strong chemicals and try and use natural products for skin (coconut oil for moisturiser) and general household (e.g. white vinegar for cleaning). If using a lubricant – use egg white rather than store bought ones as the latter may damage sperm.

For Women, these are the most important ones, on a daily basis, take:

Zinc 15 mg.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Critical to the rapid development of the egg within the follicle especially with IVF where many eggs are developing at the same time. Helps prevent miscarriages.

Vitamin C: 500mg - 750mg.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Corrects luteal-phase-defect as it boosts progesterone and oestrogen levels. Improves pregnancy rates and helps prevents miscarriages. Too much Vitamin C can dry up cervical mucous

Vitamin E: 200 IUIs.
Take prior to conception. Improves egg quality

Vitamin D : Between 1500 IUIs - 2000 IUIs .
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Ideal level for improved fertility is between 50 - 80 ng/ml of Vitamin D in your blood. Vitamin D3 is best form of the vitamin. Ensure that you also have taken Vitamin A and K to balance the Vitamin D. Improves fertility. Not more than 4000 IUIs per day. Very high levels (240000 IUIs) shown to reduce fertility. Problems arise when you have too much vitamin D and too little vitamins A and K

Vitamin B6: 10mg per day.
Take with other B vitamins to help with the absorption - especially B12. Can increase to 50mg when short term booster is needed. Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Zinc helps absorption. Lengthens luteal phase and helps produce progesterone. The set tolerable upper limit is 100mgs per day. Higher doses can cause nerve ending damage. B6 can disguise a B12 deficiency/anaemia, so increase your B12 if taking higher doses of B6. Higher levels of B12 (than the RDA) are safe to take. Do not take more than 100mgs unless prescribed by a doctor. Higher doses should only be taken for a short term period

Vitamin B complex – take a multivitamin with around the RDA of each in it.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Balances out hormones and encourages pregnancy. Listed here are the RDAs for females:
Vitamin B1 (thiamine) 1.1mg
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) 1.1mg
Vitamin B3 (niacin or niacinamide) 14mg
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) 5mg
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, or pyridoxamine, or pyridoxine hydrochloride) 1.3mg
Vitamin B7 (biotin) 30mcg
Vitamin B9 (folic acid) 400mcg
Vitamin B12 (various cobalamins; commonly cyanocobalamin in vitamin supplements) 2.4mcg

Vitamin A: 700IUIs – 900IUIs.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Promotes better cervical fluid. Assists the follicles in maturing properly. Contains important antioxidants. Important for DNA replication. Do not exceed this dose (so if included in a multivitamin, do not take extra). Avoid the synthetic version of vitamin A - high levels (10,000 IUs + a day) have been shown to increase the chances of birth defects

Selenium: 100ug twice a day = total 200ug.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Promotes implantation, prevents miscarriage. Don't exceed dose as can be toxic
Myo-Inositol: 2g twice a day = total 4g (2000mg) per day.
Taken from 3 months prior to conception. Improves egg quality. Helps restore fertility in woman with PCOS. https://sites.google.com/site/miscarriageresearch/supplements-and-miscarriage/d-chiro-inositol

Melatonin: 3mg per day taken at night.
Take for 1-3 months prior to conception. Improves egg quality by reducing the level of an oxidizing agent called 8-OHdG. Don’t take long term.

L'Arginine: 500mg - 2000mg per day (i.e. 0.5g - 2g).
Take for 1-3 months prior to conception. Improves egg quality and uterine blood flow.

DHEA: 25mg three times per day = total 75mg.
Start on lower doses and build up. Start taking at least 3 months prior to conception (I found 6 months better). Stop at pregnancy (or EC in IVF). Improves egg quality. Usually for older ladies (40yrs+) with diminished ovarian reserves

Iron: 14mg.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Take with Vitamin C. Tannin inhibits the absorption, so don't take with drinks that contain tannin e.g. green tea. A deficiency can reduce fertility by 50%

Folic acid (= Vitamin B9): 400 micrograms (0.4 milligrams) twice a day = total 800ug.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Tannin inhibits the absorption, so don't take with drinks that contain tannin e.g. green tea. Folic acid, sometimes called folate, is a B vitamin (B9) found mostly in leafy green vegetables like kale and spinach, orange juice, and enriched grains. Taken prior to conception and during early pregnancy reduces the risk of a serious neural tube defect in the baby by up to 70%. May increase pregnancy rates and prevent miscarriages. Can take up to 4000 micrograms per day prescribed if family history of neural defects

Fish oil (Omega Oil/essential fatty acids): 1g - 5g per day (i.e. about 200mg - 1000mg).
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. Can take some flax seed and some fish oil tablets. Anti-inflammatory. Improves blood flow to uterus. Reduction of NK cell activity (take 5g dosage for this). Use body only fish oil as liver may contain mercury (i.e. not cod liver oil). Also Cod liver oil has too much vitamin A in it, so avoid. Be careful not to take too much if on blood thinners.

Evening Primrose Oil: 1000mg per day for first 14 days of cycle. Stop taking at ovulation up until next menstruation.
Stop at pregnancy. Increases quality and quantity of cervical mucus. Anti-inflammatory reduces narrowing of blood vessels & promotes blood flow. Can bring on uterine contractions and thus the start of your menstrual cycle

Co Q10/ Co Enzyme Q10: 200mg - 600mg.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy - but scale down to maximum 200mg dose on falling pregnant. (Costco has best price). Improving egg quality because of its powerful effect on regenerating the mitochondria - the tiny energy factories of each cell - known to be a factor in age-related infertility. Reduces the risk of pre eclampsia.

Aspirin: 75mg.
Take prior to conception and throughout pregnancy but stop at least 24 hours before giving birth (need the clotting factor). Anti-inflammatory. Stops minute blood clots forming in the uterus (which could starve embryo of oxygen).

Manganese – take RDA, as part of a multivitamin
Deficiency may lead to defective ovulation. Take with Vitamin C (but note – it competes with iron for absorption)

Magnesium- take RDA, as part of a multivitamin
Needed to help the pituitary and ovaries produce the high levels of oestrogen and progesterone needed to secure pregnancy until placenta takes over.

Other supplements which could be taken:
Wheatgrass – Whatever the dosage is on the tin
Full of antioxidants. Mostly anecdotal evidence as to the effect on fertility.

N-Acetyl Cysteine: 1.2g per day.
For woman with PCOS

D-Chiro-Inositol: 600mg
Take from 2 months prior to conception. For woman with PCOS - restores ovulation and helps with other aspects of the syndrome

Alpha-Lipolic Acid: 600mg twice a day = 1200mg total
For woman with PCOS

Bee Propolis: 500mg
Extremely anti-inflammatory therefore excellent for endometriosis sufferers

Royal Jelly: 500mg three times a day = 1500mg
Improves egg quality although mostly anecdotal evidence

Cough medicine: Two teaspoons (200mg) three times per day, taken orally. Five days before and day of ovulation (6 days total)Guaifenesin must be the only active ingredient e.g. Robitussin brand. Loosens the cervical mucus helping sperm on their journey. Counteracts negative Clomid effects outlined here. Clomid associated with less cervical fluid, thinner uterine lining and development of hostile mucus. If taking Clomid, wait until day after last Clomid pill.

Vitex (Chaste berry): 35mg
Take for first 14 days of cycle in morning. Normalises your menstruation cycle. Restarts periods which have stopped. Lengthens luteal phase defects. Lowers high prolactin levels. If you have a regular cycle do not take as it may mess up the cycle. Don't take with Clomid - or any drug like Clomid - they counter act each other.

Human growth hormone: 4mg per day
From day 21 of previous cycle to day of pregnancy test. May help poor responders improve. Varying success has been reported. Given as part of IVF protocol - so prescribed and monitored is advised


For Men, these are the most important ones, on a daily basis, take:
Vary dosages according to severity of semen issues. For higher doses, take half morning and half evening. Remember it takes 3 months to make semen

Zinc: 15mg -50mg
Higher sperm count. If you take higher levels of zinc for more than a few weeks, add 1-3mg copper to prevent copper deficiency

Vitamin C: 200mg - 1000mg
Less clumping of sperm. Higher quantity (up to 140%) and better quality sperm

Vitamin E: 400 IUIs -800 IUIs.
Improves semen quality and motility by up to 2.5 times

Vitamin D: Between 600 IUI - 1000 IUI
Vitamin D3 is best form of the vitamin. Ensure that you also have taken Vitamin A and K (or have sufficient of these) to balance the Vitamin D. Improves sperm mobility and morphology. Not more than 4000 IUIs per day should be taken. Problems arise when you have too much vitamin D and too little vitamins A and K

Vitamin B Complex: 1 per day - around the RDA for each component.

Vitamin B12: 10-1000mcg
Helps balance testosterone & LH/FSH secretions. Higher quantity (one study up from 20 to 100 million/ml on 1000mcg dose)

L'Arginine: 200mg - 1000mg per day
A natural Viagra - improves erectile function, Increases quantity of sperm (by up to 250%). Improves sperm motility & health. Avoid if you have herpes as can promote an outbreak

Co Q10/ Co Enzyme Q10: 30mg-300mg
Improves sperm motility

Pyconogenol: 25mg-200mg
Improves sperm morphology by up to 40%

Selenium: 70mcg-200mcg
Can double sperm count. Improves quality of sperm. Toxic in high doses so stick to max 200mcg

L-Carnitine: 1g - 3g per day
Improves sperm count. Improves sperm motility

Vitamin A (take as part of a multivitamin) - Take RDA
Improves sperm production

Omega Oil/essential fatty acids: 1g - 7g per day (i.e. approximately 200mg - 1200mg )
Take a mix of flax seed oil and fish oil. Improves sperm count. Use body only fish oil as liver may contain mercury (i.e. not cod liver oil). Also Cod liver oil has too much vitamin A in it. Be careful not to take too much if on blood thinners.

Good luck everybody!!!

My God is a miracle God,He'll never fail,He'll do what He says He'll do!!!All glory be to Him alone over d bfps of MSTIA and Hebrew woman.D journey ahead will be the best days of ur ttc journey IJN.
Mamatriplets,abeg,am in for tonite's prayers.Let's just keep thanking and praising Him for the perfection of His work in us.Baby dust to us all.

@ mama triplets, pls add me in the list. ttc 1yr 4mths. May the good Lord hear and answer all our prayers. Amen. October is our month.

Add me pls, To many issue for me here and there dats y av being MIA.....too much anxiety

Hello Beautiful Mothers of Glorious Babies!!! I trust we all are doing great? As far as God is on the throne, only his Counsel concerning you will STAND!!! The List of Women for tonite's Prayers are as follows; Mamatriplets, Pink22, Fruit-full, JoesQ, Blessedmom, Alwaystrue, Ipio, Udoka2, Omonikiba, Swit2have, Uteh, Rocksqueen, Profeseur, Kemidebbie, Golden777, Echala, MemyselfandI, Zenoj, Tokerom. I have a Special Prayer Request; Pls let Us all lift up BEETLE into the Hands of God she has waited for Over 6years now, tonite we will cry on her behalf that there be a Supernatural Conception for her. Let us also remember the others like Shiloh, Bebedlolo, Slimphemmie, Gr8babe and Ebony13. Let us also not forget to Thank God for Hebrew woman and Mstia, that their miracles will remain PERMANENT!!! One-Love!!!

I know within me and am Convinced that Power has already changed hands in Your Favour!!! Everytime we Pray togeda, I have dreams of Victory. After d Prayers dis early morning, dreamt that a man was opening my burglary proof with keys. I quickly went outside to meet him with an Holy Anger and I snatched d keys from him. What Oda Victory do I need, I have collected d keys to My Fruitfulness that was previously held by d enemy. In this month of Emancipation, Women that where once held captive by barreness has been set free to Manifest Fruitfulness. Anyone with any similar dreams of Victory pls share so that odas can know that we are not wasting time calling upon the Name of the Lord. Happy Independence Celebration!!!

Goodmorning to everyone and Happy Independence to us all. May the good lord continue to be our guide and strenght. Congratulations to the new BFPs,yippee!! Am truely glad to be seeing prayer sessions going on here. Am thrilled that we have God in our midst here and am thrilled that God sees that and he's answering prayers on here. Am thrilled and thrilled that God used mamatriplet to introduce the midnight prayer sessions. Please mamatriplet subsequent times,add my name to the prayer session and I'l appreciate if you let me when the next session will be so DH and I can participate. God, I thank you for answered prayers and I also thank you for the ones yet to be answered because I know you do all things in your own time but father I want to plead with you to remove everyone in this forum on your waiting list. This is the time!!! This is our time!!! Father hear our prayers and let's not be shamed. Amen. I love you all and I see some miracles on the way.

Hey fruitful ladies, how are you all holding up? Its a new month and dat means new results and expectations. God has never failed and he wnt start now.

Mamatriplets, thank you so much for for d prayer and God has surely answered u and your good work will def be rewarded in heaven by God almighty himself.

I thank God for evry one on this journey becos we'll all cme out bigger and better, all d tears we've cried can nevr go unnoticed for heaven must hear us. I've talked to women who struggled wit infertility before they had their children and they all say the samethng that GOD NEVER FAILS even wen the odds seem so much against you.
I jst want to encourage evryone on dis forum, only smeone who has been on dis journey wit you will undrstand exactly it takes to keep your head high and hve faith in God or wat it takes to be happy for pple wen you hear they are pregnant or rejoice wen you go 4rm one baby dedication to another. But i believe dat as we rejoice with pple, dat pple will def rejoice with us.

It is WELL my dear sisters.

@ Mama triplets. Thanks for the prayer!!!

@ Everyone, May the Lord answer all our prayers.
May the Lord continue to meet us at our point of need according to his divine will, which is prefect and good.

This is our month people!

Beetle.

Thank God for the answered prayers!!! This is the month we have all been waiting for!

@All
I collected the last prolactin result last friday, to God be all the glory my levels have normalised to 17.3 from previous 25.3. My doctor's normal range is 3.5 - 24.5. I really appreciate God, it means the B6 with Ewedu recipe worked wonders for me than the bromocriptine and even the vitex l took months ago.


@Beetle
I asked the doc about the sore throat and immune issues/NK cell, he said l shoudnt bother myself, that l dont have such problem. That he believe l have discomfort in my throat, but the discomfort is not sore throat, that sore throat supposed to give me white batches and sore on my tongue also affect my swallowing, which is not the case with me. He said if vit C works for me l should continue, but will advice me to go without any drug if the discomfort is not much, because that time is a delicate time when certain drugs are not really good!
He said l should go and concieve that all is well with me, he will place me on treatment as soon as l get my BFP.

@MSTIA
How are you doing and ur LO? Pls are you still taking the B6? am asking because my dr isnt the one that placed me on it, he discourage it, saying most food we eat have it, so he doesnt subscribe supplementing it. I thank God l went ahead with it, because it has really worked for the purpose. Let me know what ur dr is saying about it and whether u are continuing after ur BFP.

Hello mothers of glorious babies,@ udoka can U̶̲̥̅̊ pls explain d b6 and ewedu use to me cus i was just asked 2 stop bromocriptine due 2 d side effects (persistent headache)....pls hw does b6 n ewedu bring down prolactin level...

Baby dust ya all

@loliporp
Am busy now wont go into so much details.. (read this, it may help u http://www.ivillage.com/what-normal-prolactin-level/4-n-139205)
but low dopamine causes high prolactin. bromocriptine helps in increasing the dopamine level, hences lowers the prolactin. from personal research B6 produces dopamine as well as food rich in B6. Ewedu is very rich in B-vitamins combining it with natural B6 really did the work for me. dont add oil to the ewedu soup.

@Swit2have
what is felopio does it have to do with clearing blocked tubes?

july16th: Goodmorning to everyone and Happy Independence to us all. May the good lord continue to be our guide and strenght. Congratulations to the new BFPs,yippee!! Am truely glad to be seeing prayer sessions going on here. Am thrilled that we have God in our midst here and am thrilled that God sees that and he's answering prayers on here. Am thrilled and thrilled that God used mamatriplet to introduce the midnight prayer sessions. Please mamatriplet subsequent times,add my name to the prayer session and I'l appreciate if you let me when the next session will be so DH and I can participate. God, I thank you for answered prayers and I also thank you for the ones yet to be answered because I know you do all things in your own time but father I want to plead with you to remove everyone in this forum on your waiting list. This is the time!!! This is our time!!! Father hear our prayers and let's not be shamed. Amen. I love you all and I see some miracles on the way.

A very Big AMEN to that..pls Mama T add me to the least, i believe in prayers and i know our prayers can move MOUNTAINS

Please am worried that Seanbell has not come in. Is she pulling a 'mypeace' on us? Does anyone here know her personally?Kindly re-assure us pls?

RocksQueen: Please am worried that Seanbell has not come in. Is she pulling a 'mypeace' on us? Does anyone here know her personally?Kindly re-assure us pls?

I've been worried about her too. I just hope she's okay.

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Hey ladies, i went for my anti natal 2day and thanks be to God evrything is fine. Am jst over 11 weeks now, Dr believes i shuld be able to stop the Progesterone i've been on as the Placenta has formed is will then take over. Am even scared of stoppin the Progesterone cos i've read so many pple tel thier story online abt how things went bad or they miscarried after they stopped Progesterone...but i knw dat is not my PORTION.


Am so glad evrythng is fine cos smetimes i get scared wen i hve to go to hospital, i always hve to reassure myself that God never stops half way. Am so excited and looking at dat U/S machine 2day n watching the baby move so peacefully n innocently brought tears to my eyes, i cant wait until 20 weeks to find out the sex of the baby.

@Marygold, i hvnt heard 4rm you since. Hope your ok. Did you get to do any of the tests i sent to you? Pls let us knw ur ok.

Hello Fruitful Ladies, hp ur day went well.
@ Udoka, Congrats on ur result, as ur Dr as prophesied, so shl it b, SO GO AND CONCEIVE! Felopio is a herbal mix for unblocking d̶̲̥̅̊ tubes. Read abt aw God has bn usin it n praying He works wonders through it for M̶̲̅ε̲̣̣ too.
@ all letz kip beleiving, for Blessed is she dt beleiveth cos there shl b a performance of dt which was spoken out of d̶̲̥̅̊ Mouth of the Lord dt We shld b fruitful and multiply.
Loads of luv n Baby dust 2 y'all!

Goodevening mums, one by one i know we will have our BFPs, it could be in just a month cos God is able to visit us and make it happen. @Udoka, your doctor has declared please go and conceive in Jesus name.
my update:AF show up today, i hope soon i wont see it again, am happy hubby is responding positively, he is taking his drugs, was even asked to add vitamine E and C to it, he will repeat the test in a month time. pls guys, continue to pray for me as i pray for you too.

we shall win together.