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Brianandjena
 November 25th, 2007 6:11 PMReport

MY husband has low sperm count and morphology issues. I started him on a multivitamin and i was reading he should take extra A,E,C, Zinc, selenium. So i bout those as well. But I havent givin him the A yet bcuz I dont know how much is to much and the selenuim is 200 mcg and I have red that only a 100 is recomended ,. I didnt evern see 100.. so I have been giving him that but apprehensive.. anyone know??

wolffie
 November 25th, 2007 9:32 PMReport

hi jena -

My husband also had poor morphology. Our RE suggested he take Conception XR. It is similar to a multivitamin but it is specific vitamins for male fertility. I guess like a prenatal but for men. It can be purchased online at the Conception XR website. I can't remember exactly what the web site is but if you google it you'll find it. I can't say that it worked wonders but I know that at our IVF retrieval they said that his sperm looked great.

daniella

Brianandjena
 November 26th, 2007 9:56 AMReport

Daniella, Thank you for that information. I went to the website.
R u preg?
~Jena

wolffie
 November 26th, 2007 8:26 PMReport

hi jena!

yes, i am prego! 9 weeks and 3 days after our first IVF cycle. We are due the end of June!!!! I obviously can't say that I know for sure that the conception xr played a big part but i was willing to try anything to help increase our chances.

good luck to you. Are you doing IUI or IVF or something else?

daniella

Brianandjena
 November 27th, 2007 7:51 AMReport

daniella,
I am on clomid and trigger shot and iui.
I am on my 2nd round of iui and clomid I go on the 30th to check the follies . then get trigger shot and then iui. then 2ww,,, ick..lol
~jena


wolffie
 November 29th, 2007 7:10 PMReport

jena -

good luck tomorrow with the follies! i hope everything is going well.

daniella

lucky
 December 7th, 2007 4:05 PMReport

Hie daniela
It was a lott help that u r pregnant after 1 ivf am so happy for u ,just that bu dont know me i have posted quite few times here and there in the forum, i have had 3 failed iuis and know r 4 weeks in to my ivf treatment, am doing actupuncture since may 2007 so hope for the best as it concerns vitamins, i am taking well women daily tablet with all nnded vitamins and plus because of cold feet am taking iron syrup named floradix, I heard fromthat men need folic acid too in this conception plan,
deos any one have an idea or has any one taken it?
what aboat u did have a scan do u know what sex the little one is and hoe was ur ivf any advise please feel free, take best of luck

wolffie
 December 9th, 2007 7:40 PMReport

hi lucky -

i also did acupuncture but i only did it through my ivf cycle. it really helped me relax and feel like i was doing something to help. I am a bit of a control freak and with ivf i felt like i didn't have any control over what was happening. I did anything possible to help me feel like i was helping to contribute to a positive outcome. My husband was taking conception xr, i was doing acupuncture and fertility yoga, and no caffeine. who knows if any of it had any effect but it helped my state of mind.

this whole process is dfficult. I still worry everyday that something will go wrong and it will all be over. I think that is a normal feeling for people like us. I don't think that feeling will ever go away until we have our little one here with us. As of right now, things are looking good and that's what I keep hoping for everyday.

best of luck to you! keep us posted

daniella



lucky
 December 9th, 2007 8:35 PMReport

Hie wolfie
thank u so much for ur input it helps to know that some one cares, I actualy started actupuncture for 2 reasons one so i can get pregant before my ivf time comes(bad luck it did not happen)
2 to increase my ivf chances it gives better blood supply to the lining of the utrus, but i think it was very good for stress ralease which plase a very important rolle in concieving or whille we r on medication for ivf and then all those negative thoughts, I think its very normal as u said to have such thoughts, i remember there was a time were i started to except some how that i cant get pregnant ever which was bad because ur body and mind need to work together but if ur mind says some thing else and body the other it becomes i conflict within us. .i dont know if this makes sense.its been 8 years that am fighting with this battle hope to succeed, tell me more aboat ur ivf how was it, how did the 2ww go ,did u trnsfer 2 embroys and was there any thing else that helped, am going on the 13th for my BT and ultrsound letts hope the follicles r healthy should i say, i feel so relaxed after the actupuncture its some thing great i have done towards my conception and i will advise every one not only for pregnancy but just to be in good health.
Good luck for the little and keep us posted.

wolffie
 December 9th, 2007 9:31 PMReport

lucky -
at our retrieval they were able to get 9 eggs 5 of which were mature. all 5 fertilized and 4 divided normally (one stopped at day 3). we did a day 5 transfer of 2 excellent quality embryos. we found out early that both embryos had implanted but we lost one of the babies at 5 and a half weeks. The surviving one has been doing well and seems strong. The two week wait was difficult but I tried to stay positive and keep my mind busy. I don't know if there was anything specific that helped. I just tried to take it as easy as possible between the retrieval and transfer and after the transfer during the 2ww. i let my dh take care of me!

did they tell you what date they are shooting for the retrieval?

daniella