Fertility Supplements Survey

[LitMama]

Hello Mamas!

Please pardon the X-posting...

I created a Survey Monkey survey to collect info on the supplements other mamas are taking.

This is a non-scientific, quick and dirty list of all the fertility supplements I know of. There are checkboxes next to the name of each supplements, and also a text box for adding your dosages and listing any other supplements not on my list. I hope we can learn from each other!

Here's the link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7ZMBQC6

I'll post results when I get a big enough response. Big thank you to any mamas willing to participate! 

Blessings,

LitMama

[Sunshine4me]

Results?

[LitMama]

24 responses so far... was trying to wait for more! I thought I could cut and paste them into this box, but the formatting isn't working out. Let me play around with a bit, will try to get them in here later today. Thanks for your interest!!

[vivica2]

just saw this, taking it now...

[LitMama]

Big thanks to all who took the fertility supplements survey! I have 28 results so far and will past them in here. My apologies for the formatting! I have tried tinkering with this and can't seem to paste it in as a spreadsheet or table (even though there's a table function here). If I have time to play with it any more later, I'll try again.

After the name of the supplement is the percentage (i.e., 7.1 for Alpha Lipoic Acid) of respondents who said they are taking this supplement, then the total number of respondents (i.e, 2 for Alpha Lipoic Acid) who said they are taking it.

Alpha Lipoic Acid (for egg quality)    7.1    2
B Complex    57.1    16
Baby aspirin (for clotting issues)    21.4    6
Bee Pollen    0    0
Bee Propolis    0    0
Bromelain (for digestion)    3.6    1
Carrots (for eggwhite cervical fluid)    7.1    2
Chlorella    3.6    1
Chlorophyll    3.6    1
CoQ10 (for egg quality)    10.7    3
Damiana    0    0
DHEA (for egg quality)    7.1    2
Dong Quai (hormone balancer)    14.3    4
Evening Primrose Oil (for eggwhite cervical fluid)    35.7    10
Expecta (cocktail)    0    0
False Unicorn Root (hormone balancer + prevention of miscarriage)    3.6    1
Femarprin    0    0
Fermented Cod Liver Oil    14.3    4
Fertibella (cocktail)    0    0
Fertilaid (cocktail)    0    0
FertileCM (cocktail for eggwhite cervical fluid)    3.6    1
FertiliTea    0    0
FertiliTea    7.1    2
Fish Oil    39.3    11
Flax seed oil    14.3    4
Ginseng    0    0
Grapefruit juice (for eggwhite cervical fluid)    17.9    5
Grapeseed exract    0    0
Green tea (antioxidant and for eggwhite cervical fluid)    28.6    8
L-Arginine (for egg quality, enhanced blood flow, eggwhite cervical fluid)    3.6    1
Lemon Balm (tonic herb)    0    0
Licorice Root    3.6    1
Maca (hormone balancer)    14.3    4
Melatonin (for egg quality)    3.6    1
Natural progesterone cream (support luteal phase + prevention of miscarriage)    14.3    4
Oat Straw (tonic herb)    10.7    3
PABA    3.6    1
Pineapple (for implantation)    10.7    3
Prenatal vitamins    32.1    9
Pycnogenol    0    0
Red Clover Blossom (hormone balancer)    17.9    5
Red Raspberry Leaf (uterine tonic)    39.3    11
Resveratol    3.6    1
Rose Hips (tonic herb)    0    0
Royal Jelly (for egg quality)    10.7    3
Selenium (support implantation)    7.1    2
Skullcap (tonic herb)    0    0
Soy Isoflavones (for ovulation)    7.1    2
Spirulina    14.3    4
Squaw Vine (tonic herb + hormone balancer)    0    0
Stinging Nettle (uterine tonic)    10.7    3
Super Greens type powder    7.1    2
Vitamin B6    25    7
Vitamin D    39.3    11
Vitex (cycle regulator)    32.1    9
Walnuts (for implantation)    7.1    2
Wheatgrass    10.7    3
Wild Yam (hormone balancer)    0    0
Zinc    25    7

And here are the text responses for those who provided names of supplements not on the survey (I added some of those to the survey later), as well as their dosages and even some dietary info. Big extra special thanks to those who took the time to do that!

enodmetriosis

i didnt take all these in one cycle, iv tried the more 'dilligent; ones throught different cycles. (vitex, epo, baby asprin etc...)

taking a product with the ingredients above & a few more, vitanica's pregnancy prep is the name of the supplement i am currently using.

Not on list: Folic Acid Vitamin C

vitamin E Biotin

Bee Pollen Licorice Root

Pycnogenol, folic acid, chinese herbals from TCM provider. I have cut out dairy, try to reduce gluten, and eat eggs. I have also tried in the past DHEA, fetilitea, vitex, maca and probably a few others

herbs every other day half ounze walnuts sporadic with breakfast cereal greentea - after period 1 cup

guaifenisen, to thin mucous. the regular dosage for coughs i use a combination of the two fertility recipes listed here http://womens-place.com/ttc/vitex.php

prenatal vitamin

B Complex is Sisu's Supreme Multi Expecting 50mg extra of B6 1000IU Vit. D Nordic Naturals Prenatal DHA

Rainbow Light Prenatal Petite - general health - 3 daily Folic Acid for egg quality - 2400 mcg Maca - 4000 mg Evening Primrose Oil - 1500 mg Aspirin - 81 mg Wheatgrass tablets - 3500 mg (reduced from 7000 mg because of stomach upset) CoQ10 for egg quality - 600 mg False Unicorn Root in "Fertile Garden" TCM cocktail Zinc - 50 mg Selenium - 200 mcg Inositol for egg quality - 200 mg Melatonin - 3 mg Vitex tincturefor LP/progesterone support - 120 drops from O to AF Grapfruit Juice - 8 oz from 5 days pre-O to 1 day post-O Guaifenasin (only if needed around O for EWCM) Pineapple - 2 servings daily around potential implantation Soy Isoflavones - 40 mg CD 4-7; 80 mg CD8

Bcomplex - just started today 100mmg Chlorrella/chlorrophyll - green smoothies & tablets (up to 10/day) Evening Primrose oil - 3000mmg/ day decrease after ovulation Grapefruit juice - 1-2glasses/day close to ovulation Maca- 1tsp/day Spirulina - 2tblsp/day B6- in complex Stinging nettle - 4-6 capsules/day though I take it for respiratory and allergies. But cool if it is helping my uterus

[Sunshine4me]

Thanks so much for doing this! I have been wondering what women here are taking. I have a few questions though.  The red raspberry leaf, does that come in anything besides tea, I have the tea but i hate the taste. I am not even sure yet on why it is good for fertility. I was thinking about evening primrose and wheat grass but still haven't found enough info on that and what is does for you either. I am taking, vitex, licorice root, bee pollen, royal jelly and a prenatal so far, been taking vitex for 3 cycles, prenatal 3 cycles and everything else for one cycle. Was taking maca but for some odd reason, i was getting mosquito like bumps on my body and when i stopped taking it i didnt get anymore bumps. Weird! Any of you have any suggestions what i should take? My periods rage from 29 to 34 days.  I have been TTC for 6 months and started herbs 3 months ago.