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Fertility Supplements and a BFP

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So what supplements should be stopped once a person gets their BFP? And what ones should continue (at least for some time)? Here's my current list - please feel free to add your own. And please feel free to post your knowledge on what supplements should be stopped, etc if you know.

 

Here's what I am currently taking during my 2WW (due to a short LP):

 

Vitex

Vitamin C

B6

NPC (which I know you continue to use until near the end of your first tri).

 

Please add your own and whatever you know.  I thought this could be a useful resource thread.

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Bump?  No one?  I thought this could end up being a great resource once more members weigh in with their knowledge...

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I've always wanted to know the answer to this and could never find any information about it! I would love to hear the official advice of authors like Making Babies -- I'm sure they've gotten the question before!

Anecdotally, in my first pregnancy ever, B6 was the only fertility supplement I was taking, and I was worried about the risks at the high level I'd read to take for fertility. So I stopped taking it when I found out I was pregnant, and miscarried a few days later at 5 1/2 weeks. It could have been sheer coincidence, but I was highly suspicious.

The second time, I kept taking B6 until near the end of the first trimester, and gave birth to my DD.

Third pregnancy, I kept taking it and miscarried much later, about 10 1/2 weeks. I assumed that miscarriage was for some other reason not related to B6.

Fourth pregnancy, I kept taking it until near the end of the first trimester. At the moment I'm 20 weeks pregnant and that tadpole is wiggling away in there!

Again, one person's experience is not a research study, so who knows! But I personally wouldn't stop taking B6 as soon as you get a BFP -- especially if you know/suspect that short luteal phase / low progesterone is one of your problems.
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