Best Supplements for Egg Quality | Prep your body for
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มิ.ย. 2024
- To maximize my chances of IVF success at 40 with a super low AMH, I am focusing on improving my egg quality. Today I share all the supplements that I take to improve my egg quality, many of which were recommended by a nutritionist or a doctor. Although the odds are against me, so far I have yielded more embryos than my doctor expected in previous egg retrievals and still going. (Disclaimer: I am not a healthcare professional and everyone is different, so please talk to your own doctor about which supplements you should take!)
00:00 Introduction
02:06 Is it possible to improve egg quality?
03:06 The 3 basic supplements for fertility
06:22 Going the extra mile: what else do I take?
12:46 Other than supplements, what else can you do?
Supplements mentioned:
*365 Whole Foods Market Vegetarian Prenatal Multivitamin - www.amazon.com/dp/B074H6M3P6
*Theralogix TheraNatal Core Preconception Vitamin Supplement - www.amazon.com/dp/B078P29ZLL/
*Seroyal D-Mulsion 1000 - www.seroyal.com/d-mulsion-100...
*Theralogix NeoQ10 - www.amazon.com//dp/B01C3FVUVW
*Health Thru Nutrition PQQ -www.amazon.com/dp/B07CVNX2RV/
*GNC L-Arginine - www.amazon.com/dp/B00FUUXHDC
*Nordic Naturals Prenatal DHA - www.amazon.com/dp/B0062CW1BG
*Douglas Laboratories Vitamin C
*Nature’s Bounty Vitamin E - www.amazon.com/dp/B002QMB57C/
*Pure Encapsulations Acai 600 - www.amazon.com/dp/B003B71I9G/
*NOW Foods Acai - www.amazon.com/dp/B001UFC30O/
*Vitafusion Melatonin Gummy Vitamins, 5mg - www.amazon.com/dp/B00OJMZSWU/
*Theralogix DHEA 25 - theralogix.com/collections/al...
About me ❤
My name is Hellynn and live in the US, but I've traveled to Korea (where I'm from) to undergo multiple rounds of IVF. Being 40 and trying to bring children into the world is hard, but I also have a condition called diminished ovarian reserve so I'm doing back-to-back IVF egg retrievals.
Navigating this world of infertility is definitely a challenge - a million new acronyms, hormones and protocols to learn - it's a lot. So I thought I'd just talk about everything I've been learning for the women out there who have had similar struggles. I'm also happy to share info with anyone who is interested in traveling to Korea for IVF, since it's much more cost efficient + high success rates here.
I am treating this YT channel as my diary, talking about the ups and downs of my journey to motherhood so that one day, hopefully, my babies will see how they were created... with fierce, enduring strength and love.
I hope you find my videos helpful - thanks for stopping by.
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Hello; Hope you don’t mind me asking . I did once cycle of ivf here in the States & it was around 26,000 🤑🤑🤑. How much would a cycle of ivf stimulation in Korea cost ? Just wondering b’coz I might consider it. Thank you
@@atimnile2401 Hi there, for foreigners without insurance, IVF will cost an average of $5~6K USD per round but it really depends on your protocol. A few of the ladies who have gotten IVF in Korea and I have created a team to help women come to Korea for affordable IVF. Go to www.bloomkorea.co and tell them your situation, and they will help you research and find the right hospital/doctor options for you for free. They also help with housing, visa, and other things you may need for your travels if you need it. Hope this helps, and lots of luck and baby dust to you. 💖💖💖
@@hellynn_j ; Thank you so much for Responding. Best of luck 🤞 & all the baby dust to you too 💕🙏🏿🙏🏿!!!
How are you 40!!! You don’t look even near 30 omg! I pray you conceive quickly and everything turns out well for you😘😘 your kids will be so cute🥰🥰🥰
Oh my goodness! You are too kind! Thank you for the prayers and kind thoughts... you've made my day, lady😍❤
I came across your video and found it interesting. I hope you and your husband receive the blessings you want. Your on the right track. I know how you feel. This video has given me hope. Would love to see more videos like this. Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for your kind words. It means a lot to me and helps me push forward❤
Sending you lots of love and hugs.❤❤❤
Sending you baby vibes your way, I have also struggled with infertility due to egg quality . I’m 35 I did a few rounds of acupuncture and now just got a positive test !!!! It can and will happen for you have faith and don’t loose hope
Congratulations!!! Wishing you a lot of luck for your pregnancy! 🥰
Thank you very much for the information, I am going to buy all the supplements right now. I hope you get your baby.Baby dust for all.We are not alone❤
Make sure to check with your doctor for some of them, especially DHEA, since that's a hormone! Baby dust right back at you. I wish you the best of luck! 💖
Update?
Very informative video....
All the very best...
Thanks! 🙏♥️
You look way younger!! You look great!
Thanks, that's sweet🥰
Thank you, this is so helpful! What are the additional supplements that you incorporated to your regimen?
I ended up adding a few more later including nad+ with revservatrol as well as myo inositol when I realized it wasn't just for women with pcos. Will do a new video on additional supplements soon 🙂
That was amazing, thank you for sharing. Can you let us know which supplements is best to take together and what time of the day do you take each?
Thanks and nice to meet you🙂 I took my prenatal, coq10, vitamin C and D and E in the mornings after breakfast or lunch, and the rest in the evening after dinner. There are also ones like the acai, fish oil and L-Arginine that you have to take 2~3x a day.
Great supplement stash! I take the same CoQ10. I’ve never heard of PQQ before, I’m going to check it out.
Oh nice!! I also added a few more supplements to my regimen so I'll share that soon too🙂
Thanks for sharing I will an update test of AMH tomorrow, then am being told to take DHEA and Yasmin as am doing a PGTA round . Last month we cancel because only 2 follicles my doctor want to get a bit more like 3 or 4 follicles let see what happen we results tomorrow. Thank you again I believe we are in this together .
My AMH has gone up this year after taking these supplements. I didn't take DHEA though bc mine is high. I wish you so much luck for tomorrow, and yes.. we are in it together! Praying for you. 🙏❤
you got any results
@@amritha825 froze some embryos and transfer is next year!
Best wishes on your journey 💕
Thank you so much 🥰
This is a good list
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Hi Hellynn I really like your content , please if I may ask can I know your FSH as at that time when your AMH was 0.06.
thank you ❤ my FSH was around 10 I think.
This list is so helpful😊 Thanks for sharing🌸
All with your help!
This was one of my favourite videos of supplements. I heard you have a friend who is herbalist. Have you been talking about maca and black cohosh? So many mixed opinions.
Aw thanks for the sweet message! I have a friend who is a nutritionist.. I will ask her about those two! ♥️
Im having dor too, Low amh.
On our first try the doctor retrieved only one mature egg and it didnt go well. It didn't fertilized.
Thank you for sharing. ❤. This is helpful.
Hi there, I know how you feel. Its happened to me too. The good news is you tend to get more eggs if you do back to back retrievals. I'm sending you love and prayers and lots of baby dust 💫
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Hi Hellynn. I really liked your content and your efforts for knowledge you are giving to all young ladies out there .
I would suggest that eating lots of medicines for multivitamins , could reduce immunity and body’s natural behaviour . I would suggest to eat right foods and try Ayurveda and yoga for amazing results . Love from India🇮🇳
Thank you for the advice! Will take into consideration.💖💖💖
Looking great
Thanks love ❤️
Hi, I hope everything’s going well with you and the procedure. May I ask when you say you need multiple rounds of IVF do you mean one cycle but multiple rounds of egg retrieval? Or multiple complete cycle of IVF. In the UK 1 cycle of IVF includes receiving medication to encourage having more eggs, eggs retrieval, embryos transfer. So have you already done all these multiple times? Sorry for the long question x
That's a good question! I've done multiple egg retrievals because I am banking embryos for a chance at two babies. I've often wondered if I was phrasing it wrong, but heard the nurses say rounds of IVF even for egg retrievals, so I followed suit☺❤ Just landed in Korea to prep for the transfer part!
Girls ! I hv been through all this ..... nothng help much ..... except Seed Cycling .......
Like many, I came across your video looking for information on supplements that help with egg quality-production. I am 42 and just recently suffered a miscarriage at 9wks & 6 days with a little miracle that was supposed to be impossible given IUD’s were my preferred method of birth control after my fraternal twins 15yrs ago.
The loss is incalculable and yet, a door I thought long closed years ago was just kicked in and as soon as I’m cleared by my OB i intend to start TTC.
I’m currently taking
Ubiquinone CoQ10 400mg twice daily
Vitamin D3
Vitamin C & Zinc combination
Folic Acid (although I may switch to Folate given I hear that’s better for the outcome we desire)
Omega 3
B12
Iron
&
The exact same prenatal as you.
I appreciate the extra mile suggestions…I definitely plan to snatch a few especially PQQ. I also will continue to follow your journey and I hope soon, both our families are blessed with bright futures with the growth we desire .
Keep up the wonderful work.
Hi there, thank you for sharing your story with me and I am so sorry for your loss.. I know how heartbreaking that can be. Also, thank you for the beautiful message before going to bed here in Korea.. what a perfect way to end the day, knowing I am not alone in this journey. Looks like you are doing everything right re:supplements and I would recommend the Mediterranean diet for egg health. I wish you the absolute best of luck and keep in touch to let me know how it goes. Baby dust to you❤
I appreciate it (your condolences) as I had definitely taken for granted carrying to term and ASSUMED that because I had done so successfully before, even with the odds stacked against me this time I would again. There are just some clubs no woman-expectant mother wants to join and it helps knowing I (like many) can feel all my feelings without judgement.
Anyway, I literally JUST finished watching your updated supplement video and plan to be adding to my next Amazon order soon so I humbly appreciate those suggestions.
One day at a time right…prayer, patience and perseverance. God willing both our stories will have the happiest of endings sooner than we hoped. As my day STARTS here in the NorthEast in the US I’ll sign off and let you get your rest. Again keep up the great work and sleep well.❤
Thank you for sharing this
Pls can someone find one supplement that have all this vitamin, i mean in One thanks
Lol don't I wish! To keep it minimal, just take prenatal, coq10 and vitamin D 1000~2000iu. I think that's enough.. I just went crazy!!!
Please continue doing fertility yoga daily? May God bless you with a healthy baby
Thank you~~~ yes! I definitely will.
Hi Hellynn, I have DOR and just turned 35. Went through a retrieval/transfer and only got 2 morulas on day 5. Hoping these supplements will improve my egg quality.
Wondering how many tablets did you actually take of the CoQ10? It says 1-2. Also, hoping that you get your BFP this month. Baby dust to you ❤
Hi there! I hope these supplements help you too. I have an update video on what else I added if you want to check that one out too.
I took just one of the Neoq10 per day bc of its high absorption! Other brands, I took at least 2-3 per day of 100mgs
Wishing you lots of luck, love! 💗
@@hellynn_j Thank you so much ❤️ Looking forward to your next video and praying you get your BFP 🙏
hi Hellynn. im going to thru journey IVF soon. it grear it i can get your sharing experience. im taking prenatal vitamins now. what confusing me is: the dose in each tablet i checked it not enough as recommended. Did you take prenatal and individual at the same time( as you think in prenatal some dose it not enough?. Should i take extra individual one together with prenatal or should i just take some main vitamins for fertility, such as: Omega3, CoQ10, D, E, folate. because i dont want overdose. Thank you if you can sharing ❤
I think it depends on your prenatal, but I took additional D,E omega3(specifically DHA), Coq10 etc. You should check out my supplement videos. I have two supplement videos bc I changed some of the supplements in the middle! Good luck with your journey! Feel free to join our FB support group where you can ask more questions to the ladies in this community.
Wasn’t expecting you to say 40
I will take it!😄
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Could you please share how much was your AFC? Is it counted per ovary or total count in both the ovaries?
Hi 👋 It was different every cycle - I did 7 retrievals total. But my worst was 1 follicle (in the beginning), and best was 8 follicles.
I pray that God answers your pray.
When someone has low amh does that mean the person has low estrogen too??what was ur fsh and lh values if you could share
No, I don't think so because my estrogen came out 'normal' at 30.3. My FSH was around 10 last time i checked.. I think my LH was about 6. All checked on day 2 of cycle.
Hey I’m in the same boat. Was quite disheartened when I found out. Did these changes increase the quality of your eggs?
Hey there, I did not test except for one cycle where both blasts were abnormal, but my AMH has gone up since I took them (although still low). I decided to give every embryo a chance because PGT is not 100% and embryos can self correct. I guess I'll find out when it comes time to transfer.
@@hellynn_j thank you. Wishing you all the best.
@@nehak6620 Thank you, sending you lots of good energy...💓
@@hellynn_j thank you so much ❤️
What dose of vitamin D do you take please?
Hi there! Took a high dose in the beginning, 5000iu per day. A few months into it when I tested my levels and saw they were normal, went down to 2000iu per day. Get your OH25 tested! Hope this helps🙂
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Thank you so much, I always feel your support❤❤❤
How long have you been taking these vitamins?❤
Hello, nice to meet you👋I started taking prenatal vitamins and COQ10 in summer of '22, but added more along the way especially early '23. I'll make an update video in the near future about my current supplements!
Hi,i also hve low amh 0.17 .i did my ivf on jan but failed because during injection i got only one egg according to dr. but on retrival day they say there is no egg ur follicle is empty .so i tryed my best took supplements to improve my amh and it works it become 0.23 i took appointment i was so happy but on same day i did my ultrasound and i came to know that there is polyp in my uterus (do it because of supplements for 7 month?) And dr said thete is no hope go for doner egg.u r my sis plzzz help mee
Hi there, I’m so sorry you’re going through this, it’s so hard! I feel for you because I am in the same boat. Although I have a low AMH, my doctor was able to get up to five eggs per cycle with me so far, fortunately. It depends on your age and other factors too. Also, polyps can be removed. What supplements were you taking? Happy to talk more if you reach out through Instagram or email… hang in there, sister❤️
Hi, please don’t be discouraged yet. I also had 3 follicles my first two rounds of egg freezing but they didn’t receive any eggs - I was told they were empty. I took a break and tried again with another doctor and a new protocol which included a slightly lower dose of medicine and double trigger, which worked. I got three and 12 eggs in my next two rounds. I think what also helped during this time was eating better (I have a poor appetite), supplements, and keeping my stress level low. I would suggest you go to another doctor and try again, don’t give up until you’ve sought several opinions and found a good doctor who is willing to try with you.
@@Isaura2856what did u eat? I was told ivf donor eggs..
@@ingridkakara8541 not sure if you’re asking about supplements or food. For supplements, I took a multivitamin, COQ10 600 mg per day, DHA, DHEA (I wasn’t very consistent with this because I had measured my levels and they had gotten good so I didn’t want to over do it), PQQ, Vitamin D3, Melatonin, and AÇAI (I wasn’t very consistent with the Açai). For food, I didn’t follow any particular diet, I was just a poor eater before and skipped meals but i made sure to eat three meals - sometimes they were healthy and balanced and sometimes it was junk. I cut out coffee completely and instead drank tea or herbal teas, so this probably also helped.
@@ingridkakara8541 I’m not sure if you’re asking about food or supplements? For food, I didn’t follow any particular diet. I just made sure to eat my three meals (I was a poor eater before and often skipped meals). Sometimes it was healthy/balanced and a few times junk. I cut out coffee and soda completely and instead drank black or herbal teas. For supplements: I took the following for about 2-3 months, and I tried to be consistent but sometimes skipped: a multivitamin (which included folic acid), COQ10 (600 mg a day), DHA (500-1000 mg) DHEA (25 mg x 3 a day in the beginning then only 25mg occasionally after I measured my levels and they were ok), PQQ (20mg) Vitamin D3, Melatonin (3mg) and Açai (500 mg x 2 a day but I wasn’t very consistent with this).
Hey um having 0.094 amh, um 37,unmarried..um nt getting periods, wat shuld i do
If you want children, you should try to freeze some eggs.. even with a low AMH, I was able to get 5eggs in a cycle. But if you're going to freeze eggs they usually recommend you freeze at least 20 so that might be a lot of cycles. If you don't want to wait for a partner, freeze embryos with a sperm donor. Embryos thaw better than eggs.
@@hellynn_j can't my amh rise... Like I don't hve pcos pr pcod.. My usg scan is normal.. M I heading to menopause
AMH goes up and down, although mostly down. You still have hope, but it takes major lifestyle changes including diet and exercise. Of course supplements are not PROVEN to work, but my AMH improved when I took the supplements that I did in my 2nd supplement video. It might be different for everyone though, because everyone has different reasons for low AMH. Wishing you luck.
U look good at 40. I lost my baby yesterday at 12weeks
Am so heartbroken
Aww I’m so sorry to hear that, love. I’ve had a MC last year too… I understand the heartbreak. Praying for you♥️
I so sorry for your loss. I had miscarriage 2weeks ago and I can understand how hurtful it is.
@@beatricenwanna5099 It really is so painful. I'm so sorry you're going through this right now. Us women.. we are stronger and more resilient than one can imagine, and I hope you find healing in this difficult time.❤
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You should be taking 10.000ui of vitamin D. 5.000ui is low for you. This dose is for a child of 7kg.
My doctor told me my vitamin D levels were too high, so I lowered my dosage to 2000iu after a few months of 5000iu. You shouldn't take 10K IU unless you've tested your OH25 levels and you need to fast track your vitamin D back up.
Oh my God how beautiful you are . I'm 32 and I look older than you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰
Aw thank you, that’s so kind… but I am sure that is not true😂♥️♥️
Young outside... Old inside...😂😂😂
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@@hellynn_j hello! I think your 0,06 AMH was a laboratory issue...
@@avillarroel3228 hi there! I wish, but don't think so because that cycle I only had one egg whereas when my AMH went up we saw up to 8 follicles.
@@hellynn_j i had 2 ovules with AMH between 0.5 and 1.2...😔