Improving egg quality

[LARBB0707]

Hi
I am starting this thread to see if anyone has any advice/ideas on how if it is possible to improve egg quality. I have had 8 miscarriages and one failed IVF cycle, I had 4 eggs collected and none fertilized. I am 33 and struggling to make sense of all the conflicting information so any advice of supplements or success stories would be greatly appreciated Xxx

Buy yourself a copy of "it starts with the egg" it's all evidence based and is aimed at people who are approaching IVF/TTC journey and who have conditions which may affect fertility.

Good luck!

Try Ubiquinol (rather than Ubiquinone) - people say it’s good for eggs quality. Add a bit of Reflexology and/or Acupuncture - you won’t lose anything trying that. I have just started both Ubiquinol and Reflexology (for stress and for feeling low).

@kitty1993

Buy yourself a copy of "it starts with the egg" it's all evidence based and is aimed at people who are approaching IVF/TTC journey and who have conditions which may affect fertility.

Good luck!

This, good luck

@kitty1993 thank you I have just ordered a copy from Amazon xx

@GingerFox2021 thank you I’ve been looking into reflexology I think I’m just going to go ahead and book in can’t do any harm and I’m on my feet all day at work xx

@LARBB0707 I was looking into Reflexology for some time. I thought now or never as got tired of thinking.. looking forward to my next session.

@LARBB0707 Hello! Perhaps have a look into the supplement Impryl. I don’t know for sure how well these supplements work but my sister and her husband used them and conceived after having trouble and they think they possibly helped. Sending lots of luck

www.fertilityfamily.co.uk/female-fertility-supplements-uk/

Also I’m so sorry to hear of your mc and failed IVF my sister also had a lot of mc and a stillborn baby before conceiving and now has 3 healthy children so I hope you get your happy ending too ✨

I should have said before having her children as she had obviously been conceiving but unsuccessfully**

I'm sorry to hear of all your losses.
I had several losses so had some tests which showed my blood was clotting which wouldn't allow the pregnancy to continue past the 1st trimester. So now I'm on 2 aspirin per day and daily Clexane injections.

For egg quality - when I had IVF - I took 400mg of CoQ10 ( Pharmanord CoQ10 Gold - 4 x 100mg per day). The embryologist told me my egg quality this time around was much higher than last time and I think this is why.
Also folic acid and vitamin D.

@Newbiemg thank you, I’ve never heard of that one so I will look into it tonight, that’s lovely news about your sister always so nice to hear success stories xxx

@WhereTheresHope4 thank you,, I have just ordered some ubiquinol so hoping this will help, that’s amazing that you’ve improved your egg did you change your diet at all or was it just the supplements xx

[quote LARBB0707]@Newbiemg thank you, I’ve never heard of that one so I will look into it tonight, that’s lovely news about your sister always so nice to hear success stories xxx

@WhereTheresHope4 thank you,, I have just ordered some ubiquinol so hoping this will help, that’s amazing that you’ve improved your egg did you change your diet at all or was it just the supplements xx[/quote]
@LARBB0707
The only other thing I did was cut out caffeine and alcohol completely for about 5 weeks before I started the IVF cycle. And drank a lot more water. Along with the CoQ10 Ubiquinol. And there was a big improvement with the quality compared to my 1st cycle. Good luck and hope it all goes well 🌸

My friend had several miscarriages before taking 75mg aspirin daily

Hello and good luck, I took High potency coq10 during ivf which helped me, I also did acupuncture. But really feel the coq10 did it for me

@LARBB0707Has your partner tried a dna fragrmentation test ?

[quote Pippinpomp37]@LARBB0707Has your partner tried a dna fragrmentation test ?[/quote]
Good advice. Recurrent miscarriages can be caused by dna fragmentation. Sperm analysis doesn't show that. You will have to pay for test seperately. Sperm is as important as the egg so get your partner on vit D, ubiquinol, vit C or proceive for men. Sorry for your miscarriages 💗
examenlab.com/for-men/men-and-miscarriage/#:~:text=High%20levels%20of%20sperm%20DNA,repeated%20%E2%80%93%20or%20recurrent%20%E2%80%93%20miscarriages.

At the very least, your DH needs to be on a multivitamin for conception too.

I’d really recommendCOQ10. It takes 3 months to fully work though. Good luck!

‘Ovum’ supplements are good
www.amazon.co.uk/OVUM-MicroActiveTM-Methylfolate-Scientifically-Pre-Conception/dp/B08LL9WV8Z?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I took vita D, folic acid and coq-10 for a few months and ate alot of beets and pomegranate and leafy greens cooked or raw. Cut sugar in diet and eat clean. No idea if any of this helped but we had very great results with my eggs. Embryologist was impressed that out of 8 fertilised eggs all of them fertilised and 7 made it to day 5 with all ranging from top quality to average/good quality.