Is it zinc that men are supposed to take to help conception?

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If you happen to know why as well I'd be very interested!

Recommended dosage?

Thanks!

Dh took zinc.Just the one from Boots -no idea of dose.Am Pregnant, no idea if it helped but worth a try!

Zinc is important but so are other vitamins and minerals. Selenium, vitamin C and the B vitamins (especialy Folic acid) spring to mind.

Apparently according to the www zinc increases the number of sperm produced.

Taking a ood quality vitamin tablet like Wellman Conception is a good idea. The full list of vitamins and minerals is probably on that page I linked.

Cutting out toxins like alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, doing excercise and eating fresh foods is also crucially important for sperm quality.

my dp takes fertilaid and pycnogenol as recommended by the man who did his sperm analysis. also heard good things about wellman.

even though dp has poor sperm morphology and a lower than average count, we have conceived 5 times in last 2 years.

Thanks guys. I bought the zinc today when I got my folic acid. He's already on vit C, and I can share my folic acid so I think we're off to a reasonable start.

No reason to suspect any sperm issues, he's 25 and healthy and we've only been ttc for 1 month, but I want to make sure we aren't missing anything obvious.

Cheers!