Does anybody take a probiotic?

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I was looking at probiotics to help with gut health during IVF (possibly it's also supposed to help with full body wellbeing too). Does anybody take one and if so what brand? And when do you take it - in the morning on an empty stomach? (I already take egg quality supplements then - NAC and ALA, so I'm not sure if it would interfere).

Sorry for all the questions but thanks for any help!

I took a probiotic (Femdophilus, then Optibac once I ran out) through stims, transfer, 2 week wait and (currently 6 months of) pregnancy - it says they are pregnancy safe on the Optibac bottle so I don't see why it wouldn't be okay during IVF too.

I second that it's safe to take them after transfer. I'm 37 weeks pregnant after a FET in April and I've been taking the optibac probiotic since a year before and all the way through the process - I'm actually scared to stop! I had an MMC on my fresh cycle and my consultant thought there was a chance it was because I hadn't been taking a probiotic (there was some evidence my microbiome wasn't OK), so I think I'll be staying on them until we're fully done with TTC.

Thank you so much for your replies…

What about canesflor? Did you use that too? After transfer?

I’m a bit worried about the probiotics- I took optibac yesterday but then I started reading about autoimmunes… my clinic tested my immunes.. everything came back ok- but one thing was v slightly raised… they have started me on dexamethasone… so I’m not sure if this is ok with a probiotic? It says online don’t use if immune compromised.. has anyone else heard this?

I haven’t seen the same about canesflor though, maybe that’s ok?

Hi @Mummmmyyyy I wouldn’t take Canesflor if you’re putting in progesterone vaginally as it says in the progesterone instructions not to put anything else as it might interfere. I just stopped taking Canesflor and kept taking optibac - the one for pregnancy.

Ok thanks, I’m doing the progesterone rectally… so maybe that’s ok then?

Yes, I found them helpful around transfer. I'm not sure if they helped, but both my transfers were successful.

Hi all,
I had my EndomeTRIO done and the Emma test showed i needed antibiotics and probiotics.

I am currently on:
Metronidazole 400mg. 1 tablet, twice a day, for 7 days.
Once completed I've been instructed to start Canesflor - one capsule each day for 6 days, then once capsule per week for 4 weeks.

What i want to know is, can i start Optibac while im taking antibiotics, and if so, do i need to stop taking this while im using canesflor and resume once thats completed? in case it doubles up?

Thanks