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How important are vitamins & lifestyle/healthy eating for FET?

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alwayswithhope · 14/06/2021 22:15

Hi all, wondering if anyone has any insight on the above? I’m due to do a FET in August - after 6 rounds of IVF so honestly just at end of my ability to follow rigid IVF lifestyle. I’m wondering what the most important things for FET are.

I was planning :
Take my pre conception multi vitamin which includes probiotics, take vitamin d and a high dose omega 3.
This compares to taking pre-conception vitamins, vitamin d, omega 3 x3 times a day, vitamin c x2 a day, NAC x3 times a day, P5P, DHEA and Melatonin

I’m trying to cut it down to once a day but if any of these vitamins are important for FET I’ll take them.

I need to lose a stone so planning to eat healthily, but I also want to have a few drinks/meal out when the occasion comes up. Have a weekend away etc where I eat/drink as I want before FET.

Just wondering what people think! Is it too risky? I’ve been doing Fertility treatment since 2019 so I am pretty fed up of it all but don’t want to sabotage myself for transfer. This will be my 1st FET.

For the FET prep I’ve done Chicago bloods, ERA/EMMA/ALICE, thrombophelia bloods. The embryo isn’t tested but it’s a good grade.

OP posts:
Gardenlady543 · 15/06/2021 08:54

This sounds good to me, I currently take:

Prenatal multivitamin
Methylfolate (I have the MTHFR mutation)
Vitamin D
Vitamin B complex (I'm vegan)
Omega
Vitamin E
Coenzyme-A (I took this for egg quality and we still try naturally between cycles so thought I'd continue)
Choline and inositol (I only started taking this as I changed to a prenatal vitamin that didn't have it in)
Femdophilus (a probiotic that improves the microflora in the genital tract- my EMMA showed really bad microflora which was treated and I use this for maintenance)

My FET protocol includes aspirin which I stop 2 days before the transfer and then I take heparin.

Diet wise, I have tried everything that should improve lining and my lining was worse when I did this, than a cycle where I could only eat dry crackers as I was vomiting. But in case you wanted to know the foods to help with lining: pomegranate juice, beetroot juice, Brazil nuts, lots of dishes with grains or rice. But, I think overall the medications are the things that really make a difference. I still have what I consider to be a healthy smoothie every morning: frozen spinach, cashew nut milk, calcium powder, flaxseed, spirulina, dried super fruits, frozen strawberries, frozen banana.

I don't drink caffeine or alcohol, just never been into it.

Overall try to be healthy, but don't go overboard, I've just had my third transfer, this process can go on for so long.

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