Am I good to go? "Egg health" sway after miscarriage...

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks Atomic, I've been holding my breath until you were able to answer. By "good" egg, do you mean fertilizeable? Seems like the last time around, the egg got fertilized, but it there was a chromosomal abnormality (does that = bad egg?). I'm worried because the LAST thing I want is another miscarriage, I just don't have the time (that sounds heartless, but you KWIM).

I am now taking:
RJ/BP, wheat grass juice caplets (10 a day), krill oil (has DHA and EPA), CoQ10 (but I've got ubiquinol on order), ALA, Maca root, probiotics, vitamin c, vitamin e, zinc, 5000 mcg of FA.

I will check into the pycogenol, but we can't get DHEA in Canada without a prescription. DH is on the CoQ10 (read on article on here somewhere that it ups sperm quality). He's also on krill oil, probiotics vitamins C & E.

No, the fertilization is just step one, I mean an egg that is capable of turning into a nice healthy baby without chromosomal anomalies.

I understand that you don't want to have another loss (and TOTALLY understand about the clock ticking) BUT you have to realize you very well could do nothing and conceive a normal healthy baby next month, or equally possibly, do all this stuff and then still suffer another loss in 6 months despite doing all the supps. Waiting is no guarantee.

I personally do not advise waiting. The older we get, the fewer good eggs we tend to release, so if (just for the sake of argument) you release 3 good eggs this last year, and two of them were back in Feb. and Mar, and the third is going to be this upcoming month, you may end up risking missing that good egg in the hopes of improving egg quality, which we don't even totally know if it's possible for you to do that. Then what if you only release one good egg next year? You don't want to pass up any month trying at age 40 because you never know when you'll get to that last fresh egg in the carton.

[atomic sagebrush]

Also give DH the folic if there isn't any in his multivitamin and I'd like to see you both on 1000 IU Vit. D thru the winter

[Zivic-Bubac]

you both on 1000 IU Vit. D thru the winter

That would be on top what's already in Prenatals 400 IU, so 1400IU total?

[atomic sagebrush]

No, just total of 1000 iu. it's ok to go over a little bit like 1200

[The Anchor]

No, just total of 1000 iu. it's ok to go over a little bit like 1200

Sorry if this has already been posted, I did a search and couldn't find anything...but what happens if you go over the 1000 iu (I mean, a LOT over). I've been taking about 3000 a day for almost a year! Is it possible that this dose might harm a fetus?

[dloui128]

Sorry if this has already been posted, I did a search and couldn't find anything...but what happens if you go over the 1000 iu (I mean, a LOT over). I've been taking about 3000 a day for almost a year! Is it possible that this dose might harm a fetus?

I am pregnant now and my dr makes me take 4000iu, so I don't think 3000 is way over the limit

[The Anchor]

I am pregnant now and my dr makes me take 4000iu, so I don't think 3000 is way over the limit

Yes, my doc has me on a higher dose as well...was just wondering because Atomic says it's only okay to go a "bit over" up to 1200...

[atomic sagebrush]

Sorry if this has already been posted, I did a search and couldn't find anything...but what happens if you go over the 1000 iu (I mean, a LOT over). I've been taking about 3000 a day for almost a year! Is it possible that this dose might harm a fetus?

There is some evidence that very high levels of Vit D can cause birth defects (like, in the tens of thousands of IU) but doctors are revising their beliefs on what level that is, upwards. It's very likely that 3000 is fine and safe. I just keep people about 1000 or so because this is what I took and I like to use myself as a guinea pig when I can. High Doses of Vitamin D May Cut Pregnancy Risks.

[The Anchor]

Thanks Atomic. Do you think Soy ISO would be an option for me? If I did a 3-7 day protocol (I haven't even got AF since my m/c yet...in fact, my miscarriage isn't even OVER yet, if you KWIM, but that is a whole different story) do you think it would give me "better" eggs?

[atomic sagebrush]

It's def. worth a try.