Melatonin for egg quality?

[myGirl]

Thanks Mygirl...one more question for you...is there a difference between Ubiquinol and CoQ10? A friend mentioned that you should take ubiquinol if you are older (although she didn't qualify what she meant by "older") because it gets harder for your body to convert the CoQ10 into ubiquinol (not sure if I got that right).

I have read that somewhere too... something about over 35 we should use ubiquinol. It makes sense b/c your body has to turn regular CoQ10 (ubiquinone) into ubiquinol to be able to use it. I take both kinds mainly because the ubiquinol comes in big fat pills, but the ubiquinone (regular CoQ10) is in delicious peach flavored gummies! I get them both at Costco- I don't know if you have one where you live.

Either way it is expensive. The regular CoQ10 gummies are made by Vitafusion (about $20 for 150 100mg gummies). The "Mega CoQ10 Ubiquinol" is made by Qunol (about $35 for 120 100mg. pills).

I hope this isn't too confusing


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[atomic sagebrush]

I thought eggs were made before we're even born!

They're like tiny seeds that then develop into fully formed little eggs before they're released.

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm so sorry Anchor.

Melatonin is not safe during pg and no one knows how or when it can harm a fetus so best to take a pass on it.

Best thing to take is higher dose folic acid 2000+.

[michaela]

I'm so sorry Anchor.

Melatonin is not safe during pg and no one knows how or when it can harm a fetus so best to take a pass on it.

Best thing to take is higher dose folic acid 2000+.

Definitely! We stop taking it at retrieval so that it is out of our system so I am not sure how effective it would be if you were going on and off it.

[atomic sagebrush]

Great point, Michaela - the HT ladies KNOW they can't get pg and so are safe to continue the Melatonin, but for those who are swaying, you would have to start at AF and stop it at every ovulation to prevent taking it during pg.

I would also worry that going off and on it that way could cause depression/anxiety/insomnia because Melatonin governs certain functions of your brain and starting and stopping it can't be a good thing.