Supplements/Dosage/When to stop

[hopingforsaskia]

Hiiii.... Can someone please tell me when to take (and when to stop) each of the supps and how much to take?

Saw palmetto AF-O - how many/times of day?
Folic acid - how many/times of day?
Vitex AF-O
Baby aspirin - when do we wean off?
Acidophilus..
Cranberry
Cal/mag etc etc etc.

I know all of this would be super easy to find, but I'd love it if it were all in one place...

[Butterfly Spirit]

For Folic, just keep taking it..don't stop. I don't know if I took just a folic acid pill but there was folate in my B vitamin.
I took Nature's Way Vitex 400 mg capsules... so that was 800 mg a day and I took them BOTH together in the morning because I read somewhere that they absorb best then.
They caused me migraines so I just combined them with my other supplements because magnesium helps with headaches.
And for Calcium, I took 1200 mg That had 800 IU of Vit D in it.
Magnesium I took 400 mg with Zinc 15 mg
I also took B-50 Complex with those, and it contained folate. ( That one is up to you)

With Vitex I actually went a few days into my period because I wanted to MAKE SURE it was my period...and I also took a pregnancy test to verify it as well.
My second month of taking it, was the right way to do it:
I took it a few days after AF and then stopped when my OPK looked like it was pretty dark...so not almost there.. but even before the 'almost there' line. it actually took me 5 whole days to get my +OPK after I stopped!

And as for stopping my supplements, I only stopped Vitex. I decided to just stay on the rest of them because I have been so sick and still breastfeeding too. I just cut them down to 600 Calcium, 200 mg, and the whole B50 complex pill with my Flintstone gummy (prenatal)

Best of luck constructing your sway sweetie!

[hopingforsaskia]

Thanks so much lovely -- huge congrats on your girl too!!! More successful sways.. Can't wait for my turn!

[Butterfly Spirit]

Thanks so much lovely -- huge congrats on your girl too!!! More successful sways.. Can't wait for my turn!

Thank you!!!

You are so welcome!! And I love your future DD's unique name!

[Mum23boys]

Hi just to ssay i dont think you can take baby aspirin and cranberry - they do the same thing so take one or the other - Baby aspirin is better and safer in my opinion. Cranberry would be better for DH

[atomic sagebrush]

I think they are on here in one thread somewhere. I don't really want to put it all in one "official" place because I think people will feel like they have to take everything, when really they don't and it's all up to them what they take!

SP - 320 mg either all at once or broken into two doses morning and night (makes no diff. but some people find it upsets their stomach)

folic - 1200-1600 mcg broken into 3-4 400 mcg doses taken 3-4 times a day (this does matter because it's absorbed best that way) Take thru the first trimester and then gradually wean off to the amount in a prenatal

Vitex - 800 mg either all at once or 400 am and pm (we don't know if it matters or not or which is best)

Aspirin - wean off after BFP

Cranberry - for your husband or you? Pick either aspirin or cranberry, don't do both. DH can take cran nonstop but if you are taking cran, you should not mix and match with aspirin, pick one or the otehr. Cran is not safe to take during pg and must be stopped at O. Dosage varies, up to 10000 mg but PLEASE take the smallest dose you possibly can to get the results you are after.

Cal - 1200 mg

Mag - Ladies should start with 150-200 mg mag and see how you tolerate it. DH should take 200-250. If you get diarrhea you need to reduce dosage.

Also, while I know this did work for Butterfly, I prefer that no pink swayers take Vit. D or B complex because I think they tend to sway blue. Also zinc can sway blue so only take it if you've been swaying for several months - because the LE Diet does not have a lot of zinc in it, if you've been swaying for 3-6 months after having done diet for 6-8 weeks beforehand, you may need a bit of zinc at that point. 8-15 mg zinc taken 3 times a week only if you've gone many months without getting pg.

[hopingforsaskia]

The cran is for DH.

I unwittingly bought 800mcg folic... I have started taking them 2x a day. Is that still ok??

[atomic sagebrush]

The cran is for DH.

I unwittingly bought 800mcg folic... I have started taking them 2x a day. Is that still ok??

yes, that's fine!! taking them several times a day is the ideal but you're still getting plenty either way.