need help on supplement dosage

[my5girls]

Ttc a boy! Im taking 600 mg folic acid. I just bought fish oil for me and my husband h much should we take? I also bought zinc for him an d how much should he take? I also bought larginine for us and how muxh? If u could help would b great. Thanks

[gizmo77]

i take dha/fish oil its 500mg/day
zinc: 50mg/day
larg: i stopped taking it bc it delayed my ovulations and dried me up (which has happened to a lot of girls on here..so i would test it first) but dh takes 500mg/day

hope that helps!

[my5girls]

Thank u for the info!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Fish oil - you can take up to 1000 mg if you tolerate that amount well (it can cause excessive bleeding, so if you notice heavy AF or bleeding/bruising, cut back.)

I am assuming you mean 600 MICROGRAMS (mcg) and not milligrams (mg) of folic acid. I like people to take more like 2000 mcg of folic when swaying blue. If you're following any kind of high-sodium diet, you will excrete extra folic acid from your body and also some of the boy supps and drinks leach folic as well. If you take several small doses spread out throughout the day, it's best absorbed that way. Take this higher dosage throughout the first trimester and then gradually reduce your dosage over the span of a few weeks until you're only taking the amount in your prenatal.

Like Gizmo said, we have been having bad results with L-arg. Several people found a reduction in CM from taking in and so for now it's best if you just give it to DH. Also, l-arg may cause herpes to flare up so if he has cold sores or genital herpes you may want to take a pass on l-arg.

Personally, I am iffy on 50 mg of zinc for DH. That is a LOT of zinc and altho I know that's what is recommended on another site and it's probably safe for most guys in the short term, some studies in rats and mice have shown that while low/moderate zinc supplements raise sperm count and help sway blue, high levels of zinc actually have the opposite affect and are bad for sperm. Plus, zinc is not great for overall health in very high doses. I feel better about limiting the zinc to 25 mg.

[gizmo77]

they dont always sell zinc in 25mg tho!!!! what about 50mg every other day? see, now youre scaringme ;-)
well, whats done is done :-)

[TTC5]

Is the l'arg in powder form?

I take 1,000mg capsule of fish oil and I take 2 of these a day.
I take 50mg zinc every day.
And 2,000 mcg of folic acid, broken up during the day in 4 lots as they come in 500mcg tablets each.

[Plum3]

I just break DH's 50mg Zinc in half. You could always do that Gizmo?

[atomic sagebrush]

they dont always sell zinc in 25mg tho!!!! what about 50mg every other day? see, now youre scaringme ;-)
well, whats done is done :-)

Can you split the pill? If not, I would do it every other day.

I'm sorry to scare you, I just want your DH to be safe and for you guys to get your DG.

[gizmo77]

me too, if we dont get pg this cycle ill try breaking it in half or every otehr day