- Start taking your nutritional supplements at least 3 to 4 months before your IVF treatment or natural fertility cycle commences.
- Drink at least 2 litres of water a day. Water is vitally important for every cell in the body and helps to remove and eliminate toxins.
- Vitamin C: 500 mg a day will help collagen production and is vital for wound healing following egg retrieval. There is some evidence to suggest that it may help to prevent miscarriage. Reduce Vitamin C intake to 250mg before transfer.
- Folic Acid: helps prevents spina bifida and produce DNA and RNA.
- CoQ10: May improve blood flow, enrich endometrium, and improve fertilization rates, “mitochondrial nutrients” may improve egg quality and response to ovarian stimulation. Can improve sperm quality.
- Bromalein: Using Pineapple & pineapple core can help to assist implantation: Pineapple contains bromelain. Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme that breaks up proteins that inhibit embryo implantation. Consuming a whole pineapple (focusing on the core as it has the highest concentration of Bromelain) during a fertility cycle can be beneficial.
- Magnesium: helps improve fertilization rates
- Zinc: promotes cell formation and wound healing after surgery and is vital for hormone production and implantation, plays a vital role in cell division
- Selenium: improve fertilization rates, prevents chromosome breakage
- Vitamin B complex: will help your body cope with the stress of invasive procedures
