List of Nutritional Supplements Before and After IVF

List of IVF Nutritional Supplements

Before and After IVF, how to eat well??

Take some nutritional supplements during your pregnancy preparation can effectively nourishes the body. These nutritional supplements need to be taken under the guidance of a doctor.

Folic Acid

Women who are trying to conceive should start supplementing 3 months before pregnancy, and need to supplement at least until 12 weeks of pregnancy or continue throughout the pregnancy.

Folic acid is also known as vitamin B9. Folic acid deficiency during pregnancy can affect fetal nervous system development. Sufficient folic acid supplementation in the first trimester and during pregnancy can reduce the birth rate of neural tube defects and cleft lip fetuses.

Adequate folic acid supplementation in the first trimester and during pregnancy can reduce the birth rate of fetuses with neural tube defects and cleft lip.

Coenzyme Q10

It is recommended for women with ovarian hypofunction. Advanced age women's number of fully functional mitochondria in eggs are reduced, and the ATP content is decreased. When the ATP content in the embryo is ≥ 2 pmol, the fertilized egg is easy to implant and continue to develop. Therefore, coenzyme Q10 can be supplemented in the advanced age women to increase the ATP energy of eggs and improve pregnancy outcomes.

DHEA

Patients with advanced age and low ovarian response should start DHEA supplementing 1-3 months before entering the IVF cycle. It is the precursor of androgens and estrogens in the body, which can help to improve the ovarian microenvironment of infertile women, thereby improving the quality of eggs and embryos, increasing the pregnancy rate, and reducing the miscarriage rate.

Vitamin E

People with ovarian dysfunction. Vitamin E can promote the secretion of sex hormones, increase the vitality and quantity of sperm in men; increase the concentration of estrogen in women, improve fertility and prevent miscarriage.

As a husband, what supplements men should take?

Zinc

Men improve their fertility. Zinc is very important for adult men. Zinc, known as the "flower of life", is closely related to male sperm health. During pregnancy preparation, expectant fathers want to improve sperm quality is necessary to cheer for the sperms. Zinc treatment of some male infertility can improve and increase sperm motility

Arginine

Arginine plays an important role in the male reproductive system. It is not only involved in the regulation of the microcirculation of the testis and testosterone secretion, but also plays an important role in promoting and regulating spermatogenesis, sperm motility and sperm fertilization ability.

Lycopene

Improve male sperm quality. Lycopene can help prevent and improve prostate hyperplasia, prostatitis, and other urinary system diseases, and help improve the quality of male sperm and reduce the risk of infertility. However, lycopene needs to be heated and cooked with oil fat before it can be more easily absorbed by the body, so eating cooked tomatoes can play a role.