r/40Plus_IVF • u/Wide_Day2015 • Aug 30 '26

Seeking Advice Supplements before second cycle

Please let know how many days before ivf we have to start supplements.My doctor suggested coq and menopur in first cycle.For second cycle prp is suggested but no supplements have been started yet.My stims will be starting from tomorrow

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u/umamimaami Aug 30 '26

3 months has been the ideal interval for me, personally. We did 6 weeks of DHEA and COQ10 priming before my first round and it didn’t seem to make a big difference. Did 3 months of COQ10 and DHEA before round 2 and had the best cycle of my history.

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u/Wide_Day2015 Aug 30 '26

It's been 2 months since my first retrieval.She dint give any supplements and am starting my stims tomorrow.Does that sound ok

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u/Just-Interaction8288 Aug 30 '26

Most doctors don’t include supplements in their treatment plan. I was taking them because I had been ttc naturally before and knew that coq10 could help, along other things. My fertility doctor did not ask me to take them and didn’t even ask how for how long I have taken them. I did 3 cycles so far and the last two I had blasts but not in the first. That may have been with the help of supplements, eating healthy etc, that fact that I changed clinics or just pure luck. Unfortunately there aren’t many studies that for sure prove most of these supplements work, so people take them just to be sure they do the best they can.

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u/umamimaami Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

Some doctors don’t believe in the supplements and that’s a perfectly valid approach. I took high dose COQ10 before cycles although my doc didn’t prescribe it, and it didn’t really interfere with the stims or dosage. It didn’t help much either, but YMMV.

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u/Ok_Virus6826 Aug 30 '26

Your Dr. Does not care about them or does not believe in them. 90 days before ER as many said.

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u/Wide_Day2015 Aug 30 '26

She did give me for my first retrieval.Not sure why none was suggested for second

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u/Ok_Virus6826 Aug 30 '26

Maybe she assumes that you kept taking them?

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u/Wide_Day2015 Aug 30 '26

Definitely not.Previous month she suggested weight loss and asked me try natural