Since this is your last month, you may want to get enough OPKs to test twice a day, just to make sure you don't miss it. You should be taking folic acid; at least 1 mg (1,000 mcg). Baby aspirin can help women who have clotting disorders with implantation but recent studies showed that it can help all women with implantation. Before taking it though, check with your doctor to make sure it is okay for you to take one baby aspirin a day. And if you do take it, do NOT take more than one baby aspirin (79-81 mg) a day. Vitex (chastetree berry) is supposed to help with ovulation. There are things your fiance can take as well that can help his sperm count and motility. I think I'm forgetting something but if I think of it, I'll add it later. Good luck!!!

thank you so much CarrieDawn! your like the fertility dictionary on here, i wish i knew as much as you do! good luck for you too!!

I started looking into this strategy, too, and this is what I've learned.

Selenium and zinc are good for DH/DFs to take (increase sperm quality and motility), plus C vitamin (sperm motility, count and overall health) and essential fatty acids.

Evening primrose oil is highly recommended to increase/improve quality of cervical mucous to aid in conception (NB: take only from menstruation to ovulation, otherwise, you run the risk of contractions if you do become PG!). Vitex helps w/ luteal phase defects b/c it helps produce progesterone but it can take a long time for Vitex to work(as with EPO, take from AF to ovulation).

You can also take selenium and zinc supplements since they play a role in healthy egg structure. Others that are recommended for fertility/baby making/baby keeping are B12, E (helps w/ egg quality) and essential fatty acids (keeps repro and other systems healthy).

Check w/ your doctor on taking herbal supplements if you're on other meds. For example, a friend of mine found out that Vitex counteracts Clomid. You'll also want to find a reliable source to advise on correct dosages.

CarrieDawn, ditto re: baby aspirin and folic acid! My doctors shared a release from Canadian group MotheRisk that up to 5 mg of folic acid is recommended, and I'm finding as I talk to others that baby aspirin is an oldie but a goodie for most women. Just be careful taking it into the second and third trimesters - I think you're supposed to take it up to the third trimester, but you'll want to check on that.

After baby dancing, try to lie with your hips very slightly elevated - it sounds old-fashioned but it actually can help.

Pay attention to your body. I found that reading/learning about cervical mucous, and paying attention to that and its changes in your cycle, helpful in pinpointing ovulation. We actually got PG on our first try doing just that, and BDing every second day on the week my CM changed!

Takes 24-48 hours for sperm to replenish, so try to BD accordingly :)

Have fun and best of all luck to you!

My DH takes Zinc and Selenium, as do I, and he takes many other things that are supposed to help with sperm count and motility. When I had my IUI done, we got his sperm analysis. They like the sperm count to be at least 20 million nad have at least 75% motility. My husband had 208 million (yes 208 million) sperm and 86% motility. If you want to know some more supplements that are good for the man when TTC, let me know.

CarrieDawn - PLEASE pass on the supplements for both men and women!!! My DH is a vegetarian and has LIVED off of soy products - well we just learned that soy and sperm don't go . . . so he's laying off the soy for now. But we'd love to know some other good supplements to help his boys out!
Also I will definitely be buying some baby aspirin.

Thanks!!

Also - best of luck Kayla3794!! Sending much sticky babydust your way . . .

We are actuall semi vegetarians. We will occastionally eat turkey, chicken, or fish, but never beef or pork. We eat a pretty good amount of soy products. I didn't know that it wasn't good for sperm. I researched a couple of years ago to find out what is good for men to take and my husband has been taking these things since then. He takes lots of other supplements as well for other things and I don't know if some of them are helping also or not.
L-Carnitine-1,000 mg
L-Arginine-1,800 mg
Vitamiin C-3,000 mg
Zinc 46 mg
B-12- 2,500 mcg
B-100 Complex
Coenzyme Q10- 200-300 mg
Vitamin E- 400 IU
Beta Carotene-15 mg (25,000 IU Vitamin A)
And a daily vitamin
He also takes these other supplements that I have not checked to see their effect on sperm:
Saw Palmetto-400 mg
Magnesium Oxide-200 mg
Fish Oil-1,000 mg
Garlic-1,000 mg
Most of these things he was already taking before I found out that they were good for sperm. I know it's a lot to take each day, but it also improves our DH's health.

Thanks for passing these on! DH will be incorporating these into his diet very soon. As for the soy - there was a study done in Boston I think within the past 2 years that showed men who ate a serving or two of soy a day had a decreased sperm concentration. Of course there is no way to prove that one caused the other, but we figured we'd tweak his diet just in case. It's the only study done to date that showed this - so there is much more research to be done. He started eating fish only around a year and a half ago when we decided that we wanted to start trying.

Thanks again - wishing you much success this cycle!!

I wanted to make sure and metion this about vitamin E. It has long been known to help both men and women with fertility so it is something that you definitely want to be taking. Just make sure you get natural vitamin E. It will say Vitamin D (as d-alpha) NOT dl-alpha. Stay away from the dl-alpha.