Male Factor Infertility

Re: Motility Success!!

annbk — Sun, 27 May 2012 03:45:45 GMT

I've got my husband on quite a pill regimen as well - also based on the Making Babies book. One supplement I haven't been able to find in the correct dose is L-Carnitine though - and that's supposed to be one of the most important ones for morphology. The book says 1-2 mg, but I haven't found any pills with less than 100mg!
Were you able to find lower doses or did you just use a higher amount?

Re: Motility Success!!

AngieClinton — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:07:17 GMT

Thanks a lot.

Re: Motility Success!!

Mack — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:14:15 GMT

Angel,

Marilyn Shannon's book, fertility cycles and nutriton mentions Vitamin C for agglutation. The study (27 men) she mentions says that 20 of the men were given vitamin c supplements (1000mg/day) along with calcium magnesium and magnese. And at the end of two months the partners of all 20 men were pregnant. None of the other seven were. It doesn't seem like a big study, but it gives hope, and vitamin c is pretty easy to come by.

Re: Motility Success!!

wee_pee — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:23:19 GMT

Thanks a million Melissa, I actually ordered the book off Amazon and we're working on it right now! I have taken on board so many of Jill Blakeway's suggestions, first session of acupuncture booked for this week and I am so excited to have the natural therapy route clearly marked out. Yay!

Re: Motility Success!!

angelstar220 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:10:35 GMT

Sorry, Double post!

Re: Motility Success!!

angelstar220 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:09:27 GMT

Hi Ladies! Thank you for sharing this, does that book say anything about how to approve agglutination issues? My husband has moderate agglutination, and as of right now that is our biggest hurdle!

Thanks in advance!

~Angel

Re: Motility Success!!

1melissa1 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:53:50 GMT

Keep in mind that the list looks like a lot, but probably half of those were taken care of by the multi-vitamin and then I just supplemented by things that were not in the multi or were in low doses in the multi. Again, I did NOT overdose and tried as much as possible to stick to the amounts listed. DH is a vegetarian who has had low iron in the past so I made one exception with iron and gave him 17mg instead of 2mg.

Re: Motility Success!!

sprinkles — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:48:54 GMT

HI Pee_Wee and Jab,

Sorry for the late response, but here is the Pre-Conception Multivitamins for Men, as listed in the "Making Babies" book. Maybe run it by your DH's doctor first. Good luck to you.

Vitamin Daily Dose

A 5,000 IU

B2 (thiamine) 1.2-1.5 mg

B5 5 mg

B 6 50 mg

B2 (riboflavin) 1.3 mg

Folic acid 400 mcg

B22 100 mcg

Vitamin C 500-1,000 mg

Vitamin E 400 IU

Calcium 250-300 mg

Iron 2 mg

Copper 2 mg

Magnesium 250-500 mg

Manganese 1-2 mg

Selenium 50-100 mcg

Zinc 50 mg

Essential Fatty acids 1000-5000 mg

Co Enzyme10 100 mg

L-arginine 500 mg

L- carnitine 1-2 mg

N-acetyl cysteine 600 mcg

Royal Jelly follow package instructions

Para-aminobenzoic acid 300-400 mg

Re: Motility Success!!

jab2003 — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:24:44 GMT

Would you be able to possibly scan or post that list? I am waiting for the book from my library, but would love be able to get the supplements now, if possible. Thanks again!

Re: Motility Success!!

jab2003 — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:14:44 GMT

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!! We are facing possible low motility here, and I have been asking/looking for info such as this. Thank you again!!

Re: Motility Success!!

wee_pee — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:08:48 GMT

Hi Melissa and Sprinkles! What you ladies are talking about sounds like a godsend...however, I don't know which book you're referring to. I'm in Australia and the only book I can find with that title is by an Australian herbalist called Jason Jackson (I think!) and the page numbers don't correlate (i.e. on pages 133-134 of that book there are descriptions of foods to eat for zinc and magnesium deficiency). So, I hope this isn't asking too much, but could one of you post the actual list of supplements and exact amounts? That would really help. I posted a while back on this board re: DH's low motility result and we are trying to do everything in our power to improve it.

Thank you!!

Re: Motility Success!!

sprinkles — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:49:41 GMT

Hi 1Melissa1,

That's great news about your DH's improved #'s!!

I have the Making Babies book here, and it sounds like the list you're referring to is on p. 133-134 -- the Preconception Multivitamin For Men and the Other Fertility Supplements for Men list?

My DH also has a varicocele and very low motility, and he's currently on Fertility Blend for Men and chinese herbs per the acupuncturist. The acupuncturist says Acai Berry supplements is good for my DH's condition, so I'm having him take that too.

Is your DH taking everything listed on these lists, including the Royal Jelly, etc?

May I also ask what other things your DH has done over the past few months, i.e., lifestyle changes, diet changes, etc.?

Thanks for sharing, and I'm very happy for you!

Motility Success!!

1melissa1 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:48:56 GMT

I wanted to share this with all of you struggling with your DH's low motility. Three months ago, my DH's semen analysis showed low everything...count, motility etc. His motility was 14%.

I started doing some reading and put him on an intense supplement regimen...There is a book called "Making Babies" that has a great chapter on supplements. I basically took the list that they give you for male fertility supplements at the end of the chapter and went to Whole Foods with it and got my DH the exact amounts of everything recommended (I did not "overdose" him--I was careful just to get the mg recommended). Then each week I counted them all out in those little pill containers so he could easily take them twice a day (it was a lot--probably 12-14 pills a day, including a multi vitamin.)

His last test showed that his motility is now 50%, which is above the normal cut off! We still have low count due to a varicocele, so no great news yet, but I thought for those of you dealing with just motility issues, this might be helpful to you. I can't think of anything else that might have changed other than the vitamins, so I'm feeling confident that's what did it.

I have also heard that the various Fertility Blends can be helpful, but have also heard that the mg amounts in them are sometimes too low to do much good. That's why I wanted to go with the individual supplements.

Hope this helps someone!