Our men - zinc and...?
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Topic: Our men - zinc and...?
Posted By: miss
Subject: Our men - zinc and...?
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 5:54pm
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Ok, I have been reading through the posts and I haven't seen a thread where we list things to do specifically for the men. I know that zinc supplements are suggested, but what else should I think about before ttc?
Anything anyone else has done? DIet/exercise/supplents...? |
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 6:52pm
Things I have heard of are no smoking and to wear boxer or go commando. Exercise and diet, well they say thats always important but dont know of any specific foods that are suppose to help sorry. Oh and dont have sex every day cos it uses up all the good stuff 
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Posted By: mum2three
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 6:55pm
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every second day i was told ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 6:57pm
| yep me too and it worked for us everytime |
Posted By: mellybelly
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 8:10pm
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I was told by my specialist to try everyday between days 8 and 18....phew talk about tiring... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 24 August 2006 at 8:14am
i did every 2nd day then went to everyday once i got a positive OPK  And even twice a day the day before ovulation i think lol (that was on the cycle i got pregnant)
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Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 24 August 2006 at 8:26am
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My doctor suggested trying every second day from day 8 of my cycle through till day 21 and we got pregnant that month. I would also suggest a multi vitamin for the partner too plus eating healthy and regular exercise. ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 24 August 2006 at 10:39am
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Yup every second day was what we were told also...takes a while for the boys to regenerate...
Also I banned hubby from keeping his cell phone in his pocket!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 24 August 2006 at 11:05am
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Might be an old wives tale but I heard garlic is very good for making men more... potent.
Looking back, we were eating a lot of garlic mushrooms around the time we got our 'surprise' with Ella, so maybe there's something to it? ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: yalanna
Date Posted: 26 August 2006 at 2:17pm
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zinc AND selenium (which we all should be taking as it is an anticancer antioxidant and NZ soils are deficient). From what I have read it doesnt matter if you have sex every day as it isnt supposed to make a significant difference to the sperm count... but then you read other stuff that says it does. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 27 August 2006 at 8:31am
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I made my DH wear boxers the month prior to us conceiving rather than the tighties he was wearing usually - and it worked so i swear by that!
Also I had a cold / flu the month we conceived and was on day and night and cough medicine - now the old robitussin may be a wifes tale but i have to say that month we put all to use (by accident) and it worked! Friends also just had their bubs and were both real sick and using cough medicine when she conceived too! Also made sure we BDed whenever we wanted but def two to three days before O and day or so after....( we were using Fertility friend charting) ...he then left me for about five days to travel OE and when he came back we were preggy! Who knows if it will work for everyone but...... |