A friend at work was raving about pycnogenol so I decided to give it a try. I'm taking something called Ultra Pycno Grape ACE 1500+ which has 6g pycnogenol, 5g grape seed extract, and smalller amounts of a bunch of other things like St Mary's Thistle, Green tea extract (1g) and small amounts of zinc, selenium and so on (those last ones are already in the multi my naturopath/herbalist gives me). I also added Co Q 10 this time around (100mg 3 x daily).
No idea if any of it works yet - egg retrieval is tomorrow so not sure yet if it makes any difference to egg quality. I've done a BUNCH of stuff to get healthier for conception though - got a personal trainer (read that resistance training naturally builds DHEA and GH levels and as a former cancer patient I was reluctant to inject or swallow supplements for either), have not had any alcohol for 12+ months (good grief !) and take vitamins, herbs and so on (including wheat greass, spirulina etc).
Not sure if any of that's helped (certainly didn't on my last IVF cycle in May) but will let you know if it does
This IVF has been wierd though....have used Lupron for downreg (my first time) and my E2 levels have struggled to reach anything like my old "normal"
good luck !
Al
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TTC #1 for 3 years
3 IUIs
8 IVFs