Official Trying to Conceive - Thread 12

Jojo_fry

Quick question - is anyone taking conception vitamins? I'm on the Vitabiotics ones but it's getting really expensive!

clarabell1984

jojo I'm taking seven seas trying for a baby pills. You can get them 3 for £10 in Asda or for around £4 a pack on Amazon. There are 28 pills in a pack and they are like a contraceptive pill pack with days on them.

The doctor said as long as they have folic acid in them they can't do any harm but don't know how good they are x

FreddieFrugal

OH took pregnacare, just normal ones not the conception ones.

But generally they say that unless you're suffering from a severe deficiency, multivitamin supplements shouldn't be necessary. You need such small quantities of most of them that anything near a balanced diet should give you all you need.

The only thing you must take is Folic acid and possibly vitamin D. She took them as it doesn't harm and we'd get them when there was 3 for 2 on the packs of 90. Also activated a £10 off reward at superdrug from my credit card. Meant we paid £5 for 270 tablets!

I don't think they have any effect on fertility, but just nice to know you're filling any gaps.

Do not waste money on the most expensive versions, or getting specific "fertility boosting" or "conception" variants that tend to cost more and come in smaller packets.

It's like buying expensive branded paracetamol when the 20p supermarket packets are exactly the same.

angel11

Jojo I was taking Boots Prenatal multivitamins until practice nurse said most of the vitamin & minerals from them are flushed out again in your urine. I just take folic acid & vitamin d now. The ones I take are 99p for bottle of 90 tablets in local chemist (recommended by practice nurse). I agree with Freddie, "big brands" just aren't worth the money.

cats2012

I take pregnacare conception simply because I'm a control freak and have to feel I'm doing everything I can! But it's getting pricey so planning to atop after this pack and just use folic acid.

Clara I know I go on about it but I really do endorse temping. It's the only way I know for sure I'm ovulating - even more than the clearblue tests.

Looking back I think of my 8 or 9 cycles there are at least 2, maybe 3, where I didn't ovulate.

Send if love to all, especially Pink petal xx

big5

Sorry to hear about your dad Pink.

I've been taking some 'conception care' multivitamins and fish oil capsules, but going to look around and see if it's cheaper to get them separately.

pink_petal

Thanks everyone!

I've been taking the expensive conception care ones too and agree it's an expensive business! I'm going to finish this lot and then just get a big tub of folic acid instead!

So according to one of my apps I am now entering my fertile period. As I've mentioned I have loads going on with my dad and also work is manic. How do people get 'in the mood' if you're shattered and extremely not in the mood?? I just want to go to bed and sleep for a week...nothing else!! Help!

Alex_88

I'm taking the seven seas trying for a baby vitamins which i agree i probably dont need but it makes me feel like im doing something useful i guess.


Pink - regarding getting in the mood when you really dont feel like it, we tend to just do it when we're in from work and before dinner, then its out the way and we can relax on the sofa together all evening. It's so unromantic and isn't like this all the time but works for us during the important times when we know we need to do it.

Milliebob

Sorry about your Dad pink. We have a 3 year old so we have to wait for him to go to sleep in the evening, so it's very much a case of 'lying back and thinking of England'! It's totally unromantic but I do like to get the job done asap. The weeks where we aren't actually trying are much better.

I'm also taking the Seven Seas vitamins, I like them because they are so small and easy to swallow - all the other tablets I've seen are huge! I also take evening primrose oil as it's supposed to increase cm.

I have no idea if/when I ovulated this month, my temp has been all over the place but I got a positive opk on Friday. So can I be updated to CD19 4DPO.

clarabell1984

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I did purchase a bbt thermometer and used it only a few times before i forgot to use it! My problem is hubby is up and out to work about an hour and a half earlier than me. I wake up and forget and go back to sleep or get up to the loo and go back to sleep. Read somewhere you should take temp before being active?

Will see if I can find it and try again though!