Prenatal Vitamins...for men
So, you decided you are going to start TTC. You did the responsible thing and went to your OB/GYN. You got into those cozy stirrups and let her poke and prod you. She drew more blood from you than a vampire in a twilight flick could dream of, and then, finally, just as you start contemplating how many more of these visits lay in your future, she hands you a prenatal vitamin prescription, tells you about DHA and sends you on your merry baby making way.
If your OB is like mine, she told you that ideally, you'd take the vitamins for 6 months before you got pregnant, but there are plenty of women that don't even start vitamins until they are already pregnant so it is at the end of the day your choice. My husband and I didn't wait on purpose, but it ended up taking us more than the 6 months to get pregnant anyway. That whole time, I got to work every morning, poured a big glass of milk, popped the horse pill and the little yellow sidekick, and then spent the rest of the morning enjoying fish burps. The milk helped, but the fish burps were still disgusting.
The entire time I was weaning myself off of coffee and beer and suffering through never ending fish burps, it never occurred to me that I wasn't the only one that should be taking a daily vitamin. But in fact, some studies suggest that up to 40% of infertility issues in couples trying to conceive for one year of well timed sex are caused by sperm issues (low sperm count, decreased motility, abnormal shape of the sperm, etc.). [While, about 70% of all married bickering is caused by a husband who is too tired to get out of his lazy boy.]
So ladies, while you are taking care of yourself, try to encourage your husband to take care of himself and talk to his doctor about taking a daily multivitamin as well. Vitamin C, E, and Zinc, to name a few, have been shown to have a positive impact on the quality of semen and are used to treat some fertility issues. For a more authoritative site on this discussion, check out this site.
And folic acid is good for your partner too! (Check out Renee Turner's report.
Getting your guy to take a vitamin may not cure your fertility issues, but unless your doctor says otherwise, it likely can't hurt. Get him to combine that with some exercise and just maybe your trash will occasionally get taken out the first time you ask too!
FTTA!
So, you decided you are going to start TTC. You did the responsible thing and went to your OB/GYN. You got into those cozy stirrups and let her poke and prod you. She drew more blood from you than a vampire in a twilight flick could dream of, and then, finally, just as you start contemplating how many more of these visits lay in your future, she hands you a prenatal vitamin prescription, tells you about DHA and sends you on your merry baby making way.
If your OB is like mine, she told you that ideally, you'd take the vitamins for 6 months before you got pregnant, but there are plenty of women that don't even start vitamins until they are already pregnant so it is at the end of the day your choice. My husband and I didn't wait on purpose, but it ended up taking us more than the 6 months to get pregnant anyway. That whole time, I got to work every morning, poured a big glass of milk, popped the horse pill and the little yellow sidekick, and then spent the rest of the morning enjoying fish burps. The milk helped, but the fish burps were still disgusting.
The entire time I was weaning myself off of coffee and beer and suffering through never ending fish burps, it never occurred to me that I wasn't the only one that should be taking a daily vitamin. But in fact, some studies suggest that up to 40% of infertility issues in couples trying to conceive for one year of well timed sex are caused by sperm issues (low sperm count, decreased motility, abnormal shape of the sperm, etc.). [While, about 70% of all married bickering is caused by a husband who is too tired to get out of his lazy boy.]
So ladies, while you are taking care of yourself, try to encourage your husband to take care of himself and talk to his doctor about taking a daily multivitamin as well. Vitamin C, E, and Zinc, to name a few, have been shown to have a positive impact on the quality of semen and are used to treat some fertility issues. For a more authoritative site on this discussion, check out this site.
And folic acid is good for your partner too! (Check out Renee Turner's report.
Getting your guy to take a vitamin may not cure your fertility issues, but unless your doctor says otherwise, it likely can't hurt. Get him to combine that with some exercise and just maybe your trash will occasionally get taken out the first time you ask too!
FTTA!
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