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[Lola1973]

Just wanted to thank you for the book, Paleomama. I checked with my pharmacy (Because of their location, they have a lot of fertility patients) and they said I could take CoQ10 without worry. They said it seems to help but more studies are required (pretty much what you said yourself). So I finally felt safe taking them and started:)

[PaleoMama]

dear sprbaby,

 

women who take DHEA regularly

(meaning over a course of several months or longer)

 

should monitor their total testosterone.

not saliva DHEA, but blood values (free DHEA and testosterone in which is DHEA readily converted).

 

the levels should be about young adult testosterone levels.

 

here is a link to a free full-lenth paper from 2011 where you can find MANY recent dhea references

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm....les/PMC3112409/

 

or have a look at the selection on dhea papers at the end of my book

if you haven't downloaded, i think there will be another free promo in about six weeks and i will post it here

[PaleoMama]

one additional clarification

 

1.for ladies who wish to supplement DHEA, it is always a good idea to talk to their doctor and get another opinion,

especially if you have ANY medical disorder

 

2. to be totally on a safe side, it is a good idea to monitor testosterone levels as i just mentioned. that means, testosterone should rise in the blood, but not much above young adult levels. for your doctor, that means achieving testosteone values which are greater than 30 ng/dL (between 1 and 2 nmol per ml). 

[sprbaby]

dear sprbaby,

 

women who take DHEA regularly

(meaning over a course of several months or longer)

 

should monitor their total testosterone.

not saliva DHEA, but blood values (free DHEA and testosterone in which is DHEA readily converted).

 

the levels should be about young adult testosterone levels.

 

here is a link to a free full-lenth paper from 2011 where you can find MANY recent dhea references

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm....les/PMC3112409/

 

or have a look at the selection on dhea papers at the end of my book

if you haven't downloaded, i think there will be another free promo in about six weeks and i will post it here

I read that paper, and some of the referenced ones (I haven't gotten through your book yet). I didn't see actual values for DHEA in the blood, what they report are follicle count and such improvements. So I have no way of comparing the exercise studies to the IVF studies. I would love to see a direct comparison. Does the typical IVF dose of 75mg bring you back to a 20 year old's level? A 30 year old's level? A level that is "good enough"? No doubt exercise will be beneficial to me, and I certainly won't turn down the prescription from my doctor. But I'm not going to engage in drug smuggling, which is what I'd be doing if I tried to sneak in a controlled substance bought in a jurisdiction where it's freely available.

[Arwoo]

Hello Ladies,

 

I am new to this forum. I have been diagnosed with POF/DOR and I am looking for options. We have been TTC #1  for 2.5 years. I managed to get pregnant on the first 3 months but I miscarried. Since the miscarriage my body seems to have stopped, I think I have ovulated only twice in these almost 3 years.

I have visited 2 reputable REs in this time but they both have said that my only option is donor eggs. I am at this point really desperate and I am trying to find new options and new REs if needed.

Julia1977, not sure if you are still looking in here, but if not maybe somebody can help me, I saw that you had a successful BFP (congrats for your baby!) with DOR after what you call the "cornell protocol". Can you explain me what this is and where did you go to? Thanks and baby dust to anyone around!