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Started By babydust1 , Feb 05 2015 01:23 PM

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#1 babydust1

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Posted 05 February 2015 - 01:23 PM

Hi all/Dr Fiona,

 

I've been told to try Royal Jelly to help egg quality.  I will take it in pill/capsule form and was just wondering what dose is recommended per day?

 

Also, are there any brands in particular that you'd recommend?

 

Thanks!

 

And if anyone has any Royal Jelly success stories, I'd love to hear them!! :-)


#2 Clairey

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Posted 05 February 2015 - 01:26 PM

As with most things, you never really know what helps or not, and what is a wive's tale... but I took one (big) capsule a day on my successful IVF cycle. After that time it was almost impossible to find royal jelly anywhere near me in capsule form. A couple months ago I found a dr. that had brought some in so I'm back on it.

 

Good luck!


#3 amp77

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Posted 05 February 2015 - 02:01 PM

I also took one big capsule a day but not sure the dose and I gave away my extra stuff.


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TTC on and off since 2007 before our second IVF, in 2014, brought us our beautiful son and our first FET brought us our second son in 2017.  Our family is complete!

 

IVF #1 - April 2014 - BFN - no frosties

 

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FET #1 - September 2016 - BFP - 5B-BB and 3 frosties (2x4B-BB and 3B-BB)

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#4 MrsBR

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Posted 05 February 2015 - 02:10 PM

I was recommended 3000 but I took it in jelly(ish) form. 6 of the mini spoonfuls.
1 year...6 fresh ivf's...so many failed attempts...we finally got a BFP on Nov 27, 2014. What finally worked: co culture, G - CSF, IVIG, prednisone .Nov 27 Beta 112 Nov 29 Beta 291 Dec 16 Saw 2 flickering heartbeats on ultrasound!!!! (from a single blastocyst transfer)Looking like identical twins for us...wowDec 22 control u/s to make sure the babies are growing. Only 1 H/B found. 1 twin didn't make it. Just 1 baby for us. Jan 23 NT scan and blood work came back all normal! As per our amazing technician...70% chance it's a girl!Mar 18th 20 week anatomy scan shows a perfectly healthy baby girl!
Madison arrives on July 17 2015 at 37 weeks 2 days! 10 fingers and 10 toes...perfect in every way.


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#5 babydust1

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 06:55 AM

Thanks! I will do some googling and see about exact doses and if it's still available in pill form! I hope so, as it's so much easier to quickly down a pill :-)

 

A big congrats to you all with your bfps!!


#6 ilovemydogs

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 08:09 AM

If anyone knows where to find it in pill form (preferably GTA), i would love to know. The fresh frozen form makes me gag badly no matter what its mixed with.
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#7 amp77

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 08:32 AM

If anyone knows where to find it in pill form (preferably GTA), i would love to know. The fresh frozen form makes me gag badly no matter what its mixed with.

Do you have Kardish there?  That is where I got mine (in Ottawa). 


Age 40, DH 44 in Oct.

TTC on and off since 2007 before our second IVF, in 2014, brought us our beautiful son and our first FET brought us our second son in 2017.  Our family is complete!

 

IVF #1 - April 2014 - BFN - no frosties

 

IVF #2 - July 2014 - BFP - 5B-AB and 4 frosties (5B-BB, 2x4B-BB and 3B-BB)

Apr. 13, 2015 - Daniel Erik was born at 5:05 am, weight 8 lbs, 13 oz, and 22" long.  He is perfect in every way.

 

FET #1 - September 2016 - BFP - 5B-BB and 3 frosties (2x4B-BB and 3B-BB)

June 18, 2017 - Matthew William was born at 2:46 am, weight 8 lbs, 11 oz and 21" long.  He is perfect in every way too!

 

 

#8 Clairey

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 08:58 AM

I couldn't find it in health food stores for a couple years (where I'd gotten it before) - just the liquid vials that frightened me, lol! It turns out some naturopaths can order it in, in capsule form, although apparently its tricky for some reason. Anyway, a friend who uses a naturopath brought it in and that's how I got mine.


#9 ilovemydogs

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 10:24 AM

Nope, no kardish. Heading to Ottawa for the day next week, so will see if I have the chance to go.
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#10 amp77

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 10:39 AM

I could grab some for you and try to meet up if you want.

Age 40, DH 44 in Oct.

TTC on and off since 2007 before our second IVF, in 2014, brought us our beautiful son and our first FET brought us our second son in 2017.  Our family is complete!

 

IVF #1 - April 2014 - BFN - no frosties

 

IVF #2 - July 2014 - BFP - 5B-AB and 4 frosties (5B-BB, 2x4B-BB and 3B-BB)

Apr. 13, 2015 - Daniel Erik was born at 5:05 am, weight 8 lbs, 13 oz, and 22" long.  He is perfect in every way.

 

FET #1 - September 2016 - BFP - 5B-BB and 3 frosties (2x4B-BB and 3B-BB)

June 18, 2017 - Matthew William was born at 2:46 am, weight 8 lbs, 11 oz and 21" long.  He is perfect in every way too!

 

 

#11 ilovemydogs

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 04:45 PM

Thanks for the offer but I'll be travelling with the boss. I found a couple of places that sell online to Canada so I will also check their reviews.
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#12 babydust1

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Posted 08 February 2015 - 11:53 AM

I just stumbled across this site (pipingrock.ca) that sells it and is very inexpensive! Shipping supposedly only $4 too...
Didn't place an order yet as I want to get other ppls' opinions first!! Check it out and let me know what you think :-).

And does approx 3000mg sound right??

#13 DrFionaMcCulloch

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Posted 10 March 2015 - 09:44 AM

Great question!

 

We usually recommend 1-1.5 grams per day of a royal jelly extract that is standardized to 6% of 10-HDA (the active component). 

 

We use a freeze dried product as there have been some questions about the stability of the 10-HDA in fresh extract. Standardized is always better however sometimes you can't trust what labels say. Ours is professionally compounded for the clinic! Hope this is helpful in some way. 

 

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