Melatonin for egg quality

[Ellie1005]

Hi all you amazing women

Ive been reading about Melatonin and wondered if anyones taken it through IVF and if you feel like it helped? When did you start taking it in order to help and where did you order from? Thank you! xx

[DianeArnold Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

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[Hidden]

Hi, I took it but didnt see any improvement in egg quality at all. I also read somewhere you need to be careful not to take it for too long as the body naturally produces it but when you supplement it will stop making it - which can then lead to problems. Good luck! x

[Ellie1005 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Daisy thats good to know, I'll look into it a bit further x

[Jojobells]

Hi - I have had 2 fresh cycles, one 3 years ago where all my (4) blasts were 4BB or 4BC, and now 3 years later another fresh cycle, I am 41 now so I had the same number of eggs but fewer blasts (2) but this time both of them were 5AA. I did take melatonin this time and a few other egg quality supplements so I feel like they helped. Whether this round is successful or not remains to be seen!

[Ellie1005 in reply to Jojobells]

Thanks for the info thats really helpful! Sorry whats cd3? I'll probably kick myself when you answer! Good luck with this round!! x

[Jojobells in reply to Ellie1005]

Thank you! Sorry cd3 means cycle day 3, so in total I took melatonin for about 6 weeks leading up to retrieval and I stopped the day before retrieval

[Ellie1005 in reply to Jojobells]

Thank you, I knew it would be something obvious 😂x

[Jojobells]

sorry missed your other questions: I started taking it from cd3 of the previous cycle to ivf and ordered them from an online site, they took around 3 weeks to come from the US

[Londongirl84]

Hi Ellie, I’ve only done 1 round of ivf but I did use melatonin. I used it from start of stims to egg collection. They collected 14 eggs and 7 made it to blast 4AA. So it can’t hurt trying. X

[Ellie1005 in reply to Londongirl84]

Thanks for your response! Wow thats a great result, Im guessing you might be a little younger than me (Im 41) but willing to try anything for some extra! Thanks x

[Londongirl84 in reply to Ellie1005]

Hi Ellie, I was 36. But was a smoker and I did drink a lot, so you never know. Good luck! Xx