Ubiquinol / DHEA ok whilst breastfeeding?

[SharlyWarly]

Thankfully I gave birth to my lovely daughter after 2 attemps at IVF (keep hanging on in there everyone - it can work!!!) and as I'm turning 40 in the next couple of weeks we would like to try for a 2nd baby asap. My clinic has advised to wait until I have fnished breastfeeding and had at least 2 regular periods, which seems sensible.

When we did IVF previously I was taking both DHEA (which did make my period longer than usual) as well as ubiqinol and it is suggested that it takes 3 months to really make any difference, does anybody know whether it is safe / recommended to take either or both of these whilst still breastfeeding?

Thanks for reading and good luck to all those wishing for success x

[precioce]

Hi, I know this is an old post but I am in the exact same position and wondering if you came to a conclusion? From what I have read briefly DHEA is not OK but Ubiquinol is? Thx

[SharlyWarly in reply to precioce]

Hi

I never found a conclusive answer I'm afraid however I would lean towards stopping DHEA and still taking Ubiquinol . We didn't get to start our next IVF attempt until I had actually finished breastfeeding, however if I were in the position now of breastfeeding I would stop DHEA and only take Ubiquinol - I'm clearly not a doctor but from everything I read on it, it seems reasonable.

I wish you luck

[precioce in reply to SharlyWarly]

Thank you for your reply. I came to the same conclusion 😀