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Vitamins for men
BillieTheBot
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As most people know me and the bf are trying for a baby. Was jsut reading up on increasing fertilisation and such and was wondering, to make my man healthy (he doesn't each much veg - hates the stuff) I'm gonna get him some vitamins. But before I go buying random multivitamins, as with women, is there anything that could damage a child or decrease fertility? I know his body isn't holding the baby for 9 months but jsut wanted to be certain that it won't affect potential baby negatively. Any advice?
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I use this multi vitamin.
Also zinc at about 45mg a day & a herb called tribulus at 1000mg are great for increasing sex drive & sperm count.
If you feel you need to, tell your bf to speak to his DR about the products, but really they are as safe as anything.
Good luck.
Cutting down on caffiene or cutting it out (both of you) and if he smokes, get him to give up or cut down because that definitely decreases fertility.
Apparently drinking green tea helps, but it tastes rank and i only tried it once.
I think you need to just try and relax. You havent been trying for that long, even if it seems like forever. Drink plenty of water to keep yourself hydrated, cut down the caffiene and have sex every day from just before your fertile time, to just after.
85% of people trying will concieve within a year of unprotected sex, and of the remaining, half will concieve within the second year, so just relax. youll get there in the end!!
http://www.babyworld.co.uk/information/trying/
But for your bf, anything that will stimulate the luteinizing hormone, will increase sperm count.
Doesn't that help the baby more than the woman?
As for the Luteal hormone, I was under the impression that was for women, to increase luteal phase, ie enough progesterone. I think vit B6 is good for that, but if you take one of those pregnancy multivitamins, itll have all that in it.
Im talking about luteinizing hormone, which is a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland in the brain.
Here is more info.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-13,GGLR:en&defl=en&q=define:luteinizing+hormone&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title
But in men it stimulates libido & sperm count via LH pathway.
Does he like fruit? Mine is the same about veg, but he'll happily chomp down a banana, and they're also packed with good stuff.
Good luck.
As SCC said, just enjoy sex. Its a pleasure, not a choir.