Infertility: Natural Remedies to Improve Fertility

I have been infertile for over 2 years. I suspected that the pH in my body wasn't right due to candida. I began taking 2 teaspoons of ACV mixed with a small amount of water and a small amount of honey twice per day. I also started adding one cup of ACV to my bath water at night. (I did this because I heard it helped with cellulite) I would then lay in the bath for 20-30 minutes while reading a book or magazine. After doing this for two months, I found out I was pregnant. I was shocked! I wasn't using the ACV to treat infertility, I was trying to rid my body of candida. I think the ACV brought my body to a more friendly pH for conception.

Thank you for the information on ACV and infertility. I started taking ACV once a day for slimming purposes, it was just a day after I had started my menses little did I know it was also going to help make my period days bearable. I usually experience heavy and painful menses sometimes with tissue like substances but, this time I haven't experienced any of these and today I am in my last day. With the information I now have I will continue take ACV no longer for slimming but for fighting infertility since I have been trying to conceive for the past 5 years. I will keep you posted after the trials.

My husband and I have been trying to conceive for over 9 yrs now, the doctors did there test, the cause is unknown. is there a chance the apple cider vinegar could work for us?

Haley, have you already consider stop trying? Many years ago, after I had my first daughter I miscarried. After that I didn't manage to get pregnant again. There was nothing wrong with me so the doctor in my home country gave me this advice: "go back home to Holland, plant some tulips and in time you will be fine! ". At the time I laughed. The thing was, I did go back home and somehow he had taken the worry away. Without giving it another thought all of a sudden I was pregnant. Christiana is now 26 and after another miscarriage I had another daughter. Amy is now almost 23. So you see.... Trying too hard is often not the best solution! Nine years is a long time and no wonder you get more and more anxious but sometimes you just have to let it go. A long time ago I had a neighbour. She couldn't have children due to health problems so they went abroad and adopted a little girl. That child was still small when she got pregnant naturally. Again you see that as soon as she had other things on her mind she did get pregnant. I don't quite believe in all the complicated solutions they have nowadays when a couple can't conceive and research has shown that the problems are very often connected to psycological problems, smoking, drinking or nutrition problems! Maybe the day you decided that you can have a perfectly happy life without children it will happen!

In 2010 I was pregnant and lost the baby. I'm reading about the ACV so I'm taking that to see if that would help; my periods are regular, but do I have to take robitussin also.

I hear about this a lot. A couple adopts and then gets pregnant naturally. I think it's due to improvement in diet from feeding a child, a good diet and added exercise from chasing after a toddler.

I had thought that it might be the apple cider vinegar that helped with those sort of problems, but I've come to see the problem as bigger. I had been eating poorly, and then I changed, and started supplementing more, eating better salt, bathing in epsom salt, (magnesium) and also used a progesterone cream after that. I don't know what helped more the first time trying to get pregnant, but I have found twice now that the only thing I've changed both times when I was struggling with infertility, was starting to use a natural progesterone cream. If you have any pain or PMS symptoms, it will help that too.

I want to share my experience with this amazing organic apple cider vinegar in my life. I been married for almost 3 years now. For 2 years I suffered yeast infection, thick endometrium, cyst on my right ovary and infertility. While searching for an alternative remedy. I discovered apple cider vinegar when my husbands friend who works in a health food store had given us boxes of vitamins. In the box there was some bottles of ACV capsules and I tried for a couple of months and began noticing results. Then I searched on the net and found this site after that we started taking the liquid form, apple cider vinegar, for 2 and half years with great results. My thick endometrium healed, yeast infection is gone as well as the cyst.

The best part is it cured my infertility problem. I was having difficulty in getting pregnant. My Dr. gave me an ultimatum, "get pregnant in 3 months or I will take matters into my hands". I recently gave birth to a healthy baby girl! My husband and I still continue taking apple cider vinegar for maintaining blood pressure and weight.

hi louann,

i just wanna ask about the apple cider vinegar in liquid form. Where do u buy that? is that available in the pharmacy? or in grocery store? and when do u take it? is it before meals or after meals?

Louann.. Don't know if you'll see this but I was wondering if you would tell me what kind of cyst you had? Your story is almost identical to my situation and I'm going to start the ACV treatment TOMORROW.... Hope all is well :)

Raw and unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar is the best and can be found at the health food stores.

Hi.. This is ferlina.. I just want to know from you what's the right amount intake of ACV.

Hi, could you please let me know for infertility Apple cider vinegar syrup is good or tablets? Thanks

I just want to share to everyone my experience with organic ACV. I'm 37 y.o. And been ttc but to no avail. My cycle have been irregular. Like 50 days or more. I was also suffering from fishy smell down there. When I learned about ACV, I tried it and within a few days of taking it day and night after meal (2 tbsp in 1 glass of water) the annoying smell went away. Not only that, within 6 months of religiously taking it, my cycle began improving. I immediately know right away my fertile and ovulation days. Now over a year later (husband is always away overseas, it's only now that we had a chance to try for a baby), I have missed my period for 4 days now with signs similar to an early pregnancy. I have not tested yet but I am very positive this time that I will get my BFP :-)! I hope this helps everyone who are desperate to have a baby. :-)

I have suffered from painful ovulation and also irregular periods and many misscarriages. I monthly chart and know what's been going on for years in my cycle. I have been taking ACV for a little over a week, and for the first time, my ovulatory pain was walkable and only an hour. . .as opposed to a day in bed. Plus, it was less than 1 week after my period, instead of 2 weeks plus. This is crazy! I also have taken molasses for period pain, but not for long and then I ran out after less than a week. I may have found it helped with my infertility as well, but I figured I needed to heal from my last misscarriage before attempting again. We will see next month, and what my next period will be like (usually another day in bed). . .will keep you posted.

To Angela from Tonasket: For all those menstrual problems, have you considered that you (like many of us) might be running low on magnesium. Dr. Mark Sircus has written an excellent article (available on line) "Transdermal Magnesium" on what magnesium does in our bodies. He states that research shows that in cavemen days the ration of calcium to magnesium was 5:1, but now it is more like l5:l which makes it highly unlikely that any of us are getting his recommended l000 mgms. per day needed to just keep up with the demands of our bodies. Another good way to apply his transdermal magnesium is buying a 2 lb. box of it at the dollalr stores and putting abut a pound of it in your bath and take a good, relaxing bath.

I must say when I heard about Apple Cider Vinegar I was curious. I went out the same day and purchased a bottle. I'm a type 2 diabetic and I must say that I feel a lot better since taking it, my monthly cycle has changed to a more normal cyle. It used to be very heavy the first two days...no more.

I also started the pulling oil...that too is great. My mouth feels so clean all day. Just started it so I haven't really seen anything major, but I will report back. Thanks Earthclinic.

Hi, i would like to know how to take the ACV for menstrual and fertility purposes. can you tell me the correct dosage to take on a daily basis?
Thanks.

Reply for Tracey: I put my Daughter on ACV to help with her PCO. The first thing that she noticed was for the first time since her Periods started they were regular and she would start on the exact day she was due. She takes 2 tablespoons in 6 oz of water or orange juice twice a day, once before breakfast and once before her evening meal. I would have liked her to take it 3 times a day but its diffucult with the job that she does to do the lunchtime one.

Thanks Rin, great info. Good luck to your daughter :O) Does anyone else know info for ACV and infertility? Would love to hear any more thoughts? Thanks so much to Earth Clinic for setting up such an invaluble site.

pls i have same problem i cant concive so can u tell where i can get that product n how n when i have take that pls reply me thanx

Answer to Vinnie in Canada: Raw Apple Cider vinegar. Raw is the key and in the US, _____s is the easiest brand to find and usually in a health food store for sure. If you can't find any, ask the retailer to find and stock raw apple cider vinegar(they usually will) or google _____s vinegar and you should be able to order from them. 1-2 T vinegar with 1/4-1/2 t. Bicarbonate of soda/baking soda in 4 oz. Water. Put it in a tall glass because it fizzes. Once it settles down, drink 2-3 times a day. It tastes like light beer to me.......... LOL just think beer, it makes it seem good. I like it anyway :) Hope you can obtain it. The benefits are legion!!

I am new to this site and very impressed with all of the different comments from everyone. I have been trying to conceive and have not been successful due to uterine fibroids. Could ACV possibly help me to get pregnant even though I have the fibroids? Does anyone know?

Hi there!!! I'm 23 and was diagnosed with PCOS at 16. The dr said I was going to have problems getting pregnant. Well, here I am, married to a wonderful man and have gone thru 3 fertilitily treatments already and an emotional roller coaster... We want to start a healthy family yet I do not mentruate at all unless on progesterone or birth control pills. I have always been interested in the holistic approach to fertility yet I thought it would happen faster if I turned for help from an infertility specialist. Well since that didnt work I don't want to give up and wanted to know what will work for me? Is it the ACV? I'm healthy all around and active, yet I don't menstruate on my own. If any one out there can help I'd greatly appreciate it and wish everyone lots of luck for those trying!

Try Vitex- Chasteberry. Excellent for infertility and amenorria. Also ACV will work on ridding your system of toxin and restore your menses.

I am trying to get pregnant from long time and before few months I went to doctor and he told he cant give me any treatment as I have ovarian cysts and I need to wait till it goes. Please advise me some home remedies for ovarian cysts. Will ACV help me to get pregnant and cure ovarian cysts? Please advise.

Jones, read up on Blackstrap Molasses on this site.

I began taking ACV to help my acne. I would take a shot of it before bed. I'm not sure how long I had been taking it before I discovered I was pregnant. I have PCOS and 2 months prior my gyno told me I was not ovulating. My husband and I were surprised and elated about the pregnancy. I think the ACV balanced my PH level and helped me get pregnant. I was taking the organic kind. I had a girl and am curious to know the sex of the babies conceived with ACV :)

I wanted a boy after two girls. Someone suggested I should use an ACV douche immediatly prior to intercourse.. It worked. Not sure about consuming ACV by mouth.

I recently got rid of a hemorraghic cyst by using castor oil packs over my abdomen area and putting a heating pad over it for a couple of hours for 2 nights. On the third morning I felt it dissolve as I felt a slight burning sensation in my stomach. Ladies, for those of you having issues with cysts, infertility, pcos and have tried or maybe considering ivf please read the book about making babies. I can't really say the title here but it's written by a well known, in demand dr who uses both western and eastern, holistic approach. I just finished reading it and i'm completely amazed by it. Many women TTC for years even after failed ivf have followed his advice and have become pregnant. The doctor's name is Sami. I'm hoping this is helpful as I came on here a couple of weeks ago looking for something for my cyst and found out about the castor oil packs which I feel helped out in getting rid of my cyst. Thanks Earthclinic!

I would like to know if one can continue with Barley green during pregnancy.Thanks

What is barley green and where can I get it in India?

Yes, you can take barley green during pregnancy. It is a food. It is young barley grass, juiced and dried. The brand I used has kelp in it too. My aunt used the AIM brand. It is more potent than powdered whole barley grass since it is dehydrated juice. I'm not sure about getting it in India, but I know people that grow and juice their own barley and wheat grass.

BTW when I took barley green I quit being car sick, also I felt the same as I did on Ritalin - clear minded and focused. My sister takes it religiously (she has 4 small children) and when she skips for a few days she starts feeling tired.

I am having a hard time getting pregnant and I am from American Samoa. Its been a week since I took the green barley. I also have a irregular menstral period and doctors has told me that I need to regulate my menstral period first before I can even get pregnant. So I am still drinking my barley and hopefully I'll get preganant any month now. I will keep all of you update. I pray that god will answer my prayer. Something has changed about me and it is a good change. I have also inform by the doctor to lose weight. Since I took this green barley, I have lost my apetite. Because usually I always eat everytime when I feel like eating but now its like I don't have an apetite for food everytime. Sometimes I forgot that I didn't eat for the whole day from work. So I just eat something because I'm scared that something might happen to me from not eating anything for the whole thing. This Barley has really helped me to lose weight and hopefully it will regular my menstral period and make me pregnant.

I used the ovulation calculator on babyhopes.com and calculated the days I was fertile and very fertile. The day after my period ended I started taking 2 tbsp of robitussin (it was actually the walmart brand, because it has to be the plain robitussin, no letters afterwards) each night before bed. The day I was very fertile happened to be April 16th, a saturday. I had sex that evening and then again that night (I had been taking the robitussin each night, including that saturday). My day to ovulate was that sunday. I waited until the day I was predicted to have my period, no period. I did spot two days prior to my predicted period, very light and only noticed it because it was on the tissue after I wiped. I'm thinking this was the the fertilized egg entering the uterus. I took a pregnancy test on May 3rd, a day after my period was expected. I'm pregnant! I have PCOS and getting pregnant is nearly impossible, but this worked on my first try. I hope anyone can benefit from my personal experience. Good luck to anyone who is willing to try this method. I must add that I prayed and nagged God like crazy too, lol.

Yes this worked for me. I had an abortion back in 2003 and for 6 years after that i wasn't able to conceive. I started to think that god was punishing me for doing that. Finally i started drinking Robitussin ( the liquid form) regular kind not he ones that have the letters after them, just Robitussin in the daytime after i ate, i would take 2 spoons and at night i took the evening primrose gel caps along with sex from my husband. After that i would put a pillow under my hips and go to sleep. I only took these remedies for less than a month which i didn't need to take any more because i became pregnant and now im 6 months pregnant and my baby is healthy so far. It was unbelievable how for 6 years i wasn't able to conceive and after trying these remedies less than a month i'm pregnant. Hope this helps someone cause it sure did help me!!!!

Can you take the Guaifensin to bring on ovulation? I do not have a regular period

Dear Magdababy02,

Guaifenesin will not cause ovulation to happen. Guaifenesin works to thicken the mucus in the body, which is helpful to some who have fertility problems, but only if they are already ovulating. You say you do not have regular periods, do you have any periods? Do you know the cause of the irregularity (or lack) of periods? If you know the cause, it might be easier to find a solution.

I am hopeful that there are some natural solutions that will help you!

~Mama to Many~

According to Mirriam Webester, an "expectorant" is "an agent that promotes the discharge or expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract; broadly : an antitussive agent". More likely, guanfenison works because it increases and thins the fluid in the cervix allowing the sperm to more easily contact the egg. Rather than thickening the fluid.

I can't be the first person who's thought this, but... In an uncircumcised man, the foreskin would (I assume) surround the cervix during intercourse so that semen is placed directly into the cervix, rather than into the vagina next to the cervix. Thereby facilitating fertilization.

Maybe it's time to quit... mutilating... boys?

Check out gelatinized Maca which is used specifically for fertility in both men and women.

Dear Linda:

Congratulations about your pregnancy!

Drinking lemon and baking soda is fine whenever you need to get the pH normal and when it's normal, it's puts less stress on the kidneys in general. So whenever the urine becomes acid, it's best to get them in normal parameters.

Ted

How do you know when your urine is acid? Actually how do we know our body is acid? I used to eat lot of meat, not enough veggie, and I am prone to acne? Am I acid?

can u plz tell me the accurate quantity of lime and baking soda

Ted, I was able to hold the baby in womb for three months, but then lost it. Have gotten pregnant two more times with continuing to alkalinize. Just can not seem to keep them. I am told that I probably need high doses of progesterone. Have you heard of ways to do this naturally?

Dear Linda:

I am sorry to hear the baby wouldn't hold.

I was almost a victim of miscarriage when my mother was pregnant with me. As my mother had a miscarriage before. The miscarriage was avoided at the time when my mother had an unusual craving for oranges, of all things, which contains vitamin C. Before that the baby simply wouldn't hold. She went to the toilet and the baby just came out. It wasn't anything like an accident or a trauma. My mother wasn't lucky either as during her pregnancy with me inside and she was I believe a several months pregnant anyway, my father was riding a motorcycle in the mountains and happens to stop the brakes too quickly that my mother fell down the mountains 30 or 40 feet down a very steep mountain and rolling over, with me inside. Surely she should have had a miscarriage and the baby wouldn't hold. What stopped the miscarriage was the vitamin C. If a women wishes to hold a baby, it is very important that vitamin C is needed. What the vitamin C does it causes the baby to hold. Collagen is what holds the baby, and vitamin C is needed for the collagen production required to convert lysine and proline into hydroxylysine and hydroxyproline, which is a major component of the collagen. The other amino acid is glycine. So collagen is actually made up of primarily glycine, lysine and proline. The vitamin C is needed for their conversion. To help reduce miscarriage therefore at least 1000 mg of lysine, 1000 mg of proline and 2000 mg of glycine amino acid a day, plus 1000 mg of vitamin C two or three times a day, I believe is sufficient for the baby to hold.

As a person gets older, the chances of pregnancy is reduced. However, you can actually buy time, by taking magnesium and baking soda, with vitamin B complex, and this is very important. I heard of cows in Australia that can still have calves even if they are at a ripe old age of 50+ in human years, as their drinking water were rich in magnesium and bicarbonates, hence this is where the baking soda and magnesium comes in. As far as vitamin B complex, it is synergistic with magnesium, especially the B6. In fact women who are pregnant loses appetite and one common practice is to give pregnant mothers B6. However, a lot of childhood defects is due to lack of certain vitamin Bs, which can cause miscarriage, and folic acid and B12 is just as important as well as other vitamin Bs. People get easily deficient in water soluble vitamins such as vitamin C and vitamin B, but this is especially true for pregnant mothers. Magnesium and bicarbonates in baking soda is one overlooked one for pregnant mothers. As far as getting pregnant easier, I believe once a day glycine 1000 mg and once a week borax at 1/8 teaspoon once a week is helpful. I seen too many pregnancy from people taking this supplements, but luckily for all of them wishes they all are married and wishes to have a child. The glycine and borax thing works both men and women, and it increases the chance of pregnancy when both parties take them. On men's side it increases sperm count and volume, and women it increases their hormones to normal levels, while the glycine blocks free radicals from free fatty acids that blocks sex hormones.

It is most important also to avoid certain products that prevents pregnancy, such as peppermint oil (estrogenic properties), fluoridated toothpaste, chlorinated water and MMS (miracle mineral supplement, which is actually a chlorine based product - you can test this with a chlorine paper test).

Ted

You may need hormone testing, via spit method where it will determine your estrogen/progesterone balance, as well as other components of your hormone make up. I had two miscarriages many years ago when testing was not readily available. When I finally had testing, it had a close to zero count on the progesterone. I use a hormone cream made for me everyday and it is life-changing. Find a nurse-midwife or naturopathic doctor who can get you a test kit. Or you can contact zrt labs; costs $30 a test, I think, that is $30 for progesterone, $30 for estrogen, etc. Worth every penny.

Hi Ted, Thanks for all the amazing remedies for better health, I was so blessed to get into this amazing wonderful earth clinic..... Please Ted I was wondering if I can still take the lime and baking soda while pregnant? I am less then 4 weeks pregnant, and would love to stay alkaline and also been using the organic aple cider as u recomended for reflux and for health in general... Can I still use both? I also heard you saying about the magnesium intake- I will be taking it soon ;) thank you and hope to hear back from u.. God Bless You all

Hi, what exactly is the lime and baking soda remedy please

Hi Ted,

please can lemon juice and baking soda cure low sperm count and low sperm motility or can it be a solution to the cure of hormonal imbalances?

Dear Ronda,

Thanks for sharing! That is fascinating.

It makes me wonder if that is why Blackstrap Molasses helps some of those problems as it does provide some B6.

~Mama to Many~

Ronda, I've seen that information in a book called The Infertility Diet by Fern Reiss.

Hello, my hubby and I have been trying for a baby for 4years now. I have always had irregular periods and at times I would miss my period for up to 3months at a time. On top of that I was recently informed of a cyst on my left ovary. My doctor prescribed me Provera, it was a 7day dose 1 pill per day at the same time. I started them immediately and my period came 7 days later as my Dr said and my period has been regular ever since I feel as though I am on track and I am now able to track my ovulation, something I have never been able to do. Thank God. Ask your doctor for provera to regulate your cycle. You are in my prayers please keep me in yours.

Most of the women on this particular forum have raised issues about immediate pregnancy. In my case, my darling is in the military and is currently abroad, when he is home we are just so happy to see each other that anything but enjoying each other company is the furthest thing from our mind. We want to have children (we are manifesting twins), so I would like to know when I should start doing these regimens. In particular, what natural alternatives should I utilize to prep for a pregnancy, to get pregnant, and then to keep the baby. It would be awesome if you can list where to get the products too. We appreciate your feedback.

Hi Holachola - Here's an article entitled "No-Nonsense Guide to a Naturally Healthy Pregnancy and Baby" by Dr. Joseph Mercola.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/07/No-Nonsense-Guide-to-a-Naturally-Healthy-Pregnancy-and-Baby.aspx

It's about eating the right foods, taking the correct vitamins, exercise, etc. There is more information on his Web site - just type pregnancy in his search engine.

It's a joyous journey you are about to embark on - good luck to you and your husband! Cheers, Bess

Pardon me for asking but what are manifesting twins?

If I were going give someone advice on preparing to have a baby I would say take Iodine (Lugols). Iodine raises a baby's IQ level so you will have a smart baby. It will also protect the baby from autism and learning difficulties.. Many people are now saying autism is magnesium and iodine deficiency related.

It is needed for the mother as well.. For the uterus, breasts, thyroid and many, many other parts of the body. It also stops miscarriages according to what I have read.

Research it yourself. Don't just take people's word for what you should take... You may get incorrect advice and that could harm any baby you may have.

Hi, I had ectopic pregnancy this year of January and they have to removed the right side of my fallopian tube because of the damage. My husband and I been TTC for almost a year now but no luck. I have always been irregular since we got married 2009. Since I had my surgery last January I have gotten my period every month til Sept. I didn't have my period for 2 months now and I took pregnancy test at home and it's all negative. Now I'm confused when do I ovulate again? I didn't even know what is my cycle. Is there anyone would help me what to do and get pregnant. I'm so depressed right now.

Regarding to Ectopic Pregnancy, when to take vitamin C in form of sodium ascorbate? before finding out if preg or not? or after finding out having ectopic? Thanks.

Hi! I think Ted was recommending vitamin c as an ectopic pregnancy preventative.

No more than 3,000 mg per day while pregnant.

An ectopic pregnancy is a life threatening emergency and medical help is necessary. It would be too late for vitamin c to help once an ectopic pregnancy exists.

~Mama to Many~