https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:58:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882983 Thu, 02 May 2019 16:24:06 +0000 Shantuck 2882983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For what it's worth, DHEA helps eggs at the very earliest stages (so 4-5 months out). This is of course only anecdotal but I took it when trying to conceive LO2 and got pregnant 4 months after starting it (miscarried) but then got pregnant the first cycle after with a sticky baby. I think it helped me because this was two back to back pregnancies after almost nothing had happened in a year (except for one early loss very early on in TTC) but obviously I'll never really know... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882981 Thu, 02 May 2019 16:19:42 +0000 LAZB 2882981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: I emailed my nurse to check if 100 is ok, I can’t believe I bought the wrong one!<br /> @pachamama: it is hard to believe, and especially if I’ve only taken it for a short time, but I’ll try anything lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882962 Thu, 02 May 2019 14:03:41 +0000 pachamama 2882962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I was surprised it altered my cycles too. I unfortunately found it hard to believe a supplement could help with egg quality 😩. (This is coming from someone with .1 amh and super high FSH, desperate to do anything to improve my egg quality. ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882961 Thu, 02 May 2019 13:46:13 +0000 Shantuck 2882961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: Got it. DHEA is actually a hormone so I've read that you need to be careful with it. I'm taking a low dose of it and am not being monitored by an RE (trying for this last baby naturally) but I've actually been going in for bloodwork to test by DHEA and testosterone. Apparently, if your DHEA levels are too high, it can actually cause egg quality issues (people with PCOS have high testosterone and can have egg quality issues) so the key is to get it and keep in the right range. I'm in a facebook group called "It Starts With The Egg" (based on the infertility book with the same name), which is super helpful with all this stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882959 Thu, 02 May 2019 13:40:03 +0000 LAZB 2882959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: hmm, now that you mention it, I looked in my notes and I’m supposed to take 75 mg, I haven’t asked my doc, I must have ordered the wrong dosage :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882957 Thu, 02 May 2019 13:26:36 +0000 Shantuck 2882957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: Sorry... I meant were your DHEA levels tested? I think the dosage most people take is 75 mg per day so that does seem somewhat high but I'm assuming your doc is on board with that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882955 Thu, 02 May 2019 13:19:44 +0000 LAZB 2882955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: I’m taking 100 mg once a day of DHEA and 400 mg twice a day of CoQ10, so fairly high? I’m not sure if they tested my estrogen, I am assuming so because I’m seeing an RE And have had 1 million blood tests done </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882953 Thu, 02 May 2019 13:17:03 +0000 Shantuck 2882953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: I think DHEA can increase your estrogen levels in addition to your testosterone levels, which maybe has something to do with it. Are you taking a high dosage? Were your levels tested before starting it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882952 Thu, 02 May 2019 13:14:43 +0000 LAZB 2882952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: I just added the dhea this month so I wouldn’t think it would already change things? But I do respond quickly to supplements and meds, so I guess it’s possible </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882951 Thu, 02 May 2019 13:13:49 +0000 LAZB 2882951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: interesting, I didn’t realize it would change things, just thought it was supposed to improve egg quality. I’m on it so when we do our egg retrieval hopefully things are as good as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882949 Thu, 02 May 2019 13:06:52 +0000 Shantuck 2882949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think ubiquinol actually causes me to ovulate a little later than usual but I've heard some people say that DHEA can cause people to ovulate earlier. I do know that it can take a little time on DHEA for your body to regulate hormone levels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882940 Thu, 02 May 2019 12:40:36 +0000 pachamama 2882940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: coq 10/ubiquinol totally messed with my cycles. And gave me terrible headaches. I got a more potent kind from my aunt from some fancy company, maybe that's why. I was ovulating late. I stopped all that (dhea, co-q 10, Vitex) and for pregnant soon after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-taking-coq10-and-dhea-impact-your-ovulation#post-2882913 Thu, 02 May 2019 09:35:39 +0000 LAZB 2882913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been taking a lower dose of CoQ10 for a few months, but upped my dose and started taking DHEA for about the past month. I wasn’t tracking ovulation, But now I’m thinking I ovulated earlier than usual this month. Has this happened to anyone? </p>