Supplements to avoid during pregnancy

Panax Ginseng: Also called Chinese or Korean ginseng, it is a popular infertility remedy in Chinese medicine, and is believed to increase testosterone levels, sperm count, and sperm motility. Astralagus: Is thought to improve sperm motility and count.

There seems to be no evidence that it reduces male fertility. One of the uses of ginseng is to stimulate pituitary activity and through this the libido. The maximum dose depending on the variety used is 1000 mg daily, although 200 mg daily is the usual recommended dose.

• Vitamin A. You’ll often find vitamin A in your prenatal vitamins since it’s so important.
• Vitamin E.
• Black cohosh.
• Goldenseal.
• Dong quai.
• Yohimbe.
• Other herbal supplements considered unsafe during pregnancy.

Side effects Please note that Clomid is a fertility medication. One important side effect is the possibility of multiple births. The probability of having twins while taking this medication is 7% (meaning 7 out of 100 women taking Clomid will get pregnant with twins). The chance of having more than twins is rare.

For every 20 pregnancies conceived with Clomid, only one will result in twins. Clomid (clomiphene), a pill taken by mouth to induce ovulation, causes twin pregnancies between 5% and 12% of the time. 1 That’s fewer than one in 10 pregnancies.

Although there can appear to be a pattern in some families of this happening, the odds of having identical twins is the same for every woman. Eating a diet which is high in dairy foods, milk and meat is said to help, especially at the time of ovulation.

Although certain factors increase the chance of having twins, there is no way to improve the odds of having twins naturally. A woman will usually find out that she is pregnant with twins from an ultrasound early on in the pregnancy.