The best fertility supplements and prenatal vitamins, tried and tested by real women

Patience is a virtue when it comes to creating new life it seems!

On average most couples (8 in 10 under 40-year-olds) who are trying for a baby will get pregnant within a year¹, so you may be waiting several months for that positive test. And, if you have fertility issues the waiting can be much longer still.

Ensuring your body is in tip top condition before, or as soon as, you start trying could speed things up though. As well as focussing on establishing a healthy diet and exercise regime, there are fertility supplements that could help both women and men to be in top baby making mode.

But can popping a pill every morning really help you conceive more successfully? We put some leading fertility supplements to the test and looked at recent scientific studies to find out.

What the scientists say about fertility supplements

Some recent studies show that taking certain supplements could have a beneficial impact on both female and male fertility, however a lot more research needs to be done for any evidence to be conclusive.

A 2021 study² on Female Fertility and the Nutritional Approach suggests that supplementing folic acid, vitamin B-12, and vitamin B-6 in doses higher than the standard recommendations, may enhance fertility, possibly because of improved homocysteine metabolism, which is crucial for reproductive health.

A Chinese study in 2018³ suggested that supplementation of the natural antioxidant CoQ10, which is found in many fertility multivitamins, has been associated with increased oocyte numbers, higher fertilization rates and improved embryonic development in women with diminished ovarian reserve.

There is also a study⁴ that indicates that the supplementation of Myo-Inositol, a naturally occurring substance that is found in some fertility multivitamins, improves menstrual cycle regularity, ovulation, and pregnancy rates, especially in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Omega-3 DHA has been shown to have a whole raft of reproductive benefits and a 2019 study⁵ of 900 women highlighted that women who took omega-3 supplements were almost two times more likely to get pregnant on their own compared to women not taking the supplement.

Finally, science shows us that being deficient in certain key vitamins, like vitamins C and D is detrimental for fertility when trying for a baby.

A 2023 study⁶ shows that vitamin C deficiency in species who rely on it in the diet reduces fecundability (the probability of achieving a pregnancy within one menstrual cycle), may increase the time to pregnancy, and results in altered offspring characteristics. A lack of vitamin C during periconception and pregnancy might also increase the risk of embryonic or foetal loss.

Meanwhile a 2022 study⁷ highlights that a deficiency of vitamin D can be negative for the fertility of both the female and the male. The same study shows that vitamin D deficiency increases pregnancy-related complications, while vitamin D supplementation and optimal vitamin D levels decrease both maternal and fetal risk for complications and adverse events.

In terms of male fertility, a 2011 study involving over 600 men⁸ found that supplementation with selenium combined with vitamin E significantly improved sperm motility and morphology, with 10.8% of participants achieving spontaneous pregnancy. And supplementation with folate and zinc has been shown to have a statistically significant effect on sperm concentration and morphology in sub-fertile men.

So, while much more research around fertility supplements is needed to conclusively show that taking them could increase your chances of getting pregnant, there is a growing body of scientific studies that highlight definite benefits to supplementing if a woman or man is deficient in that particular nutrient.

However, it’s important to be aware that excessive intake of certain vitamins and minerals can have adverse effects on health, so it’s always best to speak to your doctor before taking anything.

“Supplements are available over the counter but the fact that something is available over the counter, be it herbal or natural or not does not automatically mean that it is safe,” says NHS GP Dr Philippa Kaye.

“There can be active ingredients which can interact with other medications you are taking or are contraindicated if you have particular health conditions. As such please discuss with your pharmacist before taking any supplements and always inform your medical team.”

The best fertility supplements for 2026 – tried and tested by women

We put a range of fertility multivitamins, and vitamin D and C supplements to the test to help you make an informed decision on the best choice for you if you’re trying to conceive.

The most important nutrient that the NHS advises women supplement before they conceive is folic acid. The NHS also advises that women who are trying to conceive take a supplement containing 10mcg of vitamin D.

Some women in early pregnancy may also need extra omega-3 and iodine, and vegan women will need to ensure they are consuming adequate amounts of vitamin B12, which can only be found naturally in animal food products.

Our testers looked closely at everything from the nutrient reference value (NRV) of the ingredients and ease of swallowing them to the sustainability credentials and how much they cost, to give them an overall score. You'll find all the results below.

Best fertility vitamins and supplements at a glance

Best fertility multivitamins for 2026:

• Best for regulating your cycle: OVA Advanced Hormonal Support, £23.99 at OVA
• Best comprehensive fertility supplement: Pregnacare Conception Max, £24.95 at Vitabiotics
• Best for fertility and beyond: My Expert Midwife All-in-one pregnancy supplements, £13.50, My Expert Midwife
• Best budget-friendly fertility multivitamin: Vitl Female Fertility, £16.95 at Vitl
• Best for supporting reproductive health: OVA Fertility and Pregnancy Support, £19.99 at OVA

Best Vitamin C and Vitamin D supplements for 2026:

• Best for maximum absorption: Vitl Vitamin C, £8.99 at Vitl
• Best budget Vitamin C: Superdrug Immune Defence Vitamin C, £6.49 at Superdrug
• Best Vitamin C spray: Better You Vitamin C Daily Oral Spray, £8.35 at Amazon
• Best clean and ethical vitamin: Wild Nutrition Vitamin C Plus, £20.80 at Wild Nutrition
• Best Vitamin D capsules: Nutravita Vitamin D3 & K2, £16.99 at Nutravita
• Best easy-to-take supplements: Nutravita Vitamin D3 & K2 Drops, £13.99 at Nutravita
• Best Vitamin D spray: Phytomist Vitamin D3 spray, £11.99 at Phytoceutics
• Best Vitamin D gummies: Vitabiotics Ultra Vitamin D gummies, £11.95 at Vitabiotics

Best omega-3 supplements for fertility:

• Best Omega-3 supplement: OVA Reproductive Omega-3 DHA, £19.99 at Boots

The best fertility multivitamins for 2026

OVA Advanced Hormonal Support, £23.99 at OVA

– Best for regulating your cycle

MadeForMums rating: 4.5/5

Price per day: 86p

This supplement is a good choice for anyone coming off hormonal birth control and looking to regulate their menstrual cycle ready to conceive. Each tablet contains 7 high-strength nutrients (including Myo-Inositol, Coenzyme Q10 and Zinc) picked based on the latest research and bioavailability.

These vegan and gluten-free supplements could be particularly beneficial for women with PCOS or endometriosis. Our testers liked that the blister pack had the days of the week written on them to avoid missing a dose, that there was no smell or taste, and the capsule was easy to swallow.

Available from: OVA (£23.99)

Pregnacare Conception Max, £24.95 at Vitabiotics

– Best comprehensive fertility supplement

MadeForMums rating: 5/5

Price per day: 89p

Pregnacare is one of the most well-known women’s health supplement brands and is stocked in plenty of shops and online retailers. Max is Pregnacare's most comprehensive fertility supplement containing L-methylfolate, a more advanced and easily absorbed form of folic acid as well as Coenzyme Q10 and Inositol.

It also has all the following vitamins and minerals at 100% NRV or over: vitamins D, C, B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, folic acid, biotin, iron, zinc, copper, selenium and iodine.

Our testers found the three daily tablets easy to take and noticed no smell, odour or after taste. They also thought the supplement was worth the money thanks to its comprehensive nature and excellent levels of nutrients that support fertility.

Available from: Vitabiotics (£24.95)

My Expert Midwife All-in-one pregnancy supplements, £13.50, My Expert Midwife

– Best for fertility and beyond

MadeForMums rating: 5/5

Price per day: 45p

You might know My Expert Midwife for their hero product Spritz for Bits (a must-have postpartum product!) but before you get anywhere near needing that you can get the grips with the brilliant brand by taking their All-In-One pregnancy supplement. As the name suggests this company uses NHS midwives to help create their products and this one capsule formula is midwife-developed, vegan, and fetal medicine–approved, making it safe to take before, during and after pregnancy.

This supplement includes both folic acid at 200% NRV and Vitamin D at 200% NRV, which are recommended as supplements while trying to conceive, plus it's super simple to remember to take just one capsule for the duration of your journey to becoming a mum.

Available from: My Expert Midwife (£13.50)

Vitl Female Fertility, £16.95 at Vitl

– Best budget-friendly fertility supplement

MadeForMums rating: 4/5

Price per day: 67p

If you want to be sure you’re getting the recommended daily dose of high strength folic acid alongside so other fertility boosting nutrients (zinc and vitamin B12) for just 67p a day, this is the supplement to try. Our testers found it easy to take one capsule in the morning and reported that there was a slight taste and smell, which was easy to mask by taking with food or a juice.

The capsules are all vegan-friendly and have no extra filler ingredients, so you know you’re only taking what you need.

Available from: Vitl (£16.95)

OVA Fertility and pregnancy support, £19.99 at OVA

– Best for supporting reproductive health

MadeForMums rating: 4/5

Price per day: £1.40

You get both style and substance from this new supplement company that launched in late 2024 and is the UK's first dedicated egg health brand.

Each capsule contains 26 nutrients such as choline, folate, high-strength vitamin D and magnesium, all at over 100% NRV. You can take this supplement in the 3 months leading up to trying to conceive or freeze eggs to enhance egg quality and ovarian reserve, throughout all 9 months of pregnancy to support foetal development, and for postpartum recovery.

Our testers found the supplements easy to fit into their lifestyles, although did note that the first few doses tasted and smelled a little like straw. However, they soon got used to this and found them easy to swallow.

Available from: OVA (£19.99)

The best vitamin C and vitamin D supplements for fertility

Vitl Vitamin C, £8.99 at Vitl

– Best for maximum absorption

MadeForMums rating: 5/5

Price per day: 27p

Containing a sizeable 500mg of ascorbic acid (625% NRV) per tablet with 50mg added citrus bioflavonoids (hesperidin) which occur naturally together in citrus fruit, these are a standard-sized tablet, coated with cellulose, which our testers found easy to swallow with no unpleasant smell or flavour.

Available from: Vitl (£8.99)

Superdrug Immune Defence Vitamin C, £6.49 at Superdrug

– Best budget vitamin C

MadeForMums rating: 4/5

Price per day: 6p

There’s nearly 3 month’s supply per bottle making these Vitamin C tablets a cheap option with no frills.

The tablets provide 500mg vitamin C as ascorbic acid and can easily be split in half to make taking them easy. The only downside – there are quite a few additives listed in the ingredients.

Available from: Superdrug (£5.49)

Better You Vitamin C Daily Oral Spray, £8.35 at Amazon

– Best Vitamin C spray

MadeForMums rating: 4.5/5

Price per day: 37p

A sweet orangey flavour to spray five times onto the inner cheek, which manufacturers claim is best for rapid absorption, bypassing the gut. Provides 120mg vitamin C as easy-to-absorb ascorbic acid and can be taken at any time of the day not needing any water. Our testers found it easy and pleasant to take..

Available from: BetterYou (£11.95)

Wild Nutrition Vitamin C Plus, £20.80 at Wild Nutrition

– Best clean and ethical vitamin

MadeForMums rating: 4/5

Price per day: 84p

One of the most expensive products, but a lower dose than most providing 350mg (438% NRV) along with 160mg bioflavonoids.

The main ingredient is “nutrition-enhanced” citrus pulp and vegetable cellulose for the capsule shell. The Wild Nutrition statement on the box claims that the company's “Food Grown (TM)” ingredients “are easily absorbed, kinder to your digestive system and better used by your body”.

Available from: Wild Nutrition (£25)

Nutravita Vitamin D3 & K2, £16.99 at Nutravita

– Best vitamin D capsules

MadeForMums rating: 5/5

Price per day: 14p

You get 4 months' worth of vitamin D3 and highly absorbable vitamin K2 in this supplement from Nutravita, which is aimed at helping boost immunity and support the healthy absorption of calcium.

It's recommended you take just one capsule a day, and is suitable for vegetarians, but not vegans. The packaging is recyclable too. Our testers were impressed by the amount of vitamin D and vitamin K and found these capsules easy to take.

Available from: Nutravita (£16.99)

Nutravita Vitamin D3 & K2 Drops, £13.99 at Nutravita

– Best easy-to-take supplement

MadeForMums rating: 4/5

Price per day: less than 1p

The droplet tool means you can easily take this supplement even if you don't like the taste as you can just drop into water and drink instead. However, our testers noted that the dropper tool often releases more than two drops at a time but loved the great value and how long the bottle would last them.

The drops are free from lactose, gluten, nuts and soya and contain fast-absorbing vitamin D3 at 500% NRV and vitamin K2 at 27% NRV, both of which are important in the maintenance of a functioning immune system when trying to get pregnant.

Available from: Nutravita (£13.99)

Phytomist Vitamin D3 spray, £11.99 at Phytoceutics

– Best vitamin D spray

MadeForMums rating: 4/5

Price per day: 30p

This little 20ml bottle contains 40 doses of high-strength vitamin D3, well over the minimum NRV, and is easy to carry around with you if you're prone to forgetting to take your supplement at home.

Our testers found it had a nice citrussy taste and liked that it was suitable for vegetarian, the packaging is eco-friendly, and at just 30p per day, it's great value. The only downside: it contains a sweetener, 265mg of xylitol.

Available from: Phytoceutics (£11.99)

Vitabiotics Ultra Vitamin D gummies, £11.95 at Vitabiotics

– Best vitamin D gummies

MadeForMums rating: 3.5/5

Price per day: 30p

Our testers loved the delicious orange flavour of these gummies and said it was almost like eating a sweet each day, so they are very easy to take and ideal if you don’t like swallowing tablets.

The gummies are vegan friendly and contain 25μg (1000IU) of vitamin D3, to help support the immune system and aid in cell division. Inevitably as they are gummies there’s a high sugar content and more additives compared to capsules.

Available from: Vitabiotics (£11.95)

The best Omega-3 supplements for fertility

OVA Reproductive Omega-3 DHA, £19.99 at OVA, £19.99 at Boots

– Best vegan Omega-3

MadeForMums rating: 4.5/5

Price per day: 72p

Omega-3 DHA has several fertility benefits including regulating hormones, increasing blood flow to the uterus, reducing inflammation, improving sperm quality and helping the embryo to successfully implant in the uterus. So, this supplement with an optimum level (400mg) of the essential Omega-3 DHA, is an excellent choice to aid conception.

The tablets are made using a sustainable, plant-based formula so are suitable for vegans and can be used during all four trimesters. Our testers found the supplement had a slightly unpleasant taste but that was easily masked by orange juice and felt that the product was worth the money due to the levels of Omega-3 DHA and the fact that they can be taken by vegans.

Available from: OVA (£19.99)

What ingredients should you look for in a good fertility supplement?

"A good pre-natal supplement should always contain at least vitamin D and folic acid, but extra omega-3 can help support babies' eye and brain development, especially if you don’t eat oily fish," says registered dietician and public health nutritionist Dr Frankie Phillips.

A key concern in pregnancy is folic acid.

All pregnant women as well as those trying to conceive need to take extra folic acid every day until the 12th week of pregnancy to reduce risk of babies being born with neural tube defects, such as spina bifida. It’s unlikely that the additional 400mg can be achieved by diet alone, so supplements are recommended.

When choosing a fertility supplement you should look to see if they contain the right nutrients to support reproductive health such as Thiamine B1, Riboflavin B2, Niacin B3, vitamins B6 and B12, folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin C, calcium, iron, zinc, iodine and Omega-3.

Are fertility supplements safe for everyone?

Supplements aren’t safe for everyone so if you have any health concerns, have a pre-existing medical condition, are taking medication, are about to undergo surgery, are immune-compromised or are pregnant or breastfeeding you should discuss supplement use with your doctor or medical team.

It’s also important to ensure you’re taking the right levels of vitamins for your needs and choosing good quality supplements.

How we tested the fertility supplements

Each of the supplements in our best buys list was tested by two different women who were trying to conceive in our MadeForMums Top Testers Club.

The supplements were carefully chosen based on their suitability for fertility support, pregnancy and their ingredients by a parenting journalist.

Our testers took the supplements for the same time period, with observations recorded based on the below testing criteria. We included samples from various manufacturers, with a range of price points to suit different budgets.

The key areas we assessed were:

• Taste, flavour and size: was the supplement enjoyable to consume and easy to swallow?
• Nutrient profile: which nutrients are included? And at what levels? How does this compare to the NRV (nutrient reference value)?
• Additives: does the supplement contain additives, such as preservatives, artificial sweeteners or colourings, for example?
• Dietary requirements: does the product meet any specific dietary needs – is it vegetarian or vegan?
• Value for money: how does it compare to other products on a cost-per-day basis?
• Ease of fitting supplement taking into daily life?
• Was the packaging recyclable, refillable or sustainable and what was the design like?

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