Agnus Castus (Vitex) ladies - Lets see how successful it can be (2 BFP's so far!!)

[Mrs.Ping]

floofymad- to answer your question I believe that depends on if you are ovulating every month or if you are only having break through bleeding. if you do ovulate most of the time then i would not take it because it will mess around with your hormone. but if you only have break through bleeding then I would take it because you want to ovulate. so your cycle will probably be screwed the first two or three rounds but it will even out sooner or later.

I thought i was going to O but my temp went down and now I have another + opk today. I should have never cut back my dosage now my O has been delayed!

 

[rainysunshine]

I have been REALLY irritable the past couple days. I'm surprised OH hasn't stormed out of the apartment yet. Is this normal around o time? I'm not used to this at all... OH and I dtd yesterday (I believe o-day) and two days before that. Hopefully the stress of my grandmother's passing and funeral didn't ruin my chances. It would be a great comfort after her loss to have a new life beginning.

 

[lisaf]

My acupuncturist says she puts all her fertility patients on AC. Of course I was on a lower dose than some of you other gals in here, so maybe its all tied to that?

dandy - good luck with the doctor. how far away is it?

 

[dandybrush]

i see the dr on wed...so 2 days...yikes getting nervous

im still taking the AC though so hoping it kicks in

 

[osch]

Hi

Well 1st month of AC and.... BFP!

That worked quick!

x

 

[Mrs.Ping]

wow congrats!! glad it worked for you!!

as for me my temp went up today but not enough to confirm o. I hope it keeps going up!!

 

[dandybrush]

Osch congratulations!!

Im off to the Dr's tomorrow, hope she can help...I so badly want my BFP

question do I tell my Dr im taking AC?

 

[lisaf]

dandy - I always tell them what I'm taking... they may say it doesn't work but they do need to know what you are on. I really don't think they'd have a problem with the AC. I can't see them telling you to get off the herb for a few months and come back or anything like that.
Its what my acupuncturist puts all her TTC patients on, so its not some wacky treatment.
Good luck! They usually like to run a few tests first to make sure your thyroid etc is ok.

 

[hayley1982]

hello ladies.

opks getting vv slowly darker so hopefully its a good sign.
3 yrs today we lost our first baby.( i know we have the boys but it still hurts.only seems like the other day

gl ladies )

 

[dandybrush]

hayley all life is precious, even the little ones

todays the day im off to the drs...

 

[wanting2010]

Let us know how things go at the doctor dandy! =)

 

[dandybrush]

Ok things went good i guess she has given me a form for a blood test, she is suspecting PCOS and says if its confirmed she'll recommend I go to a fertility specialist

 

[lisaf]

long, irregular cycles are one of the main symptoms of PCOS. If you are overweight at all, losing weight can lessen the symptoms of PCOS including getting your cycles shorter.
I actually was negative on every indicator for PCOS according to my doctor (my hormone levels were normal, no cysts on my ovaries, etc etc). Yet because my testosterone was slightly higher than 'average' (still well within normal ranges) my specialist says I may have some PCOS going on, lol. Not sure I believe him, but if he needs to 'categorize' me in order to treat me, what do I care, right?

So even if your tests come back ok and your doc rules out PCOS, don't give up on getting help. Even without PCOS, long cycles are not good when TTC.

 

[dandybrush]

thanx lisa

 

[hayley1982]

the first indicator for me is lh higher then you fsh.my fsh 7.2 lh 12.5

 

[lisaf]

hayley - yup, I knew about the ratio issue. So I looked at my FS like he was crazy when he said I may have PCOS, lol. My FSH was 5.8 and my LH was 4.8

 

[Mrs.Ping]

well my cycle has turned in to a long one again. I will never change my dosage again this has messed everything up!!

 

[hayley1982]

well i dont get whats going on.have had ewcm for afew days but no surge yet.yes opks are getting darker but no pos yet.any ideas??my temp chart
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/102b66

 

[hayley1982]

this board is so quiet (

still no pos opk?! but hardly no ewcm now.do you think maybe im just not going to see a pos this cycle.maybe the opks are rubbish

 

[Mrs.Ping]

it will probably take a few gear ups for you to actually O I had two this cycle and finally with out even knowing it I oed but I did not have any ewcm on the second gear up only a few days before o and had some lotiony cm on the day of O so you never know.also I cant click on the link to your chart . you will have to take out the part that say url before the https for us to click on it!good luck!