grapefruit juice delay o ??

[Scout]

Just wondering if anyone knows if grapefruit juice can delay ovulation. I've been drinking it for a few weeks (although I'm drinking the pure grapefruit juice, it's concentrate and just recently read that that isn't so good)...anyways, I was drinking it to see if it would help produce more ewcm. Well, I should be ovulating today or tomorrow and I've had no signs really. I had a bit of ewcm the other day just when I was checking my cervix. My cervix is open, but since this is my first month checking I don't know if it will open more or if it's already opened all the way.

I always use CB digital and got a negative this morning. Since I wanted to see if ovulation may be coming I decided to get some of those 2 line opk's...i got the answer ones. I took one this afternoon and didn't even get a hint of a second line. So I'm guessing that means I'm nowhere near ovulation?

Just confused bc of my cervix being open and I've always got a postive opk on CD11 or CD12. Wondering if the grapefruit juice can delay o or even work opposite on some ppl? Also, when the cervix opens, how long does it stay open? if anyone knows?? thanks

 

[PG5K]

I ovulated early with grapefruit juice on cd 9 instead of cd 13/14 like usual.
It did give me more ewcm as well but unfortunatly it hasn't helped me get a bfp.

Xx

 

[RosesOfTin]

it shouldn't delay you Oing at all. If anything it should just help you get more EWCM or thin out the CM you're already having. Are you taking anything else along with the grapefruit juice?

 

[Scout]

I am taking robitussin too, but have stopped that today. I think I'm just going to stop the grapefruit juice too and see what happens. I don't think I o'ed earlier bc i haven't had a temp rise. I had a m/c last month and I wonder if that maybe thru my cycle off a bit??

 

[Lala27]

I have seen one other girl on here that suspects grapefruit juice delayed her ovuiation. However I don't think that's very common. I don't see anything in grapefruit juice that could possibly do that, but if that's the only thing you did different and your cycle is like clockwork then it could be,but I doubt it. It is possible for your cycle to change a little bit after a MC, and even if that weren't the case you could still ovulate on different days. Last month I got the positive OPK on cycle day 16 and this month it was cyle day 12. It could still be coming or its possible that you missed your surge if you only test once a day. As far as the cervix being opened, I think it does close after ovulation but I'm not a cervix checker so I can't speak from personal experience, only this is what I have read.

 

[RosesOfTin]

MC will definitely throw your cycle through a loop. I know it did the same to me when I went through it a couple years ago. If anything it's helped me regulate as I'm usually between 28 and 31 days.

 

[Scout]

thanks everyone. I just jumped the gun on this one b/c I did get my positive OPK's today which is CD12 (my usual) I don't think I've had much ewcm tho, so we'll just have to wait and see if I get a temp rise. I don't know why the grapefruit juice didn't give me more ewcm tho??? Maybe it's bc I got the concentrate?

 

[nevernormal]

I think grapefruit juice did delay my O, both when I was on Clomid and off of it. But that doesn't seem to be the case for most people... but grapefruit juice does inhibit the breakdown of estrogen in the liver. I think my body is just more sensitive. Like others said, your mc might have thrown things off though... sorry to hear of your loss.