Hey everyone. This is my first post, so I am pretty excited to see everyone's responses and hopefully connect with a few of you. So, here is my story:
I was on birth control for 7 years. When I got off of birth control, I didn't have a period for almost 1 year. Now my cycles range from 35 days to 72 days. When I got off birth control, which was about 3 years ago, my (now husband) boyfriend and I weren't trying, but weren't preventing. This is pretty much how it has been until I tried Clomid last October to officially start trying.
When I was on Clomid I finally got a positive OPK, which was super exciting since I've never gotten one before. I told my husband the exciting news and he got nervous when we were trying to conceive and not much happened. After 3 rounds of Clomid, my Dr. thought it was best to give it a rest and was going to refer me to a reproductive endocrinologist.
I decided to go to another Dr. who had me get a transvaginal ultrasound and everything was completely normal. She prescribed me Clomid again. However, I chose not to take it quite yet. On day 1 of my period, I started taking Vitex, B-Complex, Magnesium, and Prenatal Vitamins. After 2 weeks, on CD13, I started spotting. Then on CD14 I got my period, which lasted 3-4 days. I thought this was strange, but my hope is that Vitex is working and might be kicking in to regulate my body.
What are your thoughts? I am very hopeful for this month and I am hoping my issue is just due to irregular periods, causing a lack of ovulation. If so, I hope the Vitex will make me another success story.
Please share any thoughts, advice, success stories, ANYTHING!
THANK YOU
I was on birth control for 7 years. When I got off of birth control, I didn't have a period for almost 1 year. Now my cycles range from 35 days to 72 days. When I got off birth control, which was about 3 years ago, my (now husband) boyfriend and I weren't trying, but weren't preventing. This is pretty much how it has been until I tried Clomid last October to officially start trying.
When I was on Clomid I finally got a positive OPK, which was super exciting since I've never gotten one before. I told my husband the exciting news and he got nervous when we were trying to conceive and not much happened. After 3 rounds of Clomid, my Dr. thought it was best to give it a rest and was going to refer me to a reproductive endocrinologist.
I decided to go to another Dr. who had me get a transvaginal ultrasound and everything was completely normal. She prescribed me Clomid again. However, I chose not to take it quite yet. On day 1 of my period, I started taking Vitex, B-Complex, Magnesium, and Prenatal Vitamins. After 2 weeks, on CD13, I started spotting. Then on CD14 I got my period, which lasted 3-4 days. I thought this was strange, but my hope is that Vitex is working and might be kicking in to regulate my body.
What are your thoughts? I am very hopeful for this month and I am hoping my issue is just due to irregular periods, causing a lack of ovulation. If so, I hope the Vitex will make me another success story.
Please share any thoughts, advice, success stories, ANYTHING!
THANK YOU