Premular / Vitex angus-castus: Any help would be great please

[AusGirl86]

Hi ladies,

This is now the fifth month that husby and I have been TTC. I came off bcp in November last year and my cycles have been so irregular. The first cycle after coming off bcp was a super light bleeding for three days, and now heavy (and painful) bleeds since then. Length has been 33, 40, 58... and they were typically 28 days.

I strongly suspect that I am not ovulating as well I have been monitoring cm and have not had ewcm. I have also tried Maybe Baby, the saliva testing, and also opk's but it gets a bit difficult at work and I have never had a strong positive.

I went to see a Naturopath last night as my doctor told me the only thing to help regulate my cycle would be to go on the pill - which is crazy because that is what stuffed my cycle up!! And how can you get pg while on the pill.... hmmm I wonder

The Naturpath gave me Premular (Vitex agnus-castus) to take once a day in the mornings. She said to keep talking it for a few months to help regulate my cycle, and even if I get pg it's safe to take up until 8 weeks. Has anyone heard of this? Or used it themselves?

Any help / advice / words of encouragement / success stories / your story of why you are taking it etc would be great. I hope this is the right path for me, as I am going slightly crazy!

 

[louloub86]

Hi, I took agnus castus for 3months, sept - dec 2011. The reason I took it is because me and my other half had been trying for 9months with no joy...I did a little research figured out the signs for ovulation, ewcm, high cp, temp rise and was having none of them, so I tried Agnus Castus and I started ovulating..... I would def recommend. Although I am not pregnant, yet, atleast it helped my body to start ovulating again. We have only been trying 3months with me ovulating so I am optimistic.
Good Luck to you
x

 

[Indiapops]

Hi, this is my 3rd month taking it, I did have regular cycles but low progesterone... it has taken me from 32 day cycle to 28 days and now picking up my LH surge on day 14... also I can now feel ovulation pain so I think its working... I take it with vitamin b6 as I was told they work well togeather to balance hormones..
Best of luck x

 

[AusGirl86]

Thank you for your responses! It's great to hear stories like this, puts my mind at ease that this was the right path for us to take I hope you both get your very soon!

 

[j1405]

hi,

this is my 4th month taking it. i had a short lutheal phase of 9 days and also very irregular cycles.

the agnus castus made it sooooo much better!! would def recommend!! i now have a 27 day cycle with a 13 day lp every month for the last 3 months so thats great compared to what i had!!

i *still* have an ewcm problem.. even though i also feel my o pains etc and get pos opk i have nearly no ewcm. i use preseed for this. this is our first mont using preseed and i will let you know if i get my bfp!! i also take 100mg B6 with a multivitamin for progesterone balance.

for irregular cycles it really is great!!!

 

[j1405]

ps. i took 3 agnus castus tablets a day about 1200mg in total or tincture. 15 drops 3 times a day

 

[AusGirl86]

hi,

this is my 4th month taking it. i had a short lutheal phase of 9 days and also very irregular cycles.

the agnus castus made it sooooo much better!! would def recommend!! i now have a 27 day cycle with a 13 day lp every month for the last 3 months so thats great compared to what i had!!

i *still* have an ewcm problem.. even though i also feel my o pains etc and get pos opk i have nearly no ewcm. i use preseed for this. this is our first mont using preseed and i will let you know if i get my bfp!! i also take 100mg B6 with a multivitamin for progesterone balance.

for irregular cycles it really is great!!!

That is fantastic news! How long did it take for your cycles to shorten and regulate?

Please let me know when you get your bfp! We haven't gone into preseed yet but I'm thinking about it

 

[j1405]

wel it regulated my cycles immediately. by the 2nd month it was 27 days with 13 days lp. so it worked quite quickly and well for me!

i'm trying everything i can at the moment so i feel preseed wont hurt.. infact, it might be all i needed will surely let you know!

 

[pinksprinkles]

I take FertilAid which contains Chaste Berry (another name for Vitex) and it has really helped regulate my hormones. Before I started taking it my temps were all over the place and I had severe PMDD. Now that I've been taking it for about a month and a half I feel so much better, my temps have evened out, and my mood is much better. I still haven't been able to get my CM up tho. Hoever, there is also a product called FertilCM that is supposed to be good- though I can't take it (something in there I'm allergic to, not sure what). Anyway, it might be worth looking into?

 

[anniepie]

Hi ladies

I'm just giving AC a second chance with vit-B complex. I used them at the start of TTC as I've a short LP (it was 10 days). But gave it up as my cycles went from about 32 days to about 38 days while on it, while not lengthening my LP. I'm giving them another shot this cycle,though- the last 3 cycles my LP has been about 8 days. I'm actually hoping it WILL give me anoter long cycle this month (or even a BFP, please!) as I'm getting married in 4 weeks and, due to an unusually short last cycle (for me! 27 days), I'm now due AF on/around my wedding day...

I also wanted to say, a few of you have mentioned you don't appear to get much EWCM- Evening Primrose Oil should help that.

 

[Jo_Bean]

Hi
I didn't ovulate in my Jan or Feb cycles and before htat I was on a break of temping charting and monitoring for about a year and a half as it all got too much for me.

Anyway, last month I drank fertillitea and I ovulated. Not sure if I would have ov'd or not but I liked the tea - it contains vitex/chaste berry/ agnus cactus. The Fertilaid etc. is by the same company.

Good luck!

I also started using preseed last cycle. Didn't get my bfp, but I'm thinking that it might all come together this month if I continue to take/use it all.

 

[GenYsuperlady]

I started B6 and vitex this cycle due to super short LP's after birth control. So far I got a +opk on cd 14 (first +!) and now 1 DPO. Previously was having symptoms of ovulation very early in cycle.

I'm a believer so far!!

No ewcm for me (except cd 8 strangely enough) but DH seems to think things are extra moist...