Hey ladies!
Here's a little background info... Hubby and I have been TTC for 11-12 years, basically since we got together. I am 28 and he is 36 and we got together on my 16th birthday. I was your typical young and dumb teen and thought I wanted a baby, but it never happened, which I know now is a good thing, but it STILL hasn't happened and i'm kind of over that now haha.
Once I got to about 18-20 I was still dead set on having a baby, but our efforts were more like "It's unlikely to happen, but if it does we will jump for joy" kind of trying. Now, our life together is pretty much perfect, it's just missing a baby to make it complete, so we're ready to really give it our all.
I have PCOS and stupidly irregular cycles. I hadn't had a regular period since my early to mid teens. Instead of not having periods, I was the opposite, I got them too often and for too long. Most recently, I bled on and off (but mostly on) from Christmas to pretty much August. Doctor gave me a drug to make the bleeding stop so he could do a pap, which turned out completely normal. He put me on metformin as that's supposed to help with regulating cycles, but nada. He gave me a script for an iron tablet because I was anemic from bleeding so much/so often. He recommended that I go on the pill to regulate my cycle, which I really didn't want to do.
I decided to go off on my own for a while since my doctor(s) were being particularly unhelpful. A friend of mine has PCOS and irregular cycles and she started taking DIM Plus, and after a few months she said it had really helped to sort her cycles out, so I figured it can't hurt to try it.
Well. After a couple of weeks, the bleeding stopped with just some spotting here and there, and then for the first time in over a decade, I had a somewhat normal period, which lasted 9 days (as opposed to over half a year...), Aug 31st to Sept 8th. I have no idea what my cycle length will be, but based on a 28 day cycle, AF is due again on Sept 28th so we'll see what happens there. If all goes well I am going to start temp charting (I have a bbt) and trying OPK's. I am going to give this a couple of months and if my cycles seem quite regular, I will make an appt with my doctor to get hormone levels tested etc so I know exactly where i'm at.
Now on to my question.. Do any of you ladies take Vitex? If so, what brand would you recommend? A few people have recommended that I take it along with my DIM, but there's so many brands and whatnot available, it's a little overwhelming and I have no idea which to buy!
So if anyone has any recommendations please let me know!
Here's a little background info... Hubby and I have been TTC for 11-12 years, basically since we got together. I am 28 and he is 36 and we got together on my 16th birthday. I was your typical young and dumb teen and thought I wanted a baby, but it never happened, which I know now is a good thing, but it STILL hasn't happened and i'm kind of over that now haha.
Once I got to about 18-20 I was still dead set on having a baby, but our efforts were more like "It's unlikely to happen, but if it does we will jump for joy" kind of trying. Now, our life together is pretty much perfect, it's just missing a baby to make it complete, so we're ready to really give it our all.
I have PCOS and stupidly irregular cycles. I hadn't had a regular period since my early to mid teens. Instead of not having periods, I was the opposite, I got them too often and for too long. Most recently, I bled on and off (but mostly on) from Christmas to pretty much August. Doctor gave me a drug to make the bleeding stop so he could do a pap, which turned out completely normal. He put me on metformin as that's supposed to help with regulating cycles, but nada. He gave me a script for an iron tablet because I was anemic from bleeding so much/so often. He recommended that I go on the pill to regulate my cycle, which I really didn't want to do.
I decided to go off on my own for a while since my doctor(s) were being particularly unhelpful. A friend of mine has PCOS and irregular cycles and she started taking DIM Plus, and after a few months she said it had really helped to sort her cycles out, so I figured it can't hurt to try it.
Well. After a couple of weeks, the bleeding stopped with just some spotting here and there, and then for the first time in over a decade, I had a somewhat normal period, which lasted 9 days (as opposed to over half a year...), Aug 31st to Sept 8th. I have no idea what my cycle length will be, but based on a 28 day cycle, AF is due again on Sept 28th so we'll see what happens there. If all goes well I am going to start temp charting (I have a bbt) and trying OPK's. I am going to give this a couple of months and if my cycles seem quite regular, I will make an appt with my doctor to get hormone levels tested etc so I know exactly where i'm at.
Now on to my question.. Do any of you ladies take Vitex? If so, what brand would you recommend? A few people have recommended that I take it along with my DIM, but there's so many brands and whatnot available, it's a little overwhelming and I have no idea which to buy!
So if anyone has any recommendations please let me know!
