Vitex Question- please help

[starflower]

Hi Ladies, Well I am sad to report that AF arrived again today..... on day 23 :( I usually do have a short cycle which is pretty much always 25 days, with the odd 28 day cycle thrown in. When we conceived DS (with pre-seed and what I realise in hindsight would have been a boy type diet at the time) I was on a regular 25 day cycle O'ing around day 11 I believe.

Since we have been TTC and started our pink sway, I have been using OPK's and believe I am O'ing on Day 13, AF arriving in day 25 so a 12 day LP. Obviously this cycle for whatever reason is only 23 days and my LP is only 10 days :(

So, I would now like to look at adding Vitex to my sway... will this help to lengthen my cycles? In particular my LP? Also do I take it all the time as in right throughout my cycle? AF-O? O-AF? Sorry if this is a silly question, I am a bit clueless about it obviously! I stayed away from it until now because I was just so worried it would completely screw up my cycle and I thought it would be easier to conceive with a regular cycle.... obviously I was wrong about that as we are still trying!!

Please help me figure out what I should do from here.... any advice would be appreciated xx

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh boo starflower, I'm sorry. :(

Vitex can help with your LP and might make you O a bit sooner as well.

Take Vitex AF-O and you may want to stop it the day before you expect to O, in case it delays O for you.

[starflower]

Wow thanks for the speedy response Atomic! You are amazing... as a busy Mum with a bub on the way how do you get the time to be so helpful and aswer our questions so quickly! You are one amazing Woman! :)

Yes Boo to AF.... again! :(

Will start taking Vitex AF-O and see how that goes for us. Fingers crossed I can be back in here with better news soon in the form of a BFP!

[starflower]

Ok I bought some Vitex and just took one seeing as I am on Day 1. It is a Blackmores range and the bottle says 660mg dry fruit equivalent, take one tablet 3 times a day before meals.

Atomic, is this the right dose to take? And if so do I just stop taking the 3 tablets just prior to O, or wean off in the days close to O?

Sorry, there seem to be a lot of Vitex questions at the moment!!

[atomic sagebrush]

No problem at all!

I would just take two, one in the am and one in the pm.

We seem to be having better luck with people stopping V 1-2 days before they O. You don't need to wean off vitex, it's ok to just stop it cold turkey.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh and thanks so much, sometimes I just happen to get lucky and spot a post soon after it is posted! :)

[starflower]

Done deal! Thanks again Atomic aka Super Woman :)

[HopingForPigtails]

Also, Vit B-6 can also help lengthen luteal phase!! I can't remember how much you need but you can google it!!

[TickledPinkButLoveMyBlue]

Hi starflower, sorry about af :( im taking vitex af to o (this is my 3rd month) as my cycle is on the longer side and im fairly certain it is working as this cycle is approx 30 days instead of 34-38. So hopefully itll make me more regular so ill have more chances to conceive. yay!
Good luck. I hope it works for you.xxxx

[atomic sagebrush]

Also, Vit B-6 can also help lengthen luteal phase!! I can't remember how much you need but you can google it!!

If you want to try B6, it can extent LP for some people and you can take between 25-100 mg. Take it thru the entire cycle, don't stop and start it. It may delay O and it may even sway blue (I was taking 100 mg when I conceived DS 4) but if you need it, you need it.