VITEX New question Atomic or anyone else pls ! On pg 4

I can't make up my mind if i want to use vitex. I was going to stop bf my 13mo ds (I only feed him twice a day) but didn't want to stop bf incase it stuffed around my cycles (1st attempt is end of Feb) Should I take Vitex now and hope it doesn't throw my dates out or just proceed as is and if I don't get pg on first attempt (if I don't fall pg first time I will stop bf) start taking vitex then. I plan on skipping March as I don't want another Dec baby. Will one & 1/2 cycles be long enough on vitex to not stuff them around too much? My cycles are on average 36 days with a 15 day luteal phase. Will Vitex help make them closer to 28 days? I just dont want to screw my cycles up so close to my attempt.....

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Originally Posted by TickledPinkButLoveMyBlue

I can't make up my mind if i want to use vitex. I was going to stop bf my 13mo ds (I only feed him twice a day) but didn't want to stop bf incase it stuffed around my cycles (1st attempt is end of Feb) Should I take Vitex now and hope it doesn't throw my dates out or just proceed as is and if I don't get pg on first attempt (if I don't fall pg first time I will stop bf) start taking vitex then. I plan on skipping March as I don't want another Dec baby. Will one & 1/2 cycles be long enough on vitex to not stuff them around too much? My cycles are on average 36 days with a 15 day luteal phase. Will Vitex help make them closer to 28 days? I just dont want to screw my cycles up so close to my attempt.....

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Vitex can screw up your cycles, but that's actually GOOD. you WANT your cycles to be weird and different than they were before because that can mean your hormones are different from when you conceived your son.

Please know that you do NOT need to stop BF even if you don't get pg that first month. Lots of people don't get pg that first month, even who are not breastfeeding.

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

Vitex can screw up your cycles, but that's actually GOOD. you WANT your cycles to be weird and different than they were before because that can mean your hormones are different from when you conceived your son.

Please know that you do NOT need to stop BF even if you don't get pg that first month. Lots of people don't get pg that first month, even who are not breastfeeding.

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I've read conflicting advice about taking Vitex and BF that's why I'm so hesitant to take it while feeding. I'm also wondering if having had a baby has altered my hormones anyway...Perhaps they are more girl friendly since being PG and having a baby? Who knows?!

Also, Cranberry is that safe while BF? Again some people say yes and others say no???

I got PG first go with DS so I guess I'm trying to hope that it will happen quickly again although I know it's not always the case LOL

Thanks Atomic.

i took vitex breastfeeding and I quit because it turned my sons poop a dark greenish and funky smelling about 4/5 days of taking it, I quit vitex and his pooped turned back to normal so i thought maybe it wasnt vitex and started taking it again and about 4/5 days of taking it his pooped turned that color again, it bothered me so i quit and his poop went back normal, everybody I talked to that breastfeed and took vitex thinks this is weird and never had this issue, my son had no other side effects it just bothered me that he was getting enough of it in my milk to effect his poop so I quit it, that was with ds3 i conceived ds4 a couple of months later while breastfeeding too by accident it was a one night of chance with no protection didnt think we would conceive because breastfeeding had my cycles crazy still, but breastfeeding I was told sways pink too

Personally I believe vitex to be way more tested and safe while BF than cranberry.

If you think vitex is affecting your BF child in a negative way, absolutely stop taking it then. Different people's bodies handle things differently.

Just because soemthing sways pink, doesn't make it in any way foolproof of course. :)

Just wanted to tell you that I found out my friend found out yesterday she is expecting her 2nd girl. She used vitex for each ofher ttcing periods in order to regulate her cycles (it took her 9 and 6 cycles to conceive). She actually was hoping for a boy this time. She never swayed....

I was taking a lot of "Nursing Teas", Tonic, and herbal pills trying to increase my Bmilk for DS1 who stopped nursing but I was giving it to him in his cup... When I stopped pumping and was giving up the herbs I got prego with DS2. It could have been one of the other herbs that swayed boy but I was taking a lot of Vitex.

DS1 - No vitex
DS2 - Vitex
DS3 - Vitex
Newly pg with No vitex.

Unfortunately none of these things are magic bullets!! Good luck amy!