Vitamin b6 and vitex

[twinkle]

Hello again everyone. I have been away for a while as our last m/c has taken alot to phisicaly recover from. Anyway a quick run down

I had a m/c of twins Lost first one in May 11 and the 2nd in June 11. Had ERPC or D&C in june and my life kind of went a bit downhill from there was told i had PID then told it was strep then told i have a hormone imbalance.

I had been eating a not strict pink diet for a little while before the pregnacy too ease myself in and loose some pregnacy weight and then after the m/c went straight back into it in the hope i would recover the next month and didnt want to waste time waiting another 6 weeks to get back into it.

Anyway im rambling now to correct the hormone imbalace i have been taking vitex (started last month) which gave me a 24 day cycle the last one was 22. But my LP was 9-10 days +opk was cd13 af on the 25 day and have been told to try vitimin b6 as well to help. What is the safe way to take vitex and b6 while ttc?? i know some are to take af- ovulation and some you come off slowly after your BFP

Thank you for your help and taking the time to read

[twinkle]

This is what im doing at the moment

Folic acid - whole month
Baby asprin - 1 3x a week whole cycle
Vitex - whole cycle
B6 - ??? havent a clue how much or when to take it really
cetirizine hydochloride - one a day af-ovulation
Rephresh - 1/2 a tube every 3 days af - ovulation
Timing - one off try with a 2 day cut off (may change this as timing is hard with my cycles at the moment)

We are trying to be team baby as we are so desprate to have another baby but i just cant give up on my sway compleatly and a part sway has to be better than none at all

[rainbowflower]

sorry for your losses. I've had similar luteal phase issues since my AFs arrived as I'm still BF so I'm taking:

morning:
400mcg folic acid (all cycle)
400mg vitex (AF-OV)
30mg B6 (OV-AF)

evening:
800mcg folic acid (all cycle)
400mg vitex (AF-OV)
30mg vit B6 (all cycle)
1000mg omega 3 only fish oil (every other night from AF-1ww) - this one is said to improve your uterine lining so implantation is easier. I believe this is important if you have a luteal phase defect to give the egg a better chance


during the day I'm also drinking 2 cups of raspberry leaf tea because it:
1- hormone balancing, so can mildly help luteal phases
2- lowers pH
3- improves uterine lining, again - giving that fertilised egg a better chance of implanting

[twinkle]

thank you so much for the info. i think i might get some omega 3 fish oil as well then, I drink pepermint tea with aspartamine in but i dont think i could do the rasberry leaf tea as well but my LP is the one thing im worried about and at 37 i dont think i really have a lot of time on myside bearing in mind it has been 8 months since my last m/c and im just getting back on track

[rainbowflower]

I'd perhaps switch from peppermint to RLT then if you couldn't do both - RLT has more benefits than the peppermint and I add some sweetener to that too

the omega 3 also has the benefit of improving egg quality BTW - hopefully that means less chance of MCs too

have you been TTC since your MC?

[twinkle]

I did to begin with, but i got so poorly and was on antibiotics for about 2 months we stopped but i remained on the diet of sorts (vegataran and tried to keep to low everything) as i wanted to be ready ttc as soon as i was ok again. We have been back trying properly since december but with christmas diet went a bit out the window with far too many cheats , i hoping all the other things we have done will help as i dont want to wait a cycle to try again. A healthy happy baby to take home is the most iportant thing a little girl would be a added bonus. I need to be more strict with myself over what i eat

[rainbowflower]

I think Christmas was long ago that you don't need to worry about some cheats back then

you're right, a healthy baby is most important and pink is a bonus

[twinkle]

Thanks for your help im going to look at getting some rlt next week and try it Ive also look at the boots website and they are doing 3 for 2 on the vitamins and going to get some omega 3, with a bit of luck i will have enough time to build some super cozy linning for a bean very soon

[atomic sagebrush]

First of all I'm happy to see you again Twinkle but sorry it's under these circumstances. (((hugs)))

Can you please tell me more about this hormonal imbalance? Who told you this? Did you receive a proper diagnosis from a medical doctor? There are many types of hormonal imbalance and in order to proceed safely I need to know a bit more info so I can best help you know what to take and when. If this is not a medical diagnosis and just something told to you by an herbalist, then we need to proceed differently as well.

B6 is fine to take (I would have you start at 50 mg every day of yoru cycle) BUT I personally would have you contact your doctor for advice and see if they will give you prog. suppositories. I am under the impression that in the UK that is not always something doctors are willing to help you with so def. start the B6 now. This amount of B6 is safe to take throughout your cycle and also into pregnancy.

Clomid is something that will help you lengthen your luteal phase in a much more effective way than B6, but again, you may not be able to get ahold of it. If it were up to me, I would have you consult a doctor and try to get Clomid and/or progesterone supplementation because they are both much more effective than B6, but I understand that may not be possible with your medical care system.

When you are TTC, vitex is best taken AF-O only. This should help with any hormonal imbalance.

[atomic sagebrush]

I'd perhaps switch from peppermint to RLT then if you couldn't do both - RLT has more benefits than the peppermint and I add some sweetener to that too

the omega 3 also has the benefit of improving egg quality BTW - hopefully that means less chance of MCs too

have you been TTC since your MC?

I would not have you drink pep tea with any sort of hormonal imbalance. Switch to RLT, definitely.

Do be aware that omega 3 may sway blue but WILL help make a heatlhy baby.