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.