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Thread: VITEX Time!
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May 6th, 2012, 07:43 AM #161Age 7 5 MC May 2012 BFP June 2012 My ~*Princess*~ is now 3 yrs old! MC May 2015 Chemical June 2015
DS#3 Arrived in April
I love my Rainbow Baby with all my , She took a year to conceive! Thank you GD!
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May 6th, 2012, 05:58 PM #162
I have just been hit like a ton of bricks. I GET IT! I know why now I conceived and even miscarried. I'm in shock, and I could kick myself in the ass for not knowing the connection between Vitex and my thyroid.
OMG... I must share.
So last night when I was laying in bed I remembered how Vitex can affect the pituitary gland.. and I thought WAIT a minute... that's connected to the thyroid! So I hopped online this afternoon and I found the connection
At Home Remedy for Hypothyroidism | eHow.com
Vitex was able to balance my progesterone, and therefore give my thyroid enough of a kick so I could conceive!!!
So when I stopped taking it..
My thyroid CRASHED!
Holy crap. If I would have kept taking it I probably could have saved my little one.
So now, I don't know what the hell to do..
My doc put me on 100 micrograms of levothyroxine
and now I'm taking Vitex to get my cycle going..
I'm terrified that I've started something that isn't good once again..
I might need to go see an endocrinologist for answers.
If I conceive I might just stay on the Vitex until it's safe to come off of it. Yikes!Age 7 5 MC May 2012 BFP June 2012 My ~*Princess*~ is now 3 yrs old! MC May 2015 Chemical June 2015
DS#3 Arrived in April
I love my Rainbow Baby with all my , She took a year to conceive! Thank you GD!
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May 6th, 2012, 06:09 PM #163Swaying Advice Coach
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Please consult with a doctor or endocrinologist about that. I really don't think that you stopping vitex was the cause of your loss and i hope you don't blame yourself for that. Vitex just isn't that strong and you weren't on it for that long.
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May 6th, 2012, 06:24 PM #164
I am SOO mad at myself that I never knew that there was a doc that actually specialized in thyroid disorders! God, I'm an idiot! I just always did what I was told.. go to a doctor.
I told my doctor that I was taking Vitex and he said nothing.
He couldn't make the connection because he didn't know.
My TSH was at 20. something which is extremely high. So I really do believe that the vitex was the cause of the conception and loss of it caused the loss.
So at the time I had absolutely no thyroid hormone production so even if the Vitex is mild, it gave it just enough and then when I stopped it, all production stopped again.
I had no idea Vitex can treat hypothyroidism naturally.
Like you said at the time I must have been overly sensitive to it because day 1 it gave me a horrible headache, and the next week it immediately caused me to have a + opk at CD 15, and I had not seen that happen in months!
I'm trying not to blame myself, but I should have researched it A LOT more before taking it. I really never would have come off of it, and even taken it again once I started bleeding.
I believe last night God was trying to tell me what happened so it won't happen again.
My thyroid medication won't get my thyroid back on track for 4- 6 weeks so... now I've started Vitex I better go see a endocrinologist right away!Last edited by Butterfly Spirit; May 6th, 2012 at 08:17 PM.
Age 7 5 MC May 2012 BFP June 2012 My ~*Princess*~ is now 3 yrs old! MC May 2015 Chemical June 2015
DS#3 Arrived in April
I love my Rainbow Baby with all my , She took a year to conceive! Thank you GD!
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May 7th, 2012, 09:34 PM #165
Took a preg test for the hell of it with my cup of FMU and the line is pink but there.. Why? How can it drop down from 543 to 50 in 3 days but then 5 more days later it's still there enough to see?
I still have prego symptoms. Dizzy if I stand up too fast. Is my body mocking me?
I would like to hear experiences please.
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I guess it doesn't show well on camera but you can see it well in RL. *sigh*
I wish I had another sticky bean hiding in there!Last edited by Butterfly Spirit; May 7th, 2012 at 09:50 PM.
Age 7 5 MC May 2012 BFP June 2012 My ~*Princess*~ is now 3 yrs old! MC May 2015 Chemical June 2015
DS#3 Arrived in April
I love my Rainbow Baby with all my , She took a year to conceive! Thank you GD!
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May 7th, 2012, 10:15 PM #166
So sorry you are going through this! I have had 2 MCs - one at 5 weeks and another at 9 weeks and sometimes it just takes a while to get all the pregnancy hormones out of your body. It really sucks....
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May 8th, 2012, 12:12 AM #167
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May 8th, 2012, 09:28 AM #168
Thank you! I don't think anyone really understands how hard it is until you go through it. My body wanted to hold on to the 9 week pregnancy and it took almost 2 months for the hormones to go away and then I finally got pg 4 months later and had another MC then I finally got pg 2 months later with vanishing twin. It was a crazy time!!!!
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May 8th, 2012, 09:52 AM #169
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May 8th, 2012, 10:07 AM #170Age 7 5 MC May 2012 BFP June 2012 My ~*Princess*~ is now 3 yrs old! MC May 2015 Chemical June 2015
DS#3 Arrived in April
I love my Rainbow Baby with all my , She took a year to conceive! Thank you GD!
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