I've been reading these posts off and on for so long, I love them. My husband and I have a beautiful 3 year old daughter and have been trying for exactly a year and a half. My journey was complicated because I breastfed my daughter until she was 2 and a half. I didn't get my cycle back until after she turned 2. For the 6 months I continued to breastfeed with my cycle, we tried but assumed my prolactin levels were just too high. Once I weaned her fully is when my OB started the one year of trying time table. I had normal 28 day cycles for 6 months, which dropped to 24-25 day cycles...still no luck. I started taking 800mg of vitex daily 3 months ago, and within one cycle, I was back up to 29 days. I fell pregnant on my 3rd cycle. I plan to continue the vitex through my first trimester to help keep producing enough progesterone.
We dtd CD 11 and 15(not sure which stuck!)
Here we're my symptoms!
O-(cd 14) ewcm
1dpo-3dpo sore nipples and breasts (normal post ovulation sign for me)
5dpo I had REALLY bad gas pains after drinking a Coke...for like hours. Also started to feel sick
6dpo my sickness took hold, flu symptoms began
8dpo I got the bad gas pains again from drinking a Coke!!
10 dpo still have cough, congestion. Had random diarrhea today. Nipples getting sorry again (this happened last cycle too at same time)
11dpo still sick, breasts sore now with nips (still normal for pms) and lots of wet cm
12dpo cramping started, bbs still sorry, still coughing
13dpo all same as yesterday
14 dpo same
15 dpo - diarrhea again, didn't test because I thought maybe vitex was making AF late
16&17 dpo puked immediately upon waking up
17dpo- tested with dark BFP!!!
Minus the puking after 14dpo my only abnormal symptoms was the random diarrhea. Everything else was IDENTICAL to normal pms for me! 100% thought we were out before 2ww began!
I'm definitely certain vitex helped me with progesterone in second part of my cycle, it also seemed to reduce pms symptoms for me as well. Will definitely start taking once cycle returns right away next time!
Also, we've tried preseed, green tea for cm, Mucinex, bd every other day after AF...none of which we used this cycle.
This was my last cycle before going to doc to get diagnosed with "secondary infertility"... I'd say doing your own research and learning your body is the best way to begin the journey, not have to fumble into after months of trying. My OB was of zero help in this process, and I would've probably ended up down a long expensive road had I not taken things into my own hands with a little research and paying attention to my cycle symptoms!
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