My dh will be home for about 3 1/2 weeks before leaving for another 5-6 months. If my cycles follow the predictions (which they usually do not), I should O at the tail end of the time we have together. I should have one full cycle before that. I'm 39 (40 in March). I have PCOS, a double mutation on my MTHFR gene and recurrent miscarriages. My most recent m/c was in July at 11 weeks, although the baby had died at around 8 weeks.
I'm wondering if I should risk trying herbs like Vitex or Fertilaid or Fertility Blend. If it will help me get and stay pg, that would be great. However, I'm afraid it will change my cycle so much that I won't have a chance while dh is home. My cycles are not regular at all so I can't have any real expectation of Oing while he's home. That's just the prediction FF gives me based on my most recent history. There's a huge margin for error, though. My average O day as of now is cd28 but it has varied from cd12 to cd45 in my last 6 O cycles. I also have periodic anov cycles. I've never tried any herbal fertility blends so I don't know how they'll work on me. Would you risk it or just go with the scripts from the doc that may have less of an effect?
If I had the time to wait and see what, if anything, it does for me and it didn't matter when I Oed, I'd be all over it. However, since I will only have a 3 week window of opportunity, I don't want to do anything that could cause me to not O at all during that time. For example, if I start taking it now and it helps me to O earlier than usual, maybe even at a normal time, it may shift my cycles so much that I don't O at all while dh is here. That's my main concern.
Ok, here's all the specifics I'm worried about. Right now, it's predicted that I will have AF the week that he gets home. That's assuming I O in November when predicted. Then I will, hopefully, O again about 3 weeks later right before dh leaves again.
If I start taking vitex now and it makes me O 2 weeks early on cd14 and have a 14 day lp (2 days longer than my usual 12 day lp), the next time I'll O will be the day after dh gets home. That doesn't give us enough time to get things set up, iykwim. Then I won't O again until after he leaves. If it makes me O just a week early on cd21, that would be ok. I'd O right in the middle of our time together but still only get one chance. (That's all based on "normal" cycles and guesses of how I think the herbs could affect my cycles. Obviously, there's no way for me to know that any of that will actually happen.)
Of course, like I've said, there's nothing anywhere near a garauntee that I'll actually O then. Everything is pretty much up in the air. There's no way for me to rely on any predictions. I guess what I want to do is try to find the most likely way to be most certain I will O sometime while he's home. I know there's no way to know for sure.
So, my question is, knowing all of that, would you take something like vitex or just leave things alone? TIA for your responses and for reading all my ramblings (can you say obsessive?
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I'm wondering if I should risk trying herbs like Vitex or Fertilaid or Fertility Blend. If it will help me get and stay pg, that would be great. However, I'm afraid it will change my cycle so much that I won't have a chance while dh is home. My cycles are not regular at all so I can't have any real expectation of Oing while he's home. That's just the prediction FF gives me based on my most recent history. There's a huge margin for error, though. My average O day as of now is cd28 but it has varied from cd12 to cd45 in my last 6 O cycles. I also have periodic anov cycles. I've never tried any herbal fertility blends so I don't know how they'll work on me. Would you risk it or just go with the scripts from the doc that may have less of an effect?
If I had the time to wait and see what, if anything, it does for me and it didn't matter when I Oed, I'd be all over it. However, since I will only have a 3 week window of opportunity, I don't want to do anything that could cause me to not O at all during that time. For example, if I start taking it now and it helps me to O earlier than usual, maybe even at a normal time, it may shift my cycles so much that I don't O at all while dh is here. That's my main concern.
Ok, here's all the specifics I'm worried about. Right now, it's predicted that I will have AF the week that he gets home. That's assuming I O in November when predicted. Then I will, hopefully, O again about 3 weeks later right before dh leaves again.
If I start taking vitex now and it makes me O 2 weeks early on cd14 and have a 14 day lp (2 days longer than my usual 12 day lp), the next time I'll O will be the day after dh gets home. That doesn't give us enough time to get things set up, iykwim. Then I won't O again until after he leaves. If it makes me O just a week early on cd21, that would be ok. I'd O right in the middle of our time together but still only get one chance. (That's all based on "normal" cycles and guesses of how I think the herbs could affect my cycles. Obviously, there's no way for me to know that any of that will actually happen.)
Of course, like I've said, there's nothing anywhere near a garauntee that I'll actually O then. Everything is pretty much up in the air. There's no way for me to rely on any predictions. I guess what I want to do is try to find the most likely way to be most certain I will O sometime while he's home. I know there's no way to know for sure.
So, my question is, knowing all of that, would you take something like vitex or just leave things alone? TIA for your responses and for reading all my ramblings (can you say obsessive?
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I don't know anything about this, but just wanted to offer some support. I hope someone else here has informed opinions to help you figure this out.
