Hi,
This is the first thread I've started since joining MDC so I apologize if it is in the wrong place. My dh and I have been TTC #2 for about 8 months now with no luck. I have been charting my cycles most of the time and started taking my basal body temp (when I remember). I am still nursing my 2 year old atleast 6 times per day. I have very irregular cycles and sometimes show symptoms of O twice in one cycle but if I do a LH test usually only one of the times shows a surge. I have recently started vitex to get my cycle back on tract. I was origionally taking solaray capsules 2 times a day, but the other day I was talking to an herb reb for herb pharm and she convinced me that their liquid extract was better. She told me to take 1 tsp in the morning (several dropper fulls). The next morning I out of excitement quickly opened the bottle up and and without first tasting gulped down a full tsp (ended up being 5 dropper fulls) of the stuff. I thought I was going to throw up my insides. I just about saw stars it was so strong and burned all the way down to my stomach. I finally was able to force down a piece of bread so I didn't dry heave all my stomach acid up. The next day I thought long and hard how to take this awful stuff. I decided to start out with 3 dropper fulls in OJ. Not much better but I didn't get the gag reflex or the watering mouth I got the day before. Still not something I feel I can endure every day. I guess my point of this long and drawn out story is what have you wise mamas done in my situation? Has anyone had experience taking the liquid Vitex/ Chaste Berry ? How do you take it if you have tried it? Would you recommend I try something else to regulate my cycle besides weaning? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
This is the first thread I've started since joining MDC so I apologize if it is in the wrong place. My dh and I have been TTC #2 for about 8 months now with no luck. I have been charting my cycles most of the time and started taking my basal body temp (when I remember). I am still nursing my 2 year old atleast 6 times per day. I have very irregular cycles and sometimes show symptoms of O twice in one cycle but if I do a LH test usually only one of the times shows a surge. I have recently started vitex to get my cycle back on tract. I was origionally taking solaray capsules 2 times a day, but the other day I was talking to an herb reb for herb pharm and she convinced me that their liquid extract was better. She told me to take 1 tsp in the morning (several dropper fulls). The next morning I out of excitement quickly opened the bottle up and and without first tasting gulped down a full tsp (ended up being 5 dropper fulls) of the stuff. I thought I was going to throw up my insides. I just about saw stars it was so strong and burned all the way down to my stomach. I finally was able to force down a piece of bread so I didn't dry heave all my stomach acid up. The next day I thought long and hard how to take this awful stuff. I decided to start out with 3 dropper fulls in OJ. Not much better but I didn't get the gag reflex or the watering mouth I got the day before. Still not something I feel I can endure every day. I guess my point of this long and drawn out story is what have you wise mamas done in my situation? Has anyone had experience taking the liquid Vitex/ Chaste Berry ? How do you take it if you have tried it? Would you recommend I try something else to regulate my cycle besides weaning? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
