I was taking a mix of herbs to regulate my cycle to become pregnant. I took the dose it prescribed on the bottle. It's main ingredient was vitex, and second was Black Cohosh and then some more following. I became pregnant and got some blood tests and showed positive for Hepatitis B. Yikes! There was NO WAY I had this. You get this through sex and dirty needles! So, I of course did some internet research and came across Black Cohosh, and how it mimics Hep B. So I told my Doc and he knew nothing about this and said oh, maybe-but doubtful. But! I knew I did not have Hep B. So iwent for a major blood test and it came out as a false-positive. Which I knew-but was still a relief to hear.
I even had a crazy flu like illness for a week where I felt like I would truly die. And that is a symptom of Hep B. Crazy, huh? Black Cohosh is a super powerful herb-so beware! It is also very damaging to your liver. Just wanted to share incase this happens to anyone else!

Interesting. I took vitex for 2 cycles before the cycle we became pregnant (in which we were taking a break from trying, lol!) That would have freaked me out if I tested positive. Good thing you did your research and insisted on being tested again.

Thanks for sharing that. How scary that must have been for you! I'm glad you got some answers.

That sounds scary, Danielle. I'm glad everything turned out alright for you!

Wow SO glad everything turned out ok!!