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Anyone used Agnus Castus After Coming off the Pill?

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MintGreenLife · 14/07/2020 14:50

Would love to hear your experiences. I've been off the pill for 3 months now, and my general research says to allow 3 months to see if your hormones kick back in.

I'm on cycle 3 off the pill, and while I've been getting AF I've either been ovulating very late with a really short luteal phase, or I've not been ovulating at all.

Thanks in advance x

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MintGreenLife · 14/07/2020 20:08

@Nat4392 brilliant thanks - this is the one I have in my shopping basket on Amazon x

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Nat4392 · 14/07/2020 18:14

@MintGreenLife I used this one from amazon. I just took one a day rather than 2 as I was worried about it truly messing up my cycles

Anyone used Agnus Castus After Coming off the Pill?
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MintGreenLife · 14/07/2020 15:55

Thanks @user1471523870 - did you carry on with it after you got your period? I don't want to do anything wrong at this stage as our situation is slightly complex - we had to postpone our wedding due to covid and so decided to focus on TTC instead, but now we have rearranged our wedding for September next year we have a fairly small window in which TTC would work, otherwise being heavily pregnant or having a new born puts a bit of a spanner in the works. Trying to decide whether it's best to leave my body to do its thing, or try and help it along in the hope we may catch in the next couple of months...

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MintGreenLife · 14/07/2020 15:53

@Nat4392 thanks for your reply :) it's tricky as at the mo I don't know if I'm dealing with not ovulating at all or a short luteal phase. If I am ovulating it's not until CD30+ and then 3/4 luteal phase, so obviously something is pretty out of whack. That's interesting about evening primrose as I've just started taking it and have noticed a bit of an increase in my CM already. Do you remember what Agnus Castus you were taking and how much?

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user1471523870 · 14/07/2020 15:37

I did and it worked for me. However, I didn't get my period at all prior to trying Agnus Castus.

Nat4392 · 14/07/2020 15:29

I just tried it for 2 cycles. My LP is usually 11 days (which isn’t terribly short but would like it longer) but it has been as short as 9 days. I’m now 12 cycles off the pill and it’s been a steady 11 days pretty much.
When I took AC all it did was move my ovulation 2 days late but my LP was unaffected so I’ve not bothered with it since.
My last cycle I took evening primrose oil up until ov and my LP actually got to 13 days which has never happened before so I was happy with that. Don’t know if it was the EPO or a coincidence but I’m taking it again this cycle.