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Fertility vitamins (proceive), how do they make you feel?

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ChangeHtotheP · 05/11/2021 09:34

Hi, I’m new to all this so let me explain why I’m asking. Before April of this year my periods were not easy but not a big deal. I didn’t really have a build up, I just got sore boobs a day or two before then awful cramping on day one, over within a few days. We then found out I was pregnant which was a massive shock as my husband had been told he’d never be able to have children naturally. Unfortunately we miscarried at 9 weeks, which was devastating. A month after we decided that if it happened once it could happen again so we needed to be in the best health we could. To help his sperm and my eggs (I’m late thirties) we started taking proceive. Apart from bright yellow wee they’ve been good (I have lovely nails now!). What I’m wondering is whether anyone else experiences more symptoms pre period with them or whether I’m just imagining it? The hospital said I’d have funny periods and pms for the first three months after the miscarriage, but then the fourth was a breeze again, back to normal. This month however I feel like I’m going crazy and probably about to share too much 🤦🏻‍♀️. I have insanely sore boobs and my nipples, man alive they are sensitive to the point they are sore. I nearly cried at a video of Angela merkel this morning saying good bye to France and I don’t even like her. I had really bad cramps the other day which is mega early for me and now nothing. When I was telling my husband to stop hugging me last night because of how sore my boobs were he asked whether I thought I was pregnant. I did a test this morning dpo 9 (I know far too early but he got me thinking) and it was negative as expected. I think these symptoms are too early to be pregnancy related. I don’t think I’m pregnant so can only think of one other thing that’s different to before the miscarriage and that’s the vitamins. Please tell me I’m not imagining feeling like this and other people have the same side effects? Thank you for reading all of that!!!! 😄

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ChangeHtotheP · 05/11/2021 10:34

Oh no @Skysblue The things we have to go through to achieve the most natural thing in the world. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I wish we were prepared more for this in school. I was petrified that if I used the same toilet as a boy I’d get pregnant when I was at school. Now I understand how hard it actually is.

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Skysblue · 05/11/2021 10:01

I tried a diff brand of prenatal vitamin and they gave me diarrhoea!!

ChangeHtotheP · 05/11/2021 09:46

Thank you @FlyOnTheWall89. On the website it says that people may experience yellow wee, it’s just the body getting rid of the excess that I don’t need at that time. At certain points in the month it’s fine. I’m genuinely amazed at what the body does after researching all of this. Before April I’d never thought I’d be pregnant so never paid attention to it. I want to keep on taking them but not if it makes me feel like this every month. I don’t like looking like I’m cold all of the time. 😂

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FlyOnTheWall89 · 05/11/2021 09:40

hi @ChangeHtotheP - Firstly good luck on your journey. Bright yellow wee tends to be a sign you're taking too many vitamins or the balance is off. I had this too and had to change things up. PDO isn't too early - some people do get the symptoms you're experiencing but 9DPO gives you a very low percentage chance of a positive test even if you are pregnant. Tests again at 14DPO. Hope that helps. x

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