agnus castus advice

[RFCMummy]

Hi all, we are ttc no. 4 since feb. I stopped breast feeding dc3 about 6 months ago, I lost a lot of weight when breast feeding and its taken a while for my body to get back on track and for my cycles to get regular. Now they are around 35 days with ov around day 22. I think ov this late has issues with egg and womb lining a bit old for a decent conception by then so last month I took agnus castus and dong quai 3 times a day as it states on the bottle. I had every symptom of ov at days 15 and 16, ewcm, pain on one side, positive opk. Then I had the same at day 22 and aff arrived 14 days later which suggests I ov on day 22 again. Does it take a while for agnus to work and does it sound like it almost worked last month in bringing on ov a bit earlier but may need a coucouple of months to really work with my body? Thanks for any advice x

Hi RFCMummy, I found it took Agnus Castus two cycles to help make ov regular.

Hope it works for you soon

thanks gardenpixie, did you manage to conceive with the help of agnus castus? many thanks again

Hi, no, sadly not but we think there are a few issues going on with us as a couple so we're just about to start IVF.

It did kick start regular ovulation though - my cycles were between 34 and 60 days long (the 60 day one was not fun at all - I thought I was going to go mad!).

With Agnus Castus, this went to 31 / 32 days with definite ovulation around CD 14-16 ie early enough for the egg and uterine lining to be viable (it just seems that my DH's swimmers and my eggs don't seem to like socialising together).

FWIW I have also tried clomid and I much prefer Agnus - fewer side effects, more energy, more reliable ovulation and no libido issues

I also found that committing to regular exercise helped, although it is, of course, a bit of a pain!