Evening primrose oil - delayed ovulation / period??

[hopefully2021]

Hi all
Wondering if someone has been in the same situation, so currently 1 week late for my period (last one was 4th August), done about 5-10 tests all completely negative - the only thing I done different last month was take 3000mg evening primrose oil tablets daily for the first 2 weeks of my cycle to try and help with my cervical mucas. After stressing myself out on why my period hasn't arrived I done a quick google search and can see taking EPO has caused some women to be really late or didn't ovulate at all - I normally track my ovulation with clear blue digital tests but I didn't last month as we went away with quite a few friends for a long weekend and didn't want to get caught out as we haven't told anyone we are trying (just to avoid the pressure incase it takes a while)
Has this happened to any of you? I've felt for the last week like I'm coming on my period but nothing so now I'm doubting if I even ovulated at all?xx

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@hopefully2021
Hi did your cycle sort it self out? Just wondering cos i have been using epo this month x

hi @MgW1 yes it did, in the end was 3 weeks late followed by a 28 day cycle (normally 30 days) I've stopped taking it so I do put it down to possibly taking too much of a high dose of EPO?

@hopefully2021
I have just been taking 1 capsule. Was supposed to get a peak yesterday but neg and neg today! Worried its due to epo 🙄 also on pregnacare pre conception and read that can interfere with cycle!! X

@MgW1just wondering whether you ended up ovulating that month?

I started taking EPO from CD1-9 this month & stopped as I usually ovulate around day 11/12 of my 24 day cycle.

It’s now day 13 and no sign of anything, cervix is still low & hard with no fertile CM.

Please let me know whether you did ovulate that cycle as I am worrying now. Thanks 😊

I ovulated about 5 days late and ended up sadly having a chemical pregnancy. Not using Epo again. Just on seven seas but taking with disolverable vit c which apparently helps the body adsorb it. Had this month off and then trying again end of jan xx

@MgW1 oh no that’s awful! I’m really sorry to hear about your chemical pregnancy!

Yeah I’ve also decided that I’m never taking it again, seems to have done more harm than good for most people! But thanks for the tip, maybe I’ll try that in the future then.

Good luck with your TTC journey 💓 xx

What do you mean by chemical pregnancy? I'm on EPO too so curious!

@shininglight16
Yes it delayed my ovulation and then i had a chemical pregnancy i dont know if it affected things so stopped taking it x

Going to try evening primrose oil this cycle to improve ewcm and I have read it can delay ov so might lengthen cycle back to normal length

Sorry posted on wrong thread

Hi ladies
I also had a delayed period with the EPO
My cycle lasted 42 days instead of 28days