TTC after BC iregular cycles 6 months after stopping

[kylnor]

Thanks for the reassurance and advice Sara & Justin, I will definatley look further into the accupuncture & herbs. If anybody has any useful links etc would appreciate them!

[leliz]

you could also try Vitex...it's an herb highly prescribed in Europe to regulate a women's cycles and help with PMS. It's slow acting so it can take a few months to kick in. It's worth a try though...I've heard of many women having success with it and becoming pregnant after taking it. I've been taking it for 2 months and still have very long cycles so I'm going to try acupuncture, but I'm still taking Vitex for now as it does take time. I'm hoping it will kick in soon for me!!

[satya]

I was on the pill for around 10 years the first time and a couple of years the second time. I had 28 day cycles before and after the 10 year usage. The second time round I also had fairly regular cycles (within a couple of dys of 28 days).

For sure use charting. It's very helpful for pinpointing when you are fertile and in my case I suspected I was pregnant earlier than a HPT could work due to two and three day temp dips in successful cycles. It was great cos I knew I could test early and most likely I'd get a positive.

Be careful about using Vitex as has been suggested. I was on it to help with mood swings and I had two early miscarriages whilst on it. I went off it and the next pregnancy was successful. There's heaps of annecdotal evidence on the net that it causes early m/c. Just use a search engine with Vitex and miscarriage and you'll see what I mean. A few days after I'd stop taking it I would miscarry. You can't continue to take it whilst pregnant so it's a catch 22.