Schmelly

So, CD1 for me on my birthday!!! Stupid ol'

Anyone fancy joining me for another month of madness?

xxxjacquixxx

Hi Schmelly..
cd 1 for me today, so a couple of days ahead of you.....do I qualify?

Farie

Hey sweetie, sorry she got you, here's to a new cycle

Your only a fews days behind me, AF got me Tues 20th but only stayed till Fri (bonus!!! Very weird tho as she usually likes to hang about at least 7/8 days)

Hugs sweetie, hope you had a lovely weekend

Dee_H

My AF was really short this month too. Weird...but I'm not complaining. Bought a basal thermometer for this month so we will see what happens. I have always said I didn't want baby making to become a science project but I'm willing to try just about anything this month!!

Schmelly

Of course you qualify!!! I sadly parted company with my last cycle buddy gang as was over a week late! I think a couple of days here and there makes no difference though!

Am currently sitting with a BIG bar of choc and a nice cuppa, pondering over the vast quantities of money I'm going to be spending on Evening Primrose Oil and Agnus Castus...and eagerly awaiting the arrival of my shiny new Zita West book. I've heard she's the oracle on fertility so this HAS to be my month! Let's hope we all get our BFPs!

Thanks for your message Farie. I, too, had the weirdest of AFs but at least she finally got me properly so at least I know where I am now! Am gutted, obviously, but feeling much more positive than last week! How was your weekend away?

Dee - I'm thinking about getting a thermometer myself...you'll have to let me know how you get on! I felt the same as you about not wanting it to get to 'science experiment-y'!!!
*mentally pictures self and DH in lab coats ad safety goggles, brandishing test tubes and bunson burners*

xxxjacquixxx

Forgive me for being dumb Schmelly but what is agnus castus (sp) ive got the EPO and folic acid, what does that do?

Schmelly

Just helps regulate hormones and cycles, I think. Read some good things about it so thought I'd give it a shot!

Agnus Castus (Vitex or Chaste tree berry)

This is the herb of choice for helping to restore hormone imbalance and increasing fertility. In one study 48 women diagnosed with infertility took agnus castus daily for three months, 7 of them became pregnant during that time and 25 of them regained normal progesterone levels.

Agnus castus is particularly helpful for those women who have a luteal phase defect (shortened second half to the cycle) or those with high prolactin levels, because it stimulates the proper functioning of the pituitary gland which controls the hormones.

Agnus castus works to restore hormonal balance and can be used where there are hormone deficits as well as excesses it:

Regulates periods
Restarts periods which have stopped
Helps with heavy bleeding
Increases the ratio of progesterone to oestrogen by balancing excess oestrogen.

xxxjacquixxx

Thanks hun, thats a new one on me..

My cycles have always been regular and troublefree so I dont think I need this just yet..... I have started on the epo though, cant do any harm.

tansey

Sorry she got you! Choc always helps! xx

xxxjacquixxx

You must have read my mind Tansey...Ive just scoffed a huge bar of galaxy and I feel fat now, oh well great practise for when we really get fat hey.