Ambie - Welcome. It's been a while since I took vitex, but I believe I took 500 - 1000mg a day. Also, there is a lot of preseed in the package, but if you save some for later, I'm not sure if that changes the effectiveness.

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Ambie~ If I remember correctly I took 1200mg a day. So I took 400mg morning, noon and night. Also with the preseed I think it depends on the person. Alot of women only use half. Personally DH and I were comfortable with the whole tube. GL!

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Ambie ~ Welcome! Personally I was taking one capsule of Vitex before bed every night because I had read that it had caused stomach pains in some of the girls. One of the girls also brought up a really good point about how effective Vitex would be if you took it with other things like EPO (evening primrose oil), so I stopped taking the Vitex and stuck with the EPO. Also, in regards to the preseed, Cap'n thought the whole tube was too much, so we use half. I guess it is all personal preference.

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Ambie - Unfortunately, No the vitex did not help me. However, my bff was taking it for about a year and got pg after many years of infertility and pcos.

The preseed did help me get pg, though.

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My bottle of 400 mg Vitex says "take 1 capsule two or three times daily for eight to twelve weeks. Thereafter, take 1 capsule daily." For a few months I was doing this fertility recipe Vitex/B6 Fertility Recipe but my cycles started to get really long so I stopped. I don't know if the extra Vitex had anything to do with it since it was much higher than the recommended dosage on the bottle. Like Rebecca the cycle I got pg I used preseed and also instead cups. I did start taking 1 400 mg Vitex daily again this cycle so we'll see how it goes. It does say that you're not supposed to take it while pregnant so I stop during the 2WW.

Edit: I take EPO as well as Vitex because I think they work differently. EPO is supposed to help with your fertile CM which I am pretty lacking in. It hasn't really helped though as far as I can tell so I definitely need the preseed.

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Ambie - When you're sick, Robitussin works by thinning your mucous - and thats what its supposed to help with for fertility too. Its all about producing the best fertile CM. I tried it but I couldn't down the Robitussin... I've been thinking about trying mucinex since it does the same thing just in a pill format. If you do buy some, make sure its only guaifenesin with none of the other active ingredients.

Instead cups Menstrual Cups, Feminine Products & Menstruation Products are designed for menstruation but some of us use them to keep the swimmers in after BDing.

I forgot to say that I use pretty much the whole tube of preseed each time. There's always a little bit left in the tube that I just can't get out... sometimes I will use it on DH so its not wasted

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Ambie - come join us in the May TTC thread and tell us more about your story... we won't bite

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Ambie - I would follow the directions on the box as if I had a cold and use it from the end of your period through ovulation.

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Wow.. You learn something new every day...
Irene, which reciepe did you follow?? Just curious! Also, what is EPO??? I think I might try this, I'm just hoping that it doesn't effect my headaches... I get enough of them on my own that I don't need med induced ones

Ashley ~ Irene posted the link to the fertility recipe a couple of posts earlier. EPO is evening primrose oil, you can find it in some pharmacies. I got my Vitex online.

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Thanks Mel. What do you take?? Both or just the Vitex. I ran out of time today to go shopping, but it's on my list of things to do tomo. I still have a few days. I don't wanna start anything new till CD 1 anyway...

Ashley ~ I pretty much follow the fertility diet. B6, PNV and EPO in the morning (add a Mucinex & BA if it is after AF, although I haven't done that the last few cycles) and at dinner, B50, EPO. At bedtime, I'm going to start up with the Vitex again.

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I started taking my Vitex today. I bought 500 mg tablets. I'm not sure if I should take 3 a day or just stick with 2. I don't want to take too many or too few.