When did you start using supplements/other “tools”?

Question

I’m only cycle 2 on baby #1 but am already obsessed with all of the ttc boards, and I’m stressing out about if I should be taking vitex and mucinex and temping and preseed and everything in between! 
How/when did you decide when to start adding supplementary help?

Answer

I began to use supplements about five months after coming off birth control, it made my cycle worse and I realized it might be a mistake. I needed to give my body a chance to try and regulate by itself after 8 years of hormones from bc. I let my body do it’s own thing for another five months and noticed a pattern of spotting before my period would start every month and a “normal rage” but irregular cycle of 27-32 days. So I began taking 400g of vitex in December 2017. My cycle corrected to 28 days immediately but I still spotted. Come January at the advice of my ob I added progesterone cream four days after I believed that I ovulated. I once again had a 28 day cycle but no spotting. Come February I figured I could now start tracking ovulation seeing as my last two months were pretty spot on. I kept with the vitex and added preseed, clear blue digital opk and used the progesterone cream 4 days after my “peak” day. I got pregnant that month and am due any day! 
So I guess my answer for you depends on your own personal situation. How long have you been off birth control? Are your cycles regular? Are you tracking ovulation already? Listen to your body and then consider your best route. Good luck!

When did you start using supplements/other “tools”?

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