Some Pre-Cautions About Vitex
This is just food for thought if you are considering taking Vitex. Some people say Vitex is not to be taken with Soy, Clomid or any other fertility drugs. Others warn that if a woman is having regular cycles and normal luteal phase, Vitex can delay ovulation and should consider taking something else instead. Also, I have heard with taking it when you don't need it can cause breaking out. However, that might be a normal side effect for some. Some side effects are said to be nausea. Some different side effects I have heard on the message boards about it are gas, hot flashes and skipping a period but not from pregnancy. I have even heard that it can cause depression in some women, because of the Vitex raising progesterone levels.
There are some claims out there that say it "might" help with pregnancy, preventing miscarriages and helps stimulate milk in new mothers. I would personally do more research on that before taking Vitex during pregnancy or while breastfeeding newborns. Some of the literature you may read, may have contradicting information about taking Vitex during pregnancy, such as a bottle of Vitex may say do not take Vitex during pregnancy and articles may say it is safe to take up only to the third month of pregnancy. Some say stopping Vitex immediately will throw off your hormones. One person even suggests getting progesterone support after using vitex to help become pregnant. Upon chance, I found a message board thread dedicated to those who have used Vitex and information they have found on it. One woman shared her story of how she had had two miscarriages and how it had taken her a long time to get pregnant with each pregnancy. Her doctor had said the miscarriages were probably due to low progesterone and she started researching Vitex. After taking it, she became pregnant and continued taking it throughout her first trimester of pregnancy and had a healthy baby. She was able to become pregnant again after one successful birth but begun spotting and took Vitex again. The woman went on to have four children. She did admit that in her research she found conflicting evidence but decided to try it anyways and for her, it was the best decision she ever made. However, the creator of that thread had stopped using Vitex and was encouraging women to seek qualified herbalist for supplement information and treat reproductive diagnosis with a western doctor. Which is an example, that product results, experiences and opinions on the same product can vary from individual to individual?
I later found an entry where the poster said, it is best to use vitex for 3-6 months before trying to conceive. Within that time frame, the user should notice some regularity. After the user notices regularity to stop the vitex and start trying to conceive. The reason behind the recommendation is that taking vitex and actively trying to conceive is if the user does not time things right, it can interfere with hormones and should the user become pregnant cause a miscarriage. She also adds that in the olden day's vitex was used to induce miscarriages. Even goes so far to include most naturopaths recommend you do not take it while trying to conceive. By chance, I found some information supporting this from a different poster. Aviva Romm has a book called Botanical Medicine for Women's Health. In her book it states there was a study was done in 2005, that showed when pregnant mice were injected in the abdomen with human levels of vitex extract, there were negative effects to the mice embryos. Vitex can be used to help a miscarriage that is acute and repeating the information about using vitex 3 months prior to trying to conceive and then progesterone supplement until levels are stable once pregnancy has occurred. It also said if you take vitex and become pregnant and stop during pregnancy it can lower your progesterone. I did discover that there really is a book called Botanical Medicine for Women's Health by an Aviva Romm, M.D. Click link here: Aviva Romm Books.
There are some claims out there that say it "might" help with pregnancy, preventing miscarriages and helps stimulate milk in new mothers. I would personally do more research on that before taking Vitex during pregnancy or while breastfeeding newborns. Some of the literature you may read, may have contradicting information about taking Vitex during pregnancy, such as a bottle of Vitex may say do not take Vitex during pregnancy and articles may say it is safe to take up only to the third month of pregnancy. Some say stopping Vitex immediately will throw off your hormones. One person even suggests getting progesterone support after using vitex to help become pregnant. Upon chance, I found a message board thread dedicated to those who have used Vitex and information they have found on it. One woman shared her story of how she had had two miscarriages and how it had taken her a long time to get pregnant with each pregnancy. Her doctor had said the miscarriages were probably due to low progesterone and she started researching Vitex. After taking it, she became pregnant and continued taking it throughout her first trimester of pregnancy and had a healthy baby. She was able to become pregnant again after one successful birth but begun spotting and took Vitex again. The woman went on to have four children. She did admit that in her research she found conflicting evidence but decided to try it anyways and for her, it was the best decision she ever made. However, the creator of that thread had stopped using Vitex and was encouraging women to seek qualified herbalist for supplement information and treat reproductive diagnosis with a western doctor. Which is an example, that product results, experiences and opinions on the same product can vary from individual to individual?
I later found an entry where the poster said, it is best to use vitex for 3-6 months before trying to conceive. Within that time frame, the user should notice some regularity. After the user notices regularity to stop the vitex and start trying to conceive. The reason behind the recommendation is that taking vitex and actively trying to conceive is if the user does not time things right, it can interfere with hormones and should the user become pregnant cause a miscarriage. She also adds that in the olden day's vitex was used to induce miscarriages. Even goes so far to include most naturopaths recommend you do not take it while trying to conceive. By chance, I found some information supporting this from a different poster. Aviva Romm has a book called Botanical Medicine for Women's Health. In her book it states there was a study was done in 2005, that showed when pregnant mice were injected in the abdomen with human levels of vitex extract, there were negative effects to the mice embryos. Vitex can be used to help a miscarriage that is acute and repeating the information about using vitex 3 months prior to trying to conceive and then progesterone supplement until levels are stable once pregnancy has occurred. It also said if you take vitex and become pregnant and stop during pregnancy it can lower your progesterone. I did discover that there really is a book called Botanical Medicine for Women's Health by an Aviva Romm, M.D. Click link here: Aviva Romm Books.
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