When you have PMS symptoms like acne and breast tenderness as the result of a progesterone deficiency and estrogen dominance, Vitex can boost the body’s production of progesterone and ease these issues. When you are entering the second stage of perimenopause and finding your cycles are becoming more irregular, Vitex can help to regulate your cycles and as such decrease the symptoms associated with perimenopause in your 40s. ![]() If you come off the birth control pill and find your periods do not return within a few months, Vitex is an effective natural treatment option. There are certain times in a woman’s life when Vitex can be very helpful as part of a hormonally-supportive diet and lifestyle.Īfter using the birth control pill – Vitex is effective at supporting the body’s return to natural hormone production and cycling. Doing this and then taking Vitex on top for a short time will improve the effectiveness of the herb, increase the efficiency of the pituitary gland long term, and give you symptom-free cycles more rapidly.re Supporting your whole system by eating the right foods at the right times, per the Flo Living protocol, will provide your body with the building blocks it needs. If you don’t address your hormonal ecosystem as a whole, you may see changes within the prescribed time (although Vitex is less likely to be successful), but when you come off (which you will eventually want to), your symptoms and problems will return. However, Vitex alone will not fix your infertility, PMS, PCOS, or Endometriosis long term, IF you don’t also change your internal hormonal ecosystem with food. ![]() Vitex can act like jumper cables to the pituitary gland and stimulate it to make the right level of hormones again. However, my perspective is that Vitex is a short term solution to some hormonal imbalance issues. It is an effective and often successful natural treatment and a great tool for women to have at their disposal when facing cycle problems. So, yes, Vitex is well-researched as an aid for female fertility and hormonal imbalance. Vitex works on the pituitary gland function, enhancing its ability to do this work. The pituitary gland is also called the “master” gland and it talks to the ovaries, letting them know how much hormone to make. ![]() This will help balance out the estrogen dominance that is at the root of many of your cycle issues. When a woman is progesterone deficient (or estrogen dominant, to put it another way) and has what is known as a luteal phase defect Vitex can support her endocrine system to create more progesterone, ovulate regularly, and develop a healthy cycle. Vitex supports your pituitary gland to produce progesterone and luteinizing hormone – both of which are necessary for your body to ovulate, for regular menstrual cycles, and for you to avoid symptoms of hormonal imbalance like PMS. I think I will continue taking Vitex for most of the first trimester if I ever get a BFP and wean off at the 10-12 week mark.Does Vitex resolve hormonal imbalance or help infertility? Did you stop taking Vitex right away when you got your BFP? I am nervous about those last two. Were you ever pregnant while taking vitex and unfortunately miscarried? 4. ![]() How long were you taking vitex for before your BFP? 3. Did you have irregular cycles before vitex and did it help you to regulate and/or Ovulate? 2. It has helped to regulate my cycle already but DH and I are TTC so I just need some positive vibes that I think I will get from your sucecss stories! 1. I am on month 2 of taking a vitex tincture 3 times daily. Hi Everyone, There are several Vitex threads out there but I would love to start a new one and hear some more success stories from anyone who had been using vitex while TTC.
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