Hi - I have been breastfeeding my DS for 6 1/2 months. I have been desperate to get PPAF back so that we can start ttc again. Well about a month or so ago I tried Vitex for a week and half. I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown on it. Every effect that it said it helps women with, I felt the opposite. I felt like horrible, horrible PMS every day. I felt like I could kill someone! DH actually told me I was being terrible and kept asking what was wrong with me. I HAD to stop taking it. Then about a month later I got PPAF. Not sure if it was just my time or if it was from the Vitex.

The PPAF was so uneventful though, it was very, very light. No cramps at all. I don't usually get really bad cramps, but sometimes I get mild ones... It lasted about 4-5 days. I would describe it more like spotting a lot than a full blown period. I did have red blood though. I also took a hpt to make sure it was not pregnancy related. Got a BFN.

Is this a normal 1st PPAF? What have you ladies experienced as the first one? Did your second one come one month later or did you have erradict cycles? I think I might start to try and temping again.

TIA!!

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Janine (34)
DH, John (35)



My History

TTC #1 -- 21 months
IVF #1 (3/05) - BFP
Beta 220 on 9dp5dt
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TTC #2 -- 12 months
IVF #1 - FET (10/06) - BFN
IVF #2 (12/06) - BFN
IVF #3 (3/07) - BFN
IVF #4 (5/07) - BFN
IVF #5 (9/07) - BFN
IVF #6 - FET (12/07) - BFN
IVF #7- FET (3/08) - Chemical
TTC on own (4/08) - Chemical #2
TTC on own (5/08) - BFP (it's a miracle!)
DUE 2/15 ~ it's a GIRL!!!

Yeah, ppafs can be kind of weird. It could have just been the vitex. It can really screw with your hormones, imo.

Anyway, it can take a while (especially while still bf) to get your cycles back to normal. Often the first couple cy are on the looooooooong side.

If I were you I'd start charting just because that way I wouldn't be going trying to figure out what my body is doing, lol.