PCOS Message Board - View Single Post - Alt. Remedies TTC Successes and Failures!

lachicarubia · 10-08-2007, 04:27 PM

AngLynn, What a great idea.
I would love to share my expereinces.

Pregnancy #2 (I already had DS#1)
1. How long were you TTC before taking your herbs?
2 years
2. What were/are you taking, and in what dosage?
1 diflucan pill, standard dose
3. Did you notice any changes while you were on the herbs? What did you notice, and when?
Didn't get AF for over a year after DS#1 was born. When she finally started coming again, AF was coming every 40 days, but after taking the diflucan the next AF arrived on CD28. I also had a day of lots of walking, so I didn’t realize that it was the diflucan that did it, I thought it was the exercise. I had 3 more 28-day AF’s, and then got my BFP.
I thought it was just a surprise BFP, I didn’t realize that I got my BFP because the Diflucan killed the yeast in my body, because it didn't happen until 4 months later. I didn’t do anything else to make sure that the yeast didn’t come back to stop the PG. Discovered at 14 weeks that it was a twin PG, but they didn’t have heartbeats, had died at 9 weeks. Had D&C.
4. Did you use any other remedies that didn’t work for you?
No.
5. What outlandish remedies were suggested to you by others?
My sister kept telling me that I had a yeast imbalance, and I needed to kill the yeast in my body, and gave me a list of herbs that kill yeast. I thought it was outlandish at the time. When I got a mild yeast infection, I skipped the herbs, and decided to go straight to the diflucan, because I knew that diflucan was effective at killing yeast. Since I didn’t get my BFP until 4 months after I took the diflucan, I thought for sure that she was nuts. When she tried to give me some yeast killing herbs after I got my BFP, I told her that she was wrong, I was already PG, and I didn’t need her herbs. Turned out, she was right all along. Why didn’t I listen to her sooner?
6. Do you have any pictures of your bundle of joy? Sonograms? Peesticks? We wanna seeee!
Here is the U/S of my twins when they were supposed to be 14 weeks, but were 9 week size, and no heartbeats.

Pregnancy #3
1. How long were you TTC before taking your herbs?
After the D&C, my doc suggested that I wait until after I had 2 AF’s and then start TTC again.
2. What were/are you taking, and in what dosage?
I had finally figured out that it was killing the yeast that helped my get my BFP with the twins, but I didn’t have an excuse to ask my doc for an Rx for diflucan, because I didn’t have any symptoms of vaginal YI. I used a Monostat 1 ovule, and then started the yeast killing herbs that my sister had tried to give me before. I took the maximum amount recommended on the bottle.
3. Did you notice any changes while you were on the herbs? What did you notice, and when?
My 2^nd AF after the D&C came on CD35. Then I took the monostat, and started the herbal yeast killing formula. My next AF came on CD 28. I had 3 more 28-day AF’s and then got my BFP with DS#2. I also took Met to prevent m/c and at 7.5 weeks, my progesterone was tested, and was 13, so I took progesterone until week 13.
4. Did you use any other remedies that didn’t work for you?
I used NPC after CD15 during 1 cycle, because I was told that I wasn’t getting PG because my progesterone was low, but still got a BFN.
5. What outlandish remedies were suggested to you by others?
Using a laser type of light on clitoris during certain cycle days (can’t remember, which days, probably same as clomid). It worked for the lady that told me about it. She learned about it from a cow fertility doc. She had suffered several m/c and was finaly able to get PG and carry to term.
6. Do you have any pictures of your bundle of joy? Sonograms? Peesticks? We wanna seeee!
Here is a pic of DS#2, he is 3 YO now.

Pregnancy #4
1. How long were you TTC before taking your herbs?
2-3 cycles
2. What were/are you taking, and in what dosage?
I took Yeast Defense, probiotics, and Candex, the max amount recommended on the bottle. I also did micro-current therapy with a zapper.
3. Did you notice any changes while you were on the herbs? What did you notice, and when?
After DS#2 was born, I stopped the herbs and the met. After a while, I started gaining weight again, but still had 28 day cycles. I finally took a weight loss supplement with Hoodia, which decreased my appetite, and I started losing weight, and then started TTC. Even though I was losing weight, I got 2-3 BFN’s, and then my Jan 06 AF come on CD 35. I started yeast defense, the herbal yeast killer supplement, and Candex. My Feb 06 AF came on CD28. Then I was Dx with hernia, had to take TTC break for surgery and recovery. Then I was Dx’d with MS, so I had to delay TTC while did heavy metal/mercury detox. I continued to take YD, and Candex, and then switched to microcurrent therapy while doing heavy metal chelation. Feb 22, 2007, when AF showed up, I stopped heavy metal chelation, and started the YD and Candex again. Started TTC with that cycle. Got my BFP on March 22, 2007
4. Did you use any other remedies that didn’t work for you?
By this time, especially after killing candida worked so well to help me get my BFP with DS#2, I had it all figured out, and went straight to candida control. No need to try anything else.
5. What outlandish remedies were suggested to you by others?
None. But I have started to share my experience getting PG using Candida control, and now people think I am the one suggesting the outlandish remedy. DOing candida control might take a few months to help you get your BFP, so don't give up until you have been doing it at full strength for at least 4 months.
6. Do you have any pictures of your bundle of joy? Sonograms? Peesticks? We wanna seeee!
Here is an U/S pic of DS #3. due Nov 29, 07.