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I'm with Julie! For the same reason I would advise against alcohol and other drugs, I would not want to be on any herb or medication which wasn't absolutely necessary while trying to have children. Your children will have to live with the effects of your decisions for their entire lives. Get off the herbs that alter your body chemistry for a good length of time (not sure what is warranted, but maybe a month or two?) before fathering a child. You *cannot* say you know what the effects will be, but at least you have many millennium of evolution supporting having children without your body in a non-natural state due to at best poorly understood plants. Who knows what will transfer from your system to your child? Experiment on yourself if you want. Experiment with your relationships. But don't make an unborn child the subject of your experiments. I cannot think of anything more susceptible to adverse effects from tiny problems than a developing embryo. Especially just for the sake of your own personal happiness for a short time (the time it takes to get pregnant). Like Julie, I *urge* you to err on the side of caution in this.

I want you to have beautiful healthy children who are a joy to you and your wife!