June Bus anyone?!

Welcome Sooz.
I've just been out to buy a b vitamin complex as I also read b6 can help progesterone levels. I've done a few online ovulation calculators so as long as I'm ovulating normally I should ovulate next Friday. I know when I got pregnant with dd we Dtd on cd 17 and that ties in with my current predicted ovulation dates. Cd 17 is next Friday so I'll be pestering DH a lot around then!

Hi all, I'd like to join. Got af this morning so onto next cycle! I'm 34, DP is 47, cycle #5, ttc #1. My LP is typically 12 days (I track with FF and Ovia) so might try the cactus thing! I already take conception pills for folic acid, b12 etc.

sunshine - there is a group on here of women with short Luteal phases trying to conceive. I think it's a long running thread (much like the buses) where they all chat about how they deal with it etc. If you look at the topics in the Conception forum you should see it.

I'm entering my fertile week tomorrow with Ovia predicting ovulation at about the 25th. However, I ovulated on CD16 last month which would put ovulation date as being on the 21st. I've only had two cycles since my miscarriage so I can't really things are regular yet hence discrepancy in dates.

Due to the lead up of it all I started taking OPKs three days ago, the first day's was negative, yesterday's was faint and then today's line is a bit darker.

I'm planning on DTD tonight but after an horrendous night with my 2y/o last night I think I may be too exhausted

Morning folks. Interesting chat about short luteal phase.... I had no idea!
so I've started tracking temps and I'm going to get some opks. At the moment I'm just using a standard in the mouth digital thermometer when I wake up.... I've had 36.3,36.2,36.3.... Question is, is one decimal place accurate enough (Ovia has space for 2)and how much dip and rise do you see when ovulating? Do I need to buy a special TTC thermometer?
I'm CD 11 today... dTD last night but on night shift for the next 4😟. Good luck to all those entering FW!

My fw opens tonight

That said, DH is still stressed so probably not in the Dtd mood. I can't find my bbt thermometer so haven't tracked temps since the weekend.

Oh ok that's interesting, might mention that to my doctor if this month isn't successful again, thanks for the info x

From my limited understanding a short luteal phase doesn't give you enough time after ovulation to be ready for an egg to implant. Your body is getting ready for a period. One of the causes is low progesterone, that's why they check around cd21 to see your levels through a blood test. Late ovulation can also shorten your luteal phase and an older egg isn't the best.

Clomid helps to bring ovulation earlier so that might sort it or I may need progesterone.

I also started Vitamin B Complex, the high dose of B6 helps progesterone levels.

Again this is just what I have learned so far, I'm no expert..

Re short luteal phase: it takes 12 days for implantation to happen and for hormones to change. Having short amount of days in between ovulation and period starting means that your body doesn't have enough time for this to happen.

Hi Jess, if you definitely ovulate on day 17 then you have a short lutuel phase which means it can be more difficult to get pregnant. I've heard people on here taking Angus cactus to lengthen it. I'm not an expert on that though.

Cd 12 here and started dtd every other day. On a 12 hour shift tomorrow though so doubt I'll be up for it when I get home!

Can I also ask about late ovulation? I ovulate on day 17 but I have short cycles alternating between 24 and 26 days. Could this be causing a problem? My son is 28 months now and I have been off the pill for 8 months, actively trying for 5 months, this is the 3rd month of tracking ovulation with sticks.

Lilysnape I'm taking the pregnacare ones- when I remember and trying to drinks lots of water, not great at that either!

Julia2016 what are the problems with having a short luteul phase? I often don't ov till day 18 and come on 28/29/30 but once was 34. Didn't know that wasn't ok!! Ps 36 is still a spring chicken!

Well apparently I'm a geriatric in the maternity world 😁😁😁

Thank you very much Julia. That's really useful. I'll definitely start taking note of things so I've got the information in case I need to go to the gp. I hadn't even considered that! I think he'll be helpful if I want to get things moving. He described me as an 'older mother' and said I shouldn't leave things too long when I spoke to him about trying with dd. I was 31-the man clearly has a death wish!

Hi FG, I tracked my cycle for six months with ovulation kits and charting. I wasn't ovulating until day 19 (day 14 is more the average). I was getting my period sometimes as early as day 28 up to 30 so I wasn't getting two weeks after ovulation either.

I've had bloods done, awaiting those results and I'm getting progesterone levels checked after ovulation to see if low progesterone is causing a short luteal phase. My GP was keen to start me on the Clomid given I am 36 and I'd six months of fairly constant information on the timing of things. I'd say if I was younger she would have left me for a while because DD is only 1 and I've read your system might take 18 months to come back to normal after giving birth. Sadly breastfeeding didn't work for dd and I so I never had that impacting on my cycles but I have read it does affect your periods for a good while.

Maybe start keeping a simple cycle chart, you can get those ovulation predictor kits fairly reasonable in some of the discount shops, the Clearblue ones are pretty expensive. It might give you an idea of when you are getting the LH surge that detects ovulation is imminent.

Welcome Julia
Do you mind me asking how you knew you were ovulating late and had a short luteal phase? My dd is 17 months and still has several breastfeeds in a 24 hour period despite me trying to drop at least one. I have read that breastfeeding can cause a short luteal phase but I have no idea how to tell if this is affecting me. I have had regular 30/31 day cycles since she turned 1 so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's not going to be an issue. I'm a bit clueless though!

lilysnape I can't remember why vit a is dangerous but you can get ttc and pregnancy specific multivitamins, I think centrum does one, sure there are lots of others too though!

Hi there, I will join too!

Age 36
TTC #2 DD 1 is 1
CD 10
Cycle 7

Just finished 5 days of Clomid 150mg as I'd issues for the past few months with late ovulation and a short luteal phase.

I've cut down from 2 cups of coffee a day to 1 and not having much alcohol.

Best wishes to everyone.. :)

Why is Vit A so dangerous trying to take some supplements as i struggle with eating so much but its impossible to find a multi vit without vit a i just bought the ones without vitamin a but it means taking 8 pills a day also is there any other supplements proven to help fertility ? i can only eat so many spinach leaves and spring greens before i turn green

Hey everyone, looks like a few people are getting to the fun week! I think we are probably hitting FW today too. So time to put DC to bed early I've never checked for signs just estimate in cycle length but it seemed to work last time. My cycle is a bit longer since it returned so my diary says 18 days till AF that's ages to wait hoping she will not visit! 😁 I'm also a do not test till she's 3 days late kind of girl.

TTC sex began tonight.

It's CD12 and on the two previous months I have ovulated on CD16.

I have no idea what my normal pattern is as I had a Mirena in which made me bleed constantly for 8 months and then I had my early miscarriage at the start of March so I'm only guessing really when ovulation will occur.

I think I will start using OPKs tomorrow.

Me and DH haven't actually had a discussion about TTC2 again (after the miscarriage) but he knows I'm no longer on any contraception and was still happy to DTD tonight so we will just see what happens.....

Brilliant info here about fertility - temps, fluid etc.

Taking Charge of Your Fertility site

I used this all as a method of contraception for + 1 year. Trying to BD in the fertile week now to conceive, whereas I'm so used to avoiding intercourse in that fertile time. Hard to get my head around, but I'm sure I'll cope

MaryKate I totally understand! Been trying for every other day! But it's actually really difficult! So I'm not stressing about missing a night if it's not in FW or haven't got a positive OPK!