Short luteal phase - anything to try?

Are you charting your temperature Peter ?

No problem, fingers crossed for you! My friend had a short LP but spotted for days beforehand and she had 4 miscarriages, but B6 worked wonders for her and she's now got a 4 month old. Just be aware that you need to take a B vitamin complex with it too. Baby dust to everyone trying!

Obviously if you can get some progesterone treatment from your GP, that would be better but I didn't have that option.

Ovia was useless for me. A lot of apps just guess at your ovulation date, but I used to ovulate late (I used ovulation sticks and recorded my BBT religiously) and then have a short LP so they were never any good. I honestly had that cream in the drawer for months and months before I plucked up the courage to use it
I only used it for one month and it worked but I used it from ovulation onwards to stop the dip that causes your period to come and then carried on every day until I was 16-17 weeks to give the placenta chance to take over.

I've just looked up the Swanson one. It does only contain natural ingredients?

It says to only use some weeks though. Did you use it every day of the month? @Boobahs

The cream I'd be intrigued to try. But it does seem scary self diagnosing and trying it.

Yes, I researched it for a long time beforehand and knew my cycles inside out after tracking for years. My GP wasn't prepared to listen to me even after showing him my cycles and time was against me so I had to try it! For people wanting to track their cycles, I highly recommend paying for the premium membership on the Fertility Friend app. I tried several different sites but none of them were as accurate as that one. They sometimes cut the price, it seemed to correspond with a period of checking in every day and then them offering you a discount. Well, that's how it happened for me twice!

I got mine from Amazon years ago, but I don't think they sell it anymore. I got my second tub from eBay, it was the Swanson 97% menogest progesterone cream, it took me a while to pluck up the courage to use it as it's an hormonal thing and I was scared to muck stuff up! If you do get pregnant, you have to use it until you're about 12-14 weeks to help prevent miscarrying due to a dip so make sure you don't run out!

Hi, I had a very short luteal phase of 4-5 days! I knew it was this short as I was tracking ovulation using opks and temping.
A short luteal phase can be a result of too much exercise, I think this was the case for me as I was a keen runner and into high intensity workouts. I was of a healthy weight but just doing too much can your putting stress on your body and cause stress hormones to affect reproductive hormones.
Stress hormones can cause poor ovulation which is where clinic can help. I was going to be prescribed this to help and told to cut way back on the exercise. I never took it as I fell pregnant with my DD who is 8 months after 9 months of trying. I'm now 18 weeks with my DS, the result of 1 month of trying.
Best of luck to you xx

I would go to the doctor to ask about being prescribed progesterone

My LP was consistently 9 days for years. I tried B6, B vitamin complex, Maca root, Agnus Castus, Coenzyme Q10 (I'm over 40). Nothing worked for me until I started progesterone cream that I brought (the GP was adamant that a short LP wasn't a problem), boom, worked first month I used it

Seed cycling might help too?
Google it because I don't want to tell you the wrong seeds but apparently you take seeds every day A & B pre ovulation and seeds C & D post ovulation

Hi everyone. I’ve had a wee read through the thread as this is something I massively worry about.
I’ve been TTC since June 2019 and in all this time I have been slowly and impatiently getting to know my cycle and familiarising myself with my Ava bracelet and what all that data is telling me along with the physical signs. I have chopped and changed between being certain I’m not ovulating and then sure I am. Convinced the Ava bracelet is a heap of junk and so I downloaded Flo. However Flo is way off and now I feel my Ava is def more accurate as I’ve used some OPK to back it up.
In all of this time the thing that seems to be settled is Ive a 24/25 day cycle with only an 8 or 9 day LP.
So of course this also gives me stress. I take Pregnacare, 100mg of Vitamin B6 and three wheatgrass tablets. I only started the Vit B6 and the wheatgrass in Jan and I have to say my AF has gone from being four days to five days and last month there was definitely more clots so I’m praying that means a better lining was built up last month. I’ve two boxes of Agnus Castus but haven’t had the courage to try them yet. Confused by the label which says not to take them if trying to conceive.
Anyway I’ve rambled on but I was more wondering if you think my Vit B6 is enough. It’s in the pregnacare and I take a single tablet too.

Hi, as someone through the other end of this I would recommend persevering with the vitamin b6. I had a short luteal phase and the b6 worked well lengthening it and I'm sure it's how I managed to conceive my 2 DC. Once I got a positive test I gradually decreased the dose until stopping taking extra around 6 weeks .