Short cycle ladies!

My cycles changed from 28/29 to 24/25 after I had my DD1. I didn't get AFback until 12 months after birth due to breastfeeding..

TTC number 2 for past 9 months. I'm on the older side , 44 so not holding out much luck there!

Good luck to all

My cycles are pretty much 24days on the dot. I had a weird one last month that was only 18dats though ??

im 42 (very nearly 43) I’ve always had very short cycles but conceived within the first month of trying with both my DD when I was 24 & 27……this time I’m 9months into my TTC journey. Naively thought it would happen instantly again ! How wrong I was !

all blood tests/scans and seamen analysis normal though

Hi! @Callie25 how are you getting on? I’ve recently started tracking cycles TTC and last one was only 19 days with O on about day 6 I think - also got me worrying and doing a lot of unhealthy googling

not sure how trustworthy YouTube is, but this fertility Dr seemed to suggest that the timing of ovulation was not necessarily an issue … m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZK1zwWL5-0&t=202s xxx

@autumnleaves17 yes I had bloods done and a tv unreason's last summer - all was ok but wondering if I should follow up and get blood checked again now my cycles are almost half the length they were last summer...

Sending baby dust your way for ttc #2!

This is the same with me, periods are like 6/7 days long and I ovulate on day 8. Someone told me the egg doesn't have long enough to settle and this might be my issue. Unsure if that's true x

@FieldView I don't think shorter cycles are an issue really.
Have you had a general health check up with your GP?
That's what I did before we conceived my DD1, now 3.

Blood tests showed I was low in Vitamin D and B12, iron was a little low..anyway it's just good to get one.
Also a pelvic ultrasound is good for seeing how many follicles you have , general health of ovaries etc etc.

TTC number 2....and I'm 44!!!!!
Good luck

I ovulate super early I'm fertile a few days after my cycle ends so for timing sex I would say start straight after AF ends.

I'm not ttc but I've had my DD who was unplanned and a further unplanned pregnancy which ended in miscarriage all were 25-27 day cycles as I've always had.

Reading with interest! This thread has given me hope, and it's a safer space than Dr Google!

I'm 35, TTC#1 and have been for around 18 months. Cycles were really long last year (as long as 49 days some months!), but miscarried in Dec. Since then, cycles are much shorter - AF arrived today after a 25 day cycle and I've been Googling whether a short cycle is problematic...

From the conversations on this thread, it doesn't seem as though a short cycle is automatically a problem - Phew

My cycle was 21 days this month!! 23 the few months before. That was exactly 14DPO but I'm wondering if this is the reason it isn't happening? I've seen people say the egg needs a certain amount of time to develop before fertilisation?

@summerdays12 I always thought AF came approx 14 days after ovulation, so maybe you just have a longer cycle this month? Last month I was 8 days late from my usual! My cycles are always 23-25 days

@WolfMother326 @Callie25 just wondering if it can go the other way...out can ovulate later on a short cycle?

I got a dark line on OPK first response brand on morning of Day 12....so ovulation day 13/14?

I have regular 24/25 day cycles

Thanks, I had a very dark ovulation test on CD7 and then CD8 and 9 there was nothing. Getting so annoyed by the whole thing 🤦🏻‍♀️

@Callie25
This study says it can happen as early as day 8, but that 39% of women with short cycles (in the study) were in their fertile window by the end of the first week of a cycle. It also says the study produced a healthy baby by a woman who ovulated on day 8.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC27529/

Does anyone else tend to ovulate around CD7 or is this too early? My cycles are roughly 23 days x

@allgoodthings84 thank you...trying my best to forget the OPK's and just DTD every other day.
I can't believe we conceived my DD1 without all this fuss of OPK's ...
Honestly!
But time isn't on my side now so feels no under pressure...

@summerdays12 the above message us for you 😊

The stick OPK’s positive is usually at peak so static smiley stage not flashing smiley

i occasionally have 24 day cycles and get a positive CD11/12 so likely ovulate CD12/13 on these cycles. At CD10 mine wouldn’t be positive

It's so addictive! But I found it also caused stress in my relationship demanding sex on certain days haha. Just doing it regularly took the stress off.

also I ovulated way earlier than I thought. I think I got the solid smiley when I had already ovulated but maybe that's just a wrong guess.

I agree, I didn't used to test and I was so much less stressed 😂but now I've started it gets a bit addictive doesn't it

@WolfMother326 will try ! I think I'm not DTD enough and going too early not late enough

Good luck to you both.

I seriously cannot recommend enough just having sex every other or every third day from around day 5, not checking ovulation. Less stressful and you're sure to catch it.

I've been using first response OPK's this morning and I'm not getting a positive dark line , on Day 10.
The Clearblue digital gave me a flashing smiley face by now.
I know the first response predict only 2 days..

I'm a 24 day cycle average.
I'm getting myself in knots over this I need to stay calm!

Yeah this is month 9, so I'm hoping I'll get lucky this time. Ovulation test was postive on Sunday which was day 7, so we've tried our best since. Let the TWW begin!

Hi @appleaday12. Sometimes I got a high reading as early as day 8 or 9, but the month we conceived we only did it on day 7. I think it's probably smart to just do it every other day all throughout your cycle. I have a feeling I got the high reading on OPK after I'd already ovulated.