Short Luteal phase only 6 days help!

[Otheregos]

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone else has a short lp and what you take to remedy it! For my last 2 cycles it's been 6 days before this I don't know how long it was as I've only just started charting. After my 1st recorded short lp I've started taking Angus castus, vit b complex,epo and pregnacare conception. My cycles are also very long and irregular ( 108 days and 78 days) hoping they are gradually shortening. Ive been to see my gp who did some bloods , all ok, been back and getting referred to gynae. Has anyone got any experience of this?and does anyone know what the gynae specialists may do? Any comments/suggestions good or bad more than welcome...thank you for reading

Also we have been Ttc for 17 months now :( its getting me down

I'm sorry to hear you're having such a tough time of it.

When your GP did bloods, did they do CD21 bloods, or 7 days after ovulation bloods? As in my experience most of them assume, stupidly, that we all ovulate on day 14. I wish!!!!!!

If they didn't test for progesterone 7 days after ovulation, that is something you can go back and ask about as it's very relevant to your situation. Another thing they might do is an endometrial biopsy (I think?) around a similar time, but the details of that escape me as it's been years since I looked into it.

I've heard that clomid can sometimes "strengthen" ovulation which might give a longer LP, but that came from a gynae rather than a fertility doctor, who talked crap about some other stuff, so who knows. I don't really trust individual doctors (with a few exceptions) as they all come out with such contradictory stuff most of the time and if I had listened to some of them, I'd have lost at least two of my children, long story. Anything you're told, look it up online too!

Otherwise it sounds like you're doing all the right things. I have irregular cycles and a 8/9 day LP without angus castus, B complex etc (I use 50mg) and with it I get 10/11 days (although the cycles are still not totally regular!) which is enough to have given me 3 DC over the years.

Good luck!

Hi thanks for your reply, the bloods my gp did were just mid cycle...god they are hopeless! Looks like I'll be off back there to ask for these bloods, thank you