Some advice on B6 Vits, Agnus Castus and Luteul Phase, please please please!

[DucklingT]

I'm a bit of a worrier and as soon as something seems a little faulty, I try to
fix it with anything and everything possible.

I was wondering if any women out there had some positive stories on extending their LP?

My story:
I have conceived successfully before; straight after coming off the pill. I took a little bit of agnus castus until I ovulated and I fell pregnant. Sadly, it ended horribly but this was due to horrific negligence by the hospital during a shockingly fast labour and not to do with my not being able to carry.

OH and I started ttc only last month, though I've been monitoring the past two cycles.

Cycle one and last cycle (two) it seems I had a LP of 10 days; possibly even 9 days in cycle 2 as I can't quite pinpoint if I ovu'd on cd 14 or 15. In Cycle Two (just finished), I was taking Agnus Castus up until I ovulated. I dunno why I was taking it; I just was.
Anyway, I've got myself into a tizz that my LP is a little too short for my liking. Everything else seems to be fine though I am ovulating later in my cycle now compared to before carrying my DD.
My cousin who is a GP told me that one's LP doesn't change post pregnancy; that "time to ovulation varies but LP is usually a fixed length" (in reference to it being different post preg).

I have always fallen pregnant very quickly in the past. Last month we bd'd appropriately and as soon as I saw my smiley face on the opk we bd'd heaps and heaps for 4 days non stop after my LH surge came in on day 13. !

Sadly, AF showed up on what I thought was day 25 of my cycle......but now is day 1 of my new cycle.

I was advised to try B6 Vit tablets, along with the twice-daily Fertility multi-vits that I take. I had a long chat with the lady in the health food shop and I bought the 50mg tablets. I take one of these with my multi vit in the earl morning and I take another one with my second multi vit in the mid afternoon, so 100mg Vit B6.

I am not, however, taking the agnus castus this month as it seems I am indeed ovulating. I was also nervous of taking it with the B6 and wasn't sure if the two would or could work together.

I do indeed seem to be ovulating however I am concerned that my LP is a little too short.

What are your thoughts? What stories do you have out there? Any positive ones? What did you do?

Thank you for your help,

xx

Hi there is a large thread around here called the short Luteal phase gang, have a search for that and hopefully it may answer your questions

My LP is 10-12 days. I found Agnus Castus helped in the short term. After taking it for a couple of cycles my LP increased to 13/14 days but only stayed like that about six cycles and returned to the shorter 10 -12 days.

I had leftover progesterone suppositories from an IVF cycle and used them to lengthen LP too. I think you can get natural progesterone cream, but I have never tried it.

BTW, I took vit B complex but it didn't help LP, just PMS symptoms.

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss and in such hard circumstances too

My LP is 10/11 days with or without Agnus Castus. The only thing I found that lengthened it was taking Maca Root powder (one heaped teaspoon a day) and I started getting 12 day LPs after that, and it brought ovulation forward to day 16 from day 22.

Having said that, I've not managed to conceive with the Maca (without Agnus Castus), and the Agnus Castus made me spot lots but I had no issues getting pregnant with it.

Usually unless an LP is 9 or less it shouldn't be an issue, and I've heard of ladies with 9 day LPs getting pregnant too.

Lots of luck to you!