Since a mmc in January, my cycle seems to have settled at 38-40 days, generally ovulating around day 25. Just come to the end of our fifth unsuccessful cycle of ttc, and am wondering if shortening my cycle length would improve our chances.
We have / had two DCs that were both conceived on the first attempt, and on cycles that must have been around 33 days. Sadly DC2 died during delivery, and we have been trying to conceive again with no luck (apart from the pregnancy that miscarried, obviously). This was almost fifteen months ago. Blood tests have all come back normal.
In terms of trying to shorten my cycle, I have been having acupuncture for the last three months, but the only effect of that seems to have been horrible pain around ovulation and really awful hormonal mood swings (I have never previously suffered from PMT or similar).
I am a normal weight (low end of healthy BMI), exercise regularly (yoga and cycling) and eat healthy, if a little over reliant on coffee and chocolate at times. I am thinking of ditching caffeine for the next cycle (apparently caffeine can inhibit ovulation) - has anyone else had any luck with doing that? And has anyone else come across any other methods of shortening overly long cycles?