Short Luteal Phase - when do you get an FS referral

[kateTTC]

Hi, I'm 34 nearly 35 we have been TTC for 10 months now and I'm losing hope. Every time I get my period I'm a crying mess, especially because my friend and I were trying together and she got pregnant after 4 months.

My cycles are consistently 23/24 days except for around June when I had a bad accident and knocked myself out. It really affected my cycle so it was 31 then 27 then 25 back down to 23.

I've had every test the GP can do, my husband's had a sperm test and I paid privately to have an ultrasound. Nothing out of the ordinary.

I also privately paid for a progesterone test because I can't ever get at my doctors on the day I need to. Since my cycles are so short, it was done on day 17 of my cycle, and it came back as normal. But surely you'd expect it to be at that point in the cycle anyway regardless of length?

I stopped doing my BBT since it was just making me depressed looking at my temp falling before my period and wishing for the baby that clearly isn't there to appear.

I've been taking agnus castus for 3 months and it hasn't increased my cycle at all (though thankfully it has helped my PMT which means I'm a more pleasant person to be around). I've felt very dismissed by my doctor hence paying for the various tests and scans myself.

Another thing to note is that my mum had trouble conceiving (I don't know the reason, I'm not sure if she ever fully found out) but there's a 9 year age gap between me and my sister. I can't ask her about it because she's a gossip and I don't want her to be talking about my conception (or lack of it) problems to anyone.

Anyway, I feel very alone and I have no-one to talk to about it except my husband. And he has a serious lack of understanding about it all anyway. I try not to get his hopes up either as I know he was disappointed when I got my period after saying that my period was overdue last time (Day 23 it hadn't arrived, then came the next day).

How long until I can get a referral especially given my short cycles? Should I just sack off the doctor and refer myself privately?

@KateTTC, I know how hateful this is as gp dismissed me as well. My prog test looked as if i wasnt ovulating it was that low even though i knew i was, I had been trying a year with 3 early losses i went private & was presribed cyclogest & baby aspirin by obstetrician & i now have a little girl who is one. If i was you id go private to hurry things along if you can afford it. How long is your luteal phase? Mine was around 8 days

My luteal phase is between 4-8 days (changes every month). I managed to conceive after 9 months. I'd also had the fertility tests offered by GPs and an ultrasound which showed nothing unusual.

My daughter is 5 months and ive just had my first post partum period. I'm tracking my cycles and my luteal phase was 4 days.

I believe a short luteal phase is connected to poor ovulation and inturn means low progesterone.

I think for me my ovulation is ok but dont sustain progesterone. The first cycle i conceived my little girl while on it & this cycle used it and Im pregnant (early days!) after couple months monitoring cycles again.

@gossipgirl28 According to the progesterone test, I don’t have low levels, all the fsh tests etc came back fine.

@keepinghopeful my luteal phase is 8 or 9 days as well, so considered short according to Dr Google.

@keepinghopeful Keeping my fingers crossed for you x

If I were you I’d go and see a private consultant. Clomid can help with short luteal phases, so that might be a try.

*worth a try!

I saw the doctor this morning and she has agreed I can be referred now 🙌🏻

Hi ladies, I just wanted to ask

I thought I had a 15 day luteal phase. I am currently taking Clomid and on second cycle due to pcos. Last month, I started spotting on cd28 (LP day 15) and then had my full flow cd29 (luteal phase day 16)

This month I'm on cd30, I ovulated 1 day later this month, but... do I count the day of spotting as luteal day 15 or the full flow cd29 as luteal day 16? So basically do I have a 15 or 16 day luteal phase? Do I include the spotting as luteal phase? As I know u don't class spotting as cd1. I thought I'd of started spotting today & nothing has come of it .. so am going to test tomorrow. I don't know if this post makes any sense please say if u don't understand lol xx