Short cycle ladies!

[Wouldloveanother]

Would anyone be interested in a short cycle ttc thread, or just short cycle chat in general?

My cycles range from 25-29 days but usually 26 or 27. Period starts 15 days after ovulation like clockwork. Got a positive OPK today on CD9, assuming I will ovulate CD10 and this one will be 25 days. I’m worried this is too short, although I recall worrying about the same thing before conceiving my now 2 year old - so assuming this is normal ‘for me’.

interested to hear from others😊

@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...

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

@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/

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 🤦🏻‍♀️

@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

@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

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?

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

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.

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.

@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

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

@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!

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

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

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