What’s a average cycle for mid 30s?

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Hi 👋🏼

wondering if anyone has been or is currently in the same boat as me. Just turned 35 and have a wonderful almost 10 and 7 year old. Thought we were done but we’ve decided to go for number 3 and I’m becoming more desperate with each cycle.

I’m 35 years old and since my last child I’d had the mirena coil for 5 years and then the copper coil for just over a year. Since we decided to have the coil removed and ‘see what happens’ I’m very aware that my cycles are very regular between 24 and 26 days but they are quite light with only 2/3 days of medium to light flow and a day or two of spotting. Pre mirena I were a good 4-5 day heavy to medium flow girl with a extra day or 2 spotting.

We’re only onto cycle 4 but I can’t shake the feeling that my periods have changed too much and it’s affecting my fertility. Previously it’s only take 2/3 cycles to conceive including 2 early losses.

Both of us are fit and healthy.

Can anyone share their own cycle history or any advice? TIA

Early 30's my cycles were getting shorter. From 28 days when I was younger to average of 26. Although I've never been like clockwork. And definitely lighter bleeding too. It took about a year of trying, including 2 miscarriages, for me to conceive my last DC when I was 33. I conceived DC1 on my 2nd cycle of trying when I was 27.

Sounds very similar to myself, never thought I’d see the day where I’d want my heavy periods back

Hi. I’m 30 and my cycles went from 28-31 days as a teen, to 26-28 days in my mid 20s. I conceived my DD first month at 26. I’m now 30 and my cycles have been 25-28 days, I’m now 7 weeks pregnant after 2 months of trying. So for me, my cycles have got shorter over time, but it hasn’t really affected anything. 4 months isn’t long at all!

Thank you, it’s really reassuring to see that it’s not just me with shorter cycles.

We agreed that we’d give it 12 months and if we weren’t successful we’d call it a day, I really thought last cycle was the one had so many symptoms. Left me feeling a bit disheartened