10 day luteal phase

[ThisHangryTiger]

Hi all,

Anyone else with a 10 day luteal phase? Looking for success stories really! Or any tips with how to make it longer?

Thanks

I had a nine day luteal phase. I took vitamin B6 - as I recall it extended it a day or so (was a while back). I have two DC.

Mine is 11. Sooo many stories if you search Mumsnet/Reddit of people with 9/10dpo having no problems. Think 10 is the lower end of normal, under 10 can be an issue.

This was me. I spent two years trying for my first, and when the GP checked my hormone levels I had low progesterone. My periods were also very light. I took supplements (I think B6 but if you search there are usually recommendations, I can’t remember exactly what I used in the end). I also kept alcohol and caffeine reasonably low and put on a bit of weight, stopped exercising so much (I used to do a lot). It’s hard to say what exactly extended my cycle but it did extend by a couple of days and after a few months I got pregnant with my first. I had also had a chemical pregnancy a few months before which seemed to coincide with my periods getting heavier.

I definitely think it is worth having progesterone checked. The good news is that after having my first I fell pregnant with my second quickly.

good luck, I hope it happens for you soon.

Mine is usually 9, sometimes 10, sometimes as short as 8 or even 7, and I’ve always gotten pregnant fairly easily. Could never find any supplements that actually lengthened it (and I take A LOT)

Thank you all for your feedback. I'll have a look at some B6 supplements. I've also requested a check up with the doctors as have been trying a while with no success. Hopefully just been unlucky so far and coinciding with some stress.

I remember worrying about this as my luteal phase was never as long as ten days- it could be as short as six days. I tried acupuncture to lengthen it, but never found out if it lengthened my luteal phase as I had conceived. I conceived a second time without acupuncture.

My LP was always around 10 days too. It used to worry me a lot. But I've had 4 pregnancies and now have 2 children so in the end it didn't seem to prevent me getting pregnant. I also did acupuncture - it did lengthen my LP a bit and they were my 2 successful pregnancies when I had acupuncture. But that could just be coincidence.

Thanks for your response 😊 is it a special kind of acupuncture you went for? All I know is the little pins to put in muscles when they are bad after running!

The acupuncturist I saw did specialise in fertility. She worked privately but also for a fertility clinic a few days a week so I felt pretty confident she knew her stuff. Depending on where I was in my cycle she'd chose the best points to put needles in to help balance hormones etc. it was surprisingly very relaxing! It wasn't cheap but I never felt she was trying to fleece me by saying I needed to go every week (it used to work out about twice a month at different points in my cycle) and because it worked for me it felt like a good investment 😄. Both times I fell pregnant on the 3rd month of treatment.

Most women have implantation at 8-9 dpo. I had it at 7dpo both times so 10 days is plenty

10 days is usually ok..under 9 is sometimes a problem. I had 8 and used progesterone which helped but had to go privately to get it as NHS wouldn't until I'd had three losses..

Didn't ovulation track for DC1 but with DC2 in had a 8 day and then 6 day LP before conceiving 3rd cycle so really wasn't an issue for me. Was taking vitamin b6 with a vitamin b complex but hard to tell if it did anything because I got pregnant. I looked into it a lot and my research showed that in the long run it did have a huge effect on conceiving due to variation in implantation