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Please help me with my short luteal phase

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LittleSilver · 14/04/2010 08:31

Have been charting for 2 cycles now and luteal phase has been 11 days and now 10, so obviously a bit short. Please can anyone point me in the direction of ways to lengthen it? Thanks.

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activate · 14/04/2010 08:35

that's not short - over 10 days is fine

ShowOfHands · 14/04/2010 08:39

Definitely not short. Should be no barrier to conceiving.

meggles · 14/04/2010 09:46

from what i've read, there isn?t a medical consensus as to ?Luetal Phase Defect?. Some women with 10 days conceive fine, others don?t. how long have you been TTC?
That being said, my LP used to be 10-12days. After 3 months of acupuncture, its now 12-14.

JulesAbs · 14/04/2010 10:35

Taking a vitamin supplement can extend it as well, not sure off the top of my head but an increase in some oif the B vitamins can give you an extra day or two

Lionstar · 14/04/2010 10:38

I have come across Agnus Castus being recommended for short luteal phases

KaraThrace · 14/04/2010 14:19

Mine LP is 6 it is driving me mad!

LittleSilver · 14/04/2010 19:02

Thanks everyone for your replies; I have been ttc no.4 for two cycles (today CD1 of cycle 3) I have never charted before so am not certain what lp was like prior, but have always had longish cycles (35 days), so 29 days is short for me. That said, when ttc #3 we didn't conceive in cycle 1 becauee I thought I would ov on CD17, when actually I ov'd on CD14 for the first time. I've always been lucky within 2 cycles so I suppose I am wondering what is wrong. I'm glad that a lot of you think my lp is OK. What to do next I wonder?

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bosch · 14/04/2010 19:06

I have an odd cycle (generally 23-25 days but occasionally bleed starts again briefly the day after af has finished...) and best advice I had was to just have sex every other day and then you're bound to have sperm in there at the right time!

I did however use fertilityfriend (online temp chart thing) to convince me I was defo having a temp spike and ovulating.

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