help? how do i make myself Ovulate later? (CD3/4 currently)

[Destiny08]

so..not a common question here...but I have recently had it confirmed by my GP (who happened to do a blood test on the last day of my period, so CD5 - when there was just a little spotting left) that I O stupidly early.

my cycles are now on average 21-23 days. so short, but my LP is still long. 18-20 days or so. so there is no issue there.

we caught the lower end of my LH surge on CD5, meaning i actually O around CD3 or 4...right in the middle of AF. which is obviously not ideal lol.

so yea. help? i need to get my O to at least CD10 to have any chance at all really. I do BD with DH on the last day of my previous cycle, but when im on AF, even if i managed to fertilize an egg. it probably wouldnt implant...

help please!

 

[Destiny08]

*bump*

 

[mmMlm]

That's crazy! I though I was early, all the way at day 10.
You can try supplements meant to improve egg development.
-OvaBoost can help, it contains CoQ10 already but you can add another 100-200mg CoQ10.
-FertileAid is a multi-vitamin with fertility herbs including Vitex, this can help balance hormones
-FertiliTea contains Vitex also
Royal Jelly is great

Eggs mature in 90-day cycles, which is why they say it may take 3 months to see the full effect. However you may see improvement before that.

 

[Destiny08]

thanks when i fell pregnant with DD i O'd around CD10-13, and had a long LP (33-35 day cycles lol) but this is just crazy. hoping it all evens out soon enough! though I'll definitely look at some of your suggestions!

 

[mmMlm]

That's a really unusual cycle! On the front and the back end!!!
I am taking all of the above supplements, plus a bunch more - they are helping and the reviews for the ones from FairHaven are really positive.
Good luck, hope you see some improvement

 

[purplecupcake]

What did your doctor say about having a luteal phase that long? 16 days is generally considered the longest LP. I would be concerned about it being longer than that.

 

[Destiny08]

she said there's no reason a really long LP would be an issue a short one is an issue, but I've conceived with a long one before. the cycle i conceived if we take the latest possible ovulation, it was a 22 day LP lol
so I'm not concerned about the LP I'm just annoyed by when my ovulation is

 

[Destiny08]

it's also only around 17 days long atm, so not as long as it has been in the past!

 

[AuntieKate]

Do you temp? I was having trouble with very irregular periods after my miscarriage and it absolutely helped put my mind at ease. Maybe I'm a little OCD, but I love having all my charts organized and in front of me. I know exactly when I ovulate now - which still varies cycle to cycle. But I don't stress about it because at least I know when to expect my AF.

I guess my point would be temp and actually see if that is happening every month or if it's a fluke.

I starting using Vitex to regulate my cycles/hormonal imbalances (that were ranging from 22-50+ days); cycle 2 and I ovulated CD14

Did your doctor recommend anything? Kinda odd they would leave you hanging like that.

 

[Destiny08]

Do you temp? I was having trouble with very irregular periods after my miscarriage and it absolutely helped put my mind at ease. Maybe I'm a little OCD, but I love having all my charts organized and in front of me. I know exactly when I ovulate now - which still varies cycle to cycle. But I don't stress about it because at least I know when to expect my AF.

I guess my point would be temp and actually see if that is happening every month or if it's a fluke.

I starting using Vitex to regulate my cycles/hormonal imbalances (that were ranging from 22-50+ days); cycle 2 and I ovulated CD14

Did your doctor recommend anything? Kinda odd they would leave you hanging like that.

thanks

my GP has left it really, because my hormone levels are normal, and I'm not even a year off coming off my implant, which caused my periods to stop completely. and before that, I was on Depo, which started immediately after giving birth. so i can totally understand why she thinks i might just need more time to stabilize lol. it's been a total of...3 years since i got pregnant and my cycles didnt have something disrupting them. im just impatient!

i couldn't temp until recently as my DD was still waking up at odd hours, messing with everything, but i defiinitely plan on starting again next cycle as she's just started sleeping through the night! however the cycle before this 1, my only positive OPKs were on CD 7 and 8, so still stupidly early. i am ovulating, my GP says! but the only opks i get are early on in my cycle, so yea

i tried using vitex, but got sick of having no difference (after my 136 day cycle, 52 days and 45 days) and stopped. and that cycle i started ovulating again and it was less than half as long as the last cycle I used vitex on. no idea if it was a fluke, but i do plan on starting it up again come next cycle just waiting for AF to show up now so I can start temping/taking opks/taking vitex! i know im not pregnant as the dates dont match up (last DTD was 5 days before AF started, so a total of 9/10 days before O lol) but there's that part of me that's hoping beyond hope that i am, so i dont want to start now. until i KNOW im not