Help....only having a 9 day luteal phase. What can I do.

[Furbabiesonly]

Hi ladies.

Im a little concerned. Having my second cycle off the pill. First cycle was 134 days. This was 54 days， woke with af this morning unfortunately. Which puts my lp at 9 days. This is short?
What can I do.
Thanks
X

 

[sarah2211]

Vitamin B6 is meant to help. But might also be worth speaking with your doctor.

 

[Furbabiesonly]

I will def make an app with my doc....but I know that will be a couple weeks... Thanks

 

[tinymumma]

Hey lovely xx Saw this pop up on the new threads board, so I hope don't mind me posting Try to not stress lovely xx More than likely your cycles will even out. It's hard work getting all those artificial hormones out of your system! Plus your body has been told what to do for however long you were on the pill, so it's bound to be a tad topsy turvey while it figures out which way is up

If you do find you have a luteal phase defect though, there are plenty of things you an do, natural or otherwise. A lot of doctors don't recognise this as a problem unfortunately. Luteal phase defects are caused by low progesterone which can be fixed with cream of suppositories and can be identified by 21 day bloods (should be called 7 DPO though as that's when it should be done).
If you want to try more natural ways though, you can try Vitex, this balances all your hormones including, oestrogen, progesterone, prolactin and lutenising hormone. It's even been dubbed as that natural clomid in the naturopath world (my saviour and grace that gave us our beautiful rainbow boy and I'm currently taking it again). You can also look into B6 and Vitamin C as well as natural progesterone cream. Make sure you investigate the right level and such to take xx Or even speak to a naturopath xx
Lots of love and dust to you beautiful

 

[Furbabiesonly]

Wow tinymumma....can I first start by thanking you for sure a beautiful helpful post.
You really have made me feel at ease.....

Your totally right. Its still early days and my body is just trying to do its best and i just need a little patience.

Thank you again.
Truly appreciated. X

 

[2ducks]

Hello! I had a 9day lp last cycle. Since I am on Clomid I obviously want to maximize my chances of conceiving each cycle. This cycle I added 50mg of B6 to my daily vitamin regiment and 1000mg of vitamin C. I also had a very short and light period last cycle indicating I have a thin uterine lining which can also contribute to short LP. For my uterine lining I am taking 2000mg of evening primrose daily first half of cycle, royal jelly daily, drinking one cup of raspberry leaf tea throughout cycle, one low dose asprin daily. I also attend acupuncture and my acupuncturist game me some blood building herbs to take. I have read that pomegranate juice can help with LP so I am picking some up today. Like I said I am being super aggressive with my supplements/ treatment because Clomid can not be taken forever and I definitely want to maximize my chances.

From my research the importance of LP is debated in the medical community. You could also try a natural progesterone cream for the second half of your cycle. Good luck and keep us posted on your results! I will definitely post if I have any good results with what I am doing.

 

[BunnyN]

My guess is that it will even out once your cycles get back to normal. I had a short LP of 6/7 days when Breastfeeding. I still managed to get pregnant twice. Once after 3 cycles and once after only one cycle. So my LP either suddenly returned to normal or I got pregnant despite the short LP. I have had symptoms from as early as 6dpo and had my BFPs at 9dpo so I think I tend to implant early which might make a difference.

 

[Furbabiesonly]

Thank you bunny... Much appreciated x