Short Luteal Phase?

[Sarah+]

Hi, My cycles vary from 26-30 days, and I tend to O only 7-10 days before this, which from what I've read, can cause a few problems. I'm keen to hear from anyone who's in a similar boat and what treatments may have worked best for you. I've heard vitamin B6? Thanks

 

[NeyNey]

Hi Sarah. Welcome to BnB.
I've heard Vitb6 is good. There are a few girls here who have a similar problem.
I've also heard Evening Primrose Oil can help regulate a cycle.
Have you seen a GP or Gyno about this? There may be some medications that
can help

Best of luck

 

[Sarah+]

Hi, Thanks for your reply. My Dr wants me to start carefully charting my cycles for a couple of months (as we only recently started TCC) and they go back. Think I'll give the B6 and EPOil a shot though.

P.S. Are those Ragdoll cats in your profile pic? I have two myself

 

[NeyNey]

You're welcome.
I've heard more about the B6 - so I think thats your best shot.
Charting is a fantastic way to keeping track.
If you use Fertility friend's website it is one of the best that
most girls use here.

And yes, those are my boys. They are brothers, 10 months old.

 

[loopylew]

I have a short luteal phase (7-9days) and i have used B6 before which did nothing except lengthen my cycle by 15 days, it didn't extend my luteal phase. Ive been taking Agnus Castus for the past 3 months which i thought had regulated me to 32-33 days but the last cycle was 27 so god knows, im beginning to think that I need actual medication. If you've got a GP who is listening to you then your doing well, im having trouble getting my consultant to acknowledge that theres a problem!

 

[Sarah+]

Hi I was going to just buy some B6 but now I might just make an appointment to see my dr as she is good, and I've heard progesterone cream is best? How much B6 were you taking? Good luck

 

[DaisyDuke]

Hi hun my LP is 8 days this cycle i have been taken 1000mg of B6 so i hope it helps, but at thsi poing i don't know. Good luck. XXX

 

[Sarah+]

Wow. A 1000mg. I'd read about people taking 100 and 200mg. I'll be keen to hear how it works for you. Did your dr precribe it or are you giving it ago yourself? Good luck

 

[DaisyDuke]

I think it's 1000mg no i got them myself the dr is running tests on us, waiting on DH results and i'm having bloods tomorrow. AF is due next tuesday, so should know fairly soon. X

 

[TrixieLox]

Woah, 1k mg of vitb6 is loads DaisyDuke!!!!! You sure it's 1,000 and not 100? Gotta be careful honey, cos you can take tooooo much vitb6.

Anyway, I have a LP of about 10 days so started taking vitb6 (started with 50 mg then moved up to 100mg) and it increased my lp by about 2 days so worked wonders for me.

Still no BFP but at least my LP is closer to 'normal' now. x

 

[Sarah+]

Thanks TrixieLox That's encouraging. How long were you taking it before you saw a 2 day improvement?

DaisyDuke, could your B6 be 1000ug, rather than 1000mg?

Will do some more reading about LPD and see how long the wait is to get into my dr.

Thanks for your help

 

[loopylew]

i was initially taking 50mg then i incereased it to 100 and messed my cycle up altogether, Im trying Agnus Castus now.

 

[TrixieLox]

I think it has a different result for different people. I noticed a change in the first month of taking 50mg - it increased my LP by a day. This then went up to a 2-day increase when I upped to 100mg. It had quite a rapid affect on me. It's certainly the natural remedy that's recommended for increasing LP. I'm now on AC too so will be interesting to see how I get on with that too. x

 

[DaisyDuke]

Woah, 1k mg of vitb6 is loads DaisyDuke!!!!! You sure it's 1,000 and not 100? Gotta be careful honey, cos you can take tooooo much vitb6.

Anyway, I have a LP of about 10 days so started taking vitb6 (started with 50 mg then moved up to 100mg) and it increased my lp by about 2 days so worked wonders for me.

Still no BFP but at least my LP is closer to 'normal' now. x

just looked and it's 100mg

Wow, wonderful it increased ur by 2 days, i would be delighted with that, would take me to 10 days which is no reason for concerned.

How long did it take for u to get that improvment.

XXX

 

[Sarah+]

Thanks for your help everyone

I went off yesterday planning to buy some B6 but had troubles finding it, so decided to do ring doctor to see what the wait was to get in..... it's been three weeks inthe past but I managed to get an appointment for Saturday! So I'm just going to talk to her about it. She's pretty good, and I think I will ask for blood test to check hormone levels and about prog cream and B6.

Any suggestions for anything else I should ask on this topic?

 

[loopylew]

she needs to be checking your progesterone levels as short luteal phase is a sign of that, that test is different to the normal blood tests taken at any time in the month, the progesterone one has to be at a specific time x

 

[Sarah+]

Thanks Will ask about that

 

[loopylew]

my GP never did this test as she saw i was ovulating and didn't think she needed to, im gonna ask my consultant when we go back this month if he will do that as i think progesterone is my issue, if he won't take me seriously AGAIN im gonna buy cream and mioght buy progesterone tablets and see if they affect anything x

 

[Sarah+]

I'll let you know what my Dr says on Saturday

 

[Sarah+]

AN update...
Well, I went to see my dr today and she agrees my LPase is too short. She was really supportive and says it's a pretty easy thing to fix in most cases. I have to go back on CD21 and have a progesterone blood test. The results take less than 24hrs and if low (as she's certain they will be), I have a dose of progestone that day to stop AF coming on and give eggie a chance to implant. After two months of that, if not preg, she said we'll start a half dose of Clomid. I'm really happy that I have a plan