Vitamin B6 - Lengthen luteal phase or increase progesterone

[lisaf]

yeah, they recommend your daily vitamin C dose while pregnant be something like below 1000mg(mcg? not sure which is the standard unit of measure)
But that includes all your food sources too.

 

[Kitten]

I'm up to CD30/12DPO here so 4 days on last months pitiful cycle attempt

 

[wantingababy7]

Thanks Lisa. Seems every bcomplex vitamin I look at has vitamin C in it. I would just feel better if it had none in it at all.

 

[GillAwaiting]

Fertility friend doenst think I have ovulated but I think I have. Who is right? The vitamin B seems to have changed my cycle yet again

 

[roopachoo]

Positive OPK yay Gill!!!!! And watery CM? Looks good. I think the B Vits can make temps a bit yoyo-ish.. Do you have a clear thermal shift?

Dreaming4ever congratulations!!

I took 3000mg of Vit C last cycle to induce my period and it worked. 1000mg is recommended for pregnancy, bur I'd take it in two separate doses of 500mg maybe?

 

[GillAwaiting]

Positive OPK yay Gill!!!!! And watery CM? Looks good. I think the B Vits can make temps a bit yoyo-ish.. Do you have a clear thermal shift?

Dreaming4ever congratulations!!

I took 3000mg of Vit C last cycle to induce my period and it worked. 1000mg is recommended for pregnancy, bur I'd take it in two separate doses of 500mg maybe?

I think my excitement was short lived. My temps usually shoot up and was expecting them to do that today but they didnt. Could be something called a sloping rise. Just when I thought the B Vits had finally settled down!

 

[lisaf]

FF usually takes 3 days to detect ovulation... they need 3 high temps.

 

[GillAwaiting]

FF usually takes 3 days to detect ovulation... they need 3 high temps.

Thank you so much! I was starting to freak out a little and now that you say it you are absolutely right. I was away from the internet at this time last month and put in a few days temps together and babyonbrain has made me forget about life beyond a month ago.


My chart is still bonkers, huge dip before what I feel is ovulation. That's new, b vits are doing something this month. Will better now though about ovulation and wont panic for another few days.

 

[lisaf]

lol, if you're worried you can play around and add a day or two of temps and see if it detects anything just dont forget to remove the fake temps!!

 

[roopachoo]

lol, if you're worried you can play around and add a day or two of temps and see if it detects anything just dont forget to remove the fake temps!!

Haha I was ALWAYS doing that!!

Babyonthebrain tell me about it... I haven't done any proper work since I got my positive OPK!! And that was over three weeks ago Need to focus...

 

[GillAwaiting]

lol, if you're worried you can play around and add a day or two of temps and see if it detects anything just dont forget to remove the fake temps!!

Thank you for the suggestion, it worked a treat! I just stuck in one more temp and away she went. For some strange reason those red ovulation day lines bring me comfort.

 

[lisaf]

Hey, I loved putting those numbers in ahead of time.. I'd try the same temp as the day before, a little lower, a little higher... so that way I'd know about what my temp needed to be on that 3rd day so that as soon as my thermometer beeped, I'd know for sure I'd have my lines on FF
Obsessive? Who me?

 

[~MrsF~]

Hey all

Just quick update - i went to the docs to talk about my day 21 blood test. This doctor was really nice! She said my progesterone was low, and she wants to repeat the test for two months and if it is still low then she will refer me to FS, Feel good that I have a plan of action now. She also said I could get a SA for hubby but this is what I am most worried about, I don't think I could handle it if something came up abnormal for him too.

 

[lisaf]

Hey Mrs F - you might want to get the SA done anyway... because they may require it if you go to a specialist and I've had friends on here who got put back a cycle on trying just because of the SA results.
Think of it like reassurance that he's all good to go.
I did 2 clomid rounds without having the SA done, and every month it was a BFN, I looked at him out of the corner of my eye, wondering if it was him, lol!

Do you know what your progesterone # was?
(they usually like to see a minimum of 30... women who don't ovulate usually have a 1 or a 2)

SO glad your doctor is on top of this and not dismissive of low progesterone results like some are!

 

[Allie84]

Lisa, they want to see progesterone at 30!?!?! I had 9.6 and the doctor said it was fine for a non pregnancy cycle. I do keep seeing reference to higher numbers though and I'm really worried about my progesterone.

I'm taking a B Vit complex this cycle so hoping it helped, but my post ov temps are still quite low. I'm also taking soy and hoping that would help the progesterone.

 

[~MrsF~]

Thanks lisaf, my prog level was 19, so quite low. Getting the tests repeated the next two months then referral after that (wonder how long it will take to see someone after the referral - will I have to wait awhile for the appointment?) Hubby said he was going to get the SA sorted and let me know the results. I am nervous because my sister and brother in law had issue with ovulation and male factor and my sister in law right from the start has been going on about my hubby getting an SA in case its genetic. It almost feels like she wants us to fail! But hubbys other brother has 2 kids so he must be fine.

 

[~MrsF~]

Hi Alli84 I think it depends where you are. UK uses a different unit of measurement. (UK is where I am) If you are in US I think your levels are good.

 

[~MrsF~]

Lisaf thats so funny you used to look at hubby out of the corner of your eye - haha I would be the same!! Glad he was all ok xx

 

[wantingababy7]

Does anyone know if B6/B complex should be increased while taking blood pressure meds?

 

[lisaf]

Lisa, they want to see progesterone at 30!?!?! I had 9.6 and the doctor said it was fine for a non pregnancy cycle. I do keep seeing reference to higher numbers though and I'm really worried about my progesterone.

I'm taking a B Vit complex this cycle so hoping it helped, but my post ov temps are still quite low. I'm also taking soy and hoping that would help the progesterone.

If you're in the US/Canada, the normal level is 10... its all the same they just use a different unit of measurement in the UK