Vitamin B6 - Lengthen luteal phase or increase progesterone

[Crissie]

Hi All!

Habitat have you got a link to your charts? My luteal phase is also very short (6-7 days) so interested to see how you go. How many dpo are you now?

I upped my maca dose because there is another girl on here who fixed her 6 day luteal phase by taking 3000mg maca a day. I feel fantastic!!!!! If this stuff wasn't so pricey I would take it all the time regardless of TTC! DH said he looked at the label and it has the same ingredients as viagra in it. This true?? (and how does he know the ingredients of viagra?!)

Glad to hear everyone has such positive vibes! We all seem to go up and down with our emotions here! Haha!!

That's so funny! Your DH is very clued up hey What dose where you on before? And how long did it take for you to feel a difference?

I wonder if my AF not showing yet is because of the Maca I've been taking?

 

[~MrsF~]

Hey Crissie! :wave:
I was on 1500mg starting on CD1 til about CD5, and for the last few days I've been taking 3000mg. Last night I actually got some creamy and a tiny bit of EWCM, on CD7!! Was only a small amount but am usually really dry this early on (sorry for TMI!).

Thats great your temps are staying up, have you tested? Spotting might be implantation spotting, I've read it can go on for several days. Your LP is getting longer!

Really really hoping for an improvement this month, I was pretty depressed after another 6-7 day luteal phase. If I get another one this month think I will be heading to the docs to see what they say.

for you all in the TWW!

 

[Crissie]

Merry, looking at your May chart I would say you O-ed on CD28 or CD29 but I'm no chart reading pro. They often like you to have one temp rise towards your shift then your spike/temp above your coverline. I know it's weird. Have a look at my chart this month, I would have chosen CD15 as my O day but FF said it was CD14.

Have you tried changing your tuner to Fam or Research on FF for your May chart to see if it shows you a diff O date?

Anyway looks like it could mean you have a 8/9 day LP so I would say if AF has not shown by Sat why not test? Especially since you want to enjoy the Rugby Don't mean to fan that flame though sorry....

Anyway I think if AF doesn’t show overnight I’ll test tomorrow morning.

Gosh I HATE all this speculation why can't TTC be an EXACT science????

 

[Crissie]

girls hope you all ok just waiting the week out til sunday really hoping that af witch doesnt show up

Hey inkdchick - stay away!

 

[Crissie]

Hey Crissie! :wave:
I was on 1500mg starting on CD1 til about CD5, and for the last few days I've been taking 3000mg. Last night I actually got some creamy and a tiny bit of EWCM, on CD7!! Was only a small amount but am usually really dry this early on (sorry for TMI!).

Thats great your temps are staying up, have you tested? Spotting might be implantation spotting, I've read it can go on for several days. Your LP is getting longer!

Really really hoping for an improvement this month, I was pretty depressed after another 6-7 day luteal phase. If I get another one this month think I will be heading to the docs to see what they say.

for you all in the TWW!

WOW, maybe when I get my next batch of capsules I'll take 3000mg. At the mo I'm taking 2000mg. Haven't felt too much of a diff. I'm making DH take them too.

Don't you find taking all these vits is such a pain, I have like 8 tabs/caps to take a day and it takes 2 glasses of water to get them all down. The Maca capsules are so light they tend to get stuck halfway.
And by the time I get to work I'm bursting from all the water!

I'm taking EPO to help increase my CM but I'm not sure it's done much and I was reading another thread where one of the girls was saying how it can affect your hormones?? They're already screwed up, don't want them worse. Maybe I should stop with the EPO?

BTW How have the headaches been?

I'm hoping you LP extends with all the vits!

 

[~MrsF~]

I probably shouldn't have really talked up that CM i got its only really really minimal. But definitely a difference. I still have really mild headache but thats because I was bad and took double dose of Vit B again. I just really want to be fixed

So i feel weird, I am full of energy and feeling great from the maca (I think) but with a mild headache from Vit B (I think).

I know what you mean about taking the pills. I take mine during my lunch break. Hope no one's noticed because they would probably think I have a terminal illness or something!

 

[Crissie]

We do have a terminal illness it's called TTC!

The lenghths we'll go too

That dose of Maca sounds awsome lol - Are you high on Maca?

 

[~MrsF~]

We do have a terminal desease it's called TTC!

The lenghths we'll go too

That dose of Maca sounds awsome lol - Are you high on Maca?

Haha I think so thats kinda what I feel like!!!

I know DH was laughing his head off at me the other day when I took a bottle of pills out of my bag.. then another bottle.. then ANOTHER bottle haha!! He thought I was an absolutely fruitloop!

 

[lisaf]

I finally had to cave and get on of those Sun-Sat pill sorters! And there were times all my pill didn't fit! I was up to 7 in the morning and another 6 during the day with some of my chinese herbs!
I've always had trouble getting the giant horse pills down.. a little worse right now though, lol.

Mrs F - you cracked me up with that viagra thing !!!
I remember reading way back in this thread that some girls did better on 50mg than on 100mg.. .the resident expert who was a fount of knowledge back in the early days of the thread was actually cutting her tabs and taking 75mg a day I think...
So try and restrain yourself! more isn't always better, sometimes less is.

Crissie- chart is looking good!!! It would be super awesome if it resulted in a BFP! Don't want to get your hopes too high, but would love a bump buddy!
I hope the witch stays away!

Merry - your chart is still looking good.. I bet you'd love to see it go super high above that cover line, right? I hated hovering right above it!

Inkdchick - good luck!!
(hope I didn't miss anyone)

 

[Merry]

So had stomach cramps this afternoon, i think not a good sign never held much hope for this cycle any way. I think AF is on her way and that means a lp of 7 days which isn't good. I'm hoping that seeing the doc next month will help. Get some clomid which seems to help out a lot of women like our Lisaf here.

I think you should def. Test tomorrow Cris, fx for you. Your previous charts the temp never stayed up high so long so some thing is working for you, so if no bfp tomorrow I think it will come in the next few cycles

Inkdchick hope you get stood up Sunday

 

[Merry]

Mrs F, if your getting fertile CM, no matter how little it's time to get BD. Have fun
really hope that you lp increases but if it doesn't I think a trip to the docs is a good idea.
Fx for you

 

[lisaf]

Merry - I'm not sure if docs will give you clomid if you've been off BCP less than 6 months.. can't remember if you recently came off or not?

 

[habitat]

Hi All!

Habitat have you got a link to your charts? My luteal phase is also very short (6-7 days) so interested to see how you go. How many dpo are you now?

I upped my maca dose because there is another girl on here who fixed her 6 day luteal phase by taking 3000mg maca a day. I feel fantastic!!!!! If this stuff wasn't so pricey I would take it all the time regardless of TTC! DH said he looked at the label and it has the same ingredients as viagra in it. This true?? (and how does he know the ingredients of viagra?!)

Glad to hear everyone has such positive vibes! We all seem to go up and down with our emotions here! Haha!!

Hi,

I've put a link to my chart in my signature. There isn't much there though, just the tail end of this cycle as I only started to chart this month. I'm either 7/8dpo, so if I make it to 9dpo I'll be pleased as that's almost double the past couple of months.

I've never heard of maca... same ingredients as viagra you say? Sounds like good stuff

 

[lisaf]

habitat... WOW thats one impressive spike! Are you sure you didn't just O on cd25? You can get a positive OPK that means your body geared up but didnt ovulate.... then get another positive and actually ovulate.

since we don't have your full cycle in there, its possible your temps have all been post-ovulatory in which case maybe thats a triphasic chart?
Your temps on days 21-25 look pre-ovulatory to me.

 

[habitat]

habitat... WOW thats one impressive spike! Are you sure you didn't just O on cd25? You can get a positive OPK that means your body geared up but didnt ovulate.... then get another positive and actually ovulate.

since we don't have your full cycle in there, its possible your temps have all been post-ovulatory in which case maybe thats a triphasic chart?
Your temps on days 21-25 look pre-ovulatory to me.

I was thinking my chart looked a bit weird, so you could be right. I had all the signs of ovulation on cd20 - ewcm, cramps, +opk. I've never been so late though, even CD20 is late for me. I'll be interested to see how my temps look in the next few days.

 

[lisaf]

I had a late O on my June cycle.
Cant' wait to see how your chart/cycle turns out!

 

[678star-bex]

lovely to hear from you lisaf. pls keep poppoing in as u know sooo much!

i am tempted to take maca. thanks mrs F! think i will give this cycle a go with b vit complex & preconception capsule.

i just wanted to update evryone that after one month with b vits has increased lp by 1.5 days but would also like to point out that the witch's visit stayed longer this month. do u think the b vits help with the lining & make it thicker or something? should i be excited?

crissie inkdchick - how r things any signs?

 

[lisaf]

I think thats a good sign starbex! The lining thickens during the LP so a longer LP means thicker lining!

 

[678star-bex]

thank u i thought what a pain ts longer but i suppose its ready to carry bubs and rich in nutrients? yay thank u. how r u? u changed your status.

 

[lisaf]

yeah, changed my status with the 2nd blood test. I can sit here and be afraid of jinxing it, or I can enjoy it... I opted to enjoy it! I won't put on a ticker until at least next week though, maybe not until the ultrasound in 2 weeks.
I'm fine, not feeling much of anything one way or the other.