second.time
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Hi everyone! I'm trying for my second kid, just ended my second cycle of trying with what seems to be a chemical pregnancy (positive test on the day I started my period).
A CP would be disappointing enough, but I'm also upset because I saw that I ovulated on CD 12 (temps/OPK/CM) and this was a 22-day cycle with spotting the day before AF. That puts me at a 9/10 day luteal phase, which is apparently ... not great.
I know my cycles are short and irregular. Often 24/25 days, but sometimes 22/23. I just figured I was ovulating earlier on those cycles (for example, on a 22-day cycle, I thought I must be ovulating on CD 10). Last month, I was only tracking CM and put ovulation at CD 12, and I had a nice 25-day cycle with no spotting.
My question: should I assume that I have a 10-day luteal phase? Since this is my first month of verifying O with OPKs/temps, should I wait a few more months? Is it possible that the chemical pregnancy just messed things up and I would have had a longer cycle if I hadn't conceived?
Thank you! Trying to stay optimistic about this.
A CP would be disappointing enough, but I'm also upset because I saw that I ovulated on CD 12 (temps/OPK/CM) and this was a 22-day cycle with spotting the day before AF. That puts me at a 9/10 day luteal phase, which is apparently ... not great.
I know my cycles are short and irregular. Often 24/25 days, but sometimes 22/23. I just figured I was ovulating earlier on those cycles (for example, on a 22-day cycle, I thought I must be ovulating on CD 10). Last month, I was only tracking CM and put ovulation at CD 12, and I had a nice 25-day cycle with no spotting.
My question: should I assume that I have a 10-day luteal phase? Since this is my first month of verifying O with OPKs/temps, should I wait a few more months? Is it possible that the chemical pregnancy just messed things up and I would have had a longer cycle if I hadn't conceived?
Thank you! Trying to stay optimistic about this.