If you have a luteal phase defect ...

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If you have a luteal phase defect ...
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Sat, 11-08-2008 - 8:05pm
Lilypie Lilypie

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Sun, 11-09-2008 - 12:26am

Thanks so much for posting this. Although it's just my third cycle off BCP and ttc, so far I've had a short LP each time. And with my first pregnancy, I had a great deal of bleeding very early on and I'm still amazed my baby hung in there (much like yours!).

I visited my OB/GYN for a routine pap last month and told her I was concerned about my short LP, and reminded her how things went with the bleeding in my first pregnancy. She told me that the minute I get a BFP, to see her and she would test my progesterone levels and give me supplements if necessary, just to be proactive. This already makes me feel so much better.

I couldn't agree with you more that we need to-- well, take charge of our fertility (lol)! Having a great OB/GYN helps so much too!

GL!
Nicole

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Sun, 11-09-2008 - 10:01am

Nicole,


I'm so glad that your doctor is so supportive and not blowing you off! That's definitely a good sign. :) I think there are a few things that are supposed to help with short luteal phases, like B vitamins and some other things. I never did them because I had a fertility consult scheduled, so I figured if I didn't get pregnant that last cycle, then the doctor would give me whatever I needed to fix the issue. But if you're not pregnant soon and still have the short LP, I'd probably ask for some help.


Good luck! :)


Camille


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Sat, 02-21-2009 - 9:19pm
hi......I have a short LP - it was 7 days, then 9 and now 10.
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Sun, 02-22-2009 - 10:31am

Since you know your LP, you must be tracking ovulation and trying to time BD, right? I would say other than that, I don't know of much you can do to lengthen your LP. But you can go on the June expecting club or July and look for a former member of the TTC board. Her name is Jenny and she had a short LP also and took some kind of herb or something, I can't remember, to lengthen her LP (And she got pregnant.) Her screen name is j8nny. She is due I think around July 1 so she frequents both boards.


I didn't do any of that, but I was taking prenatals and folic acid and I got pregnant. I had a lot of bleeding right before my BFP and ended up with a subchorionic hematoma and tear in the placenta because my lining starts to shed before the egg can get a firm grip on the uterus. (this happened with all three of my pregnancies because my LP is always short.)

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