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First, congrats on deciding to TTC! :)
I just want to ask are there other reasons you are worried? I guess I don't really understand what you have posted is cause of such great concern? Is it because you think a "regular" cycle should be 28 days ovulating on day 14? Because I can assure you that is NOT the case.
My average cycles are 36 days long and I usually don't ovulate till day 26-27. Some cycles have gone up to 40 days.
So I wouldn't worry just yet if you have no medical cause for concern and have not been TTC yet.
@wsapple: Where you on bc and just recently went off? If so it can take almost a year in some cases to get your cycles to even out.
With that said, I just got pregnant and found out on day 57 of my cycle(I'm a little extreme). Everyone is different and very few woman are 28 days. Many of the fertility websites say you are in the normal range as long as your cycle isn't any longer than 45 days.
I'm worried that maybe LP is too short, and possible MCs. I know it could be absolutely nothing and maybe I'm just an anxious person! It's just weird since my cycle has always been 32 days, like clockwork, and it's suddenly getting wonky--the cycle before I started actually charting was only 28 days (short for me), then 34, now possibly over that), plus the late cycle O...
@mwitter80: I got off BCP 2 years ago.
Thanks for the pep talk, though. :) I know there's no real reason to get nervous yet, but those charts were not as much of a relief (that I'm normal!) as I hoped they'd be! Hearing that others' were irregular too does help, though.
Are you coming off BC? If so your cycles may not be as exact as they were on it and it takes time. Unless you have other medical issues, I really would not worry about infertility.
@MissGreen: Not recently. I stopped a little over 2 years ago. I'm partly worried because I'm a little older and sometimes I think I might have waited too long. :(
TTC makes us all anxious! :)
Since this is not typical for you I would try to not worry that much. I know, easier said than done. Honestly, my LP are NEVER 14 days and I was a bit worried about that as well. It could also be bc you know you're really thinking about TTC that mentally it's screwing with your cycle as well. It's crazy how our mind can affect our cycles.
But here I am, after 9 cycles and almost 3 months pregnant. :)
Chart for a couple more cycles before you get too concerned about the LP. If it's still shorter than you like you can still talk to your OB. Not all ladies who see a specialist end up having to go the IF route.
My advice is not to worry until you need to. I had very wacky cycles for an entire year after coming off the BCP. I started charting and charted for 9+ month before TTC. Some months I O'd in a "normal" time frame... earliest maybe on CD 17.. and some months I had extremely extremely delayed ovulation... one time into CD30's. My average was always right around CD21-CD25 in a 35-40 day cycle. I got pregnant on the first attempt and am quite certain that stress was contributing to my irregular cycles/delayed O.
@wsapple: This post sounds just like I wrote it myself. Normal 32 day cycles until 3 months ago and they went to 36, 59 and 45. I also have a short LP (at least I think I do based on OPKs and my current cycle). I think charting and using OPks will help calm your fears, I know that they have with me. Although I don't have the standard cycle I was hoping for at least I am arming myself with a wealth of knowledge for my doc for if/when we decide to seek medical intervention. Just "winging it" doesn't cut it as you get older. I am 35.
@mwitter80: 34. I know it's not that old, but sometimes it feels like it when I read about how much fertility drops off in your 30s.
@AvantLaLettre: Maybe I just haven't been charting long enough to see averages/worry less. The only one I've charted to completion was a 9-day LP which seemed short, and since O was so late this month I don't anticipate a much longer LP.
@xtatic1: Yes, we're in the same boat!
Okay, thank you for your advice! I will just try to chill out and hope things normalize a bit!
@wsapple: I'm kinda in the same boat. I'm 41, waiting for TTC approval after 2nd myo, and our insurance pays not a nickel for fertility issues. If you are in your late 30s setup an appt now w/ your GYN. You long cycle could be due to stress or a health issue but you won't know until you start all of the tests. Your GYN can always send you to a RE who can bill your insurance for tests that have to do w/ GYN issues.
In my case, I knew I would have IF issues but as soon as DH and I decided we were getting married, I went to my GYN. I had my successful surgery 2 months after our wedding. I know its scary but I know several friends who had to deal w/ unexplained IF issues and are the parents today because of their persistent. Yes, it meant taking out loans but a child is priceless.(That is until they sneak off in your classic car. Boy am I in trouble as a Parent)
Good Luck and join the Infertility thread for support.
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(This is not my usual screenname, by the way; I just didn't want to come out with the fact that we're going to be TTC soon... please forgive me! :)
So I've been charting for two cycles even though we won't be TTC until around the holidays (mostly to get used to it, and also because I was afraid I might be ovulating too late in my cycle--I would get what I thought were O cramps so late in my cycle sometimes that I thought they might actually be PMS-related--and I was hoping I'd get confirmation that I wasn't), and I'm starting to get really worried--last month I ovulated on day 25 (of 34, which was my longest cycle ever), and this month on day 27 (I'd be amazed if I have a 37 day cycle). My health insurance won't cover any IF treatments, so I don't know if I should try to talk to my doctor, and I'm not even sure yet that this will be a problem (although it certainly looks bad). Any advice, or anyone able to talk me down?