I'm seeing my FS again (had hormone issues last time but fell naturally) and going to get my cycle tracked, but we're not trying for awhile so I was interested in what answers everyone had before I commit to tracking.
I know this thread is a wee bit old...
AJP - you concieved on a 21 day cycle? How did you know it was that short if you concieved and didn't have AF? Early O? I ask because my cycles are averaging 21 days and I thought they'd be too short to concieve (if I'm Oing it is very soon after AF). Trying to lengthen them, got to 23 days this cycle with Vitex and RRL tea and AF was 1.5 days. Totally left-field.
Sequoia - I heard short cycles can be from high eostrogen levels, more likely if the flo is heavy (not sure that this is true for me b/c AF is quite light). Also, I've heard smokers are more likely to have short cycles, something to do with the chemicals affecting follicular development.
I guess it all depends what end of your cycle has shortened, the FP or the LP- an immature egg or a short LP can both affect TTC. Your cycles haven't got worriesomely short though - 25 days is still considered normal, even 23
ps- when i was taking steroids (prednisone), even at a very low dose, it shortened my cycle right down to 12 days (and 8 day light bleeding yay). If you were very stressed, hypothetically I guess the same thing could happen. I spose b/c the cycles b/c anovulatory. Stress could also shorten your LP in principle. HTH
hun i was doing my temps and checking cm so by monitoring them found i was about to ovulate, i did ovulate on day 9, i'll try and paste my FF chart here for you...
The cycle DS 3 was conceived I O'd on CD 12. I was having 27 - 28 day cycles. I think my chart has disappeared into cyberspace now as I can't find it.
Before my first PG my cycles were about 30 - 36 days too but I was trying to regulate them using vitex which worked well. I did have a few textbook 28 day cycles for the first time in my life off BCP.
I think the important part of a short cycle is knowing the length of the leutal phase. If that is shorter than 9 days then it can't sustain the fertilised egg long enough. So if you're Oing sooner but having a 14 day LP (as I was) then it doens't really matter if your cycle is short IYKWIM.
Last edited by ~Raven~; May 2nd, 2009 at 10:09 AM.
thanks heaps for sharing your charts AJP, I feel much better. Especially since you got a BFP on one of those cycles! My last cycle I think I O'd CD9 but can't be sure. My temps don't rise a lot.
Amazing to see there is such a variation to what is normal...
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