thread: Light & short period - hindering conception??

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  1. #1
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jun 2008
    In snuggle land
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    Looking at your last cycle, I'd say you had a very short LP. The lining wouldn't have had time to build up.
    I suggest getting some basic blood tests. Get one at CD3 to test estrogen and FHS.
    If your estrogen levels aren't high enough, the egg usually isn't great, meaning the corpus luteum isn't great, therefore you don't produce enough progesterone, therefore lining isn't great, therefore implantation is difficult....etc.
    Also get one at 7DPO or CD21 to test for ovulation.

    GL

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Sep 2006
    Perth
    4,516

    Tash - YES my last LP was very short so I guess that makes sense as to why I would be having such a light period now. Back in high school I used to take the extra little estrogen pills to make my cycle longer as I has bleeding every 2 weeks even tho I was on the pill???
    Hmmm I wasnt really planning on seeing the doctor this cycle, was going to go through one more and see what this one does. But I don't really want to waste another cycle if its not going to happen anyway. I know I am ovulating cause I got a very strong positive OPK.
    Should I go no to see a doctor or wait one more cycle and see how it goes?

    Does having a thinner lining now mean that my next period will be light too or does the lining build up during the course of your cycle? Oh you cant see on my chart link, but I have a chem pg on the cycle before last. Could this have any effect on my current estrogren/progesterone levels?

    Oh and what is FHS?