Hi Elissa,

I am a long time sufferer of long cycles - apart from the time when I was on the BCP to mask them of course!!! I can be anything from 28 days to 6 months!

I have PCO/S - so that is the reason for mine but I have managed to have 2 spontaneous pregnancies - although one didn't stick.

My DS was concieved on about a 60 day cycle - some I have seen Drs still don't believe that this is possible (some believe long cycles are likely to be anovulatory - NOT TRUE!!!) and I made one quiet well known and respected FS look really stupid :nana: because I was actually pregnant (I found out a week later!) when she said I was very unlikely to concieve because all the tests I had were showing that I was not ovulating. I was coming up to that non successful TTC 12 month mark. Medical theory cannot explain everything.

I am trying acupuncture to regulate my cycles. My last cycle was a longish one - 40 days - even with the acupuncture. I think I may have actually O'd twice - or tried to O twice during this cycle - which may explain why it was longish - yep, I had 2 patches of EWCM too but ignored the second lot because I thought it was just some extra stuff coming before AF or the BFP - stupid me .

I originally I had expectations that acupuncture was going to make me normal and I'd have beautiful 28 to 30 day cycles with O happening around CD14 to 16 - but no, it doesn't work like that. As it was originally explained to me it helps your body do what it naturally needs to do. I am now just trying to accept that I my O will never come according to a "perfect" timetable - I am a freak - but I knew that anyway!! I am taking it as a message that the are many things in life that just cannot be scheduled for me - TTC being one of them.

I have had long cycles before where I have attempted to O as shown on a ultrasound - didn't quite get there because the BT showed that I hadn't - didn't get AF and then O'd normally a couple of weeks later - so I know that "normally" for me can be freakish! I am trying to bury the idea that one ovulation per cycle is normal - because from what I have been reading - that is not necessarily true for everyone and medicine needs to catch up a bit.

I find that CM really is the best indicator for me of whether I am O'ing - I am just going to have to not ignore it if it happens more than once in my cycle - poor DH is going to be tired!! TMI - but also cervix position seems to be a useful guide too but I am still working this one out for me!

You may want to have an ultrasound to check whether or not you have PCO because this might explain the longish cycle. This doesn't mean that you can't concieve naturally - you have already proven that you can do that!! It might just take a bit longer for you - just because mathematically you have less chances over the same time period compared to someone who has shorter cycles.

I guess what I really want to say is - I know how frustrating TTC can be with long cycles. I think the best thing is getting to know your body, what it is doing and work out what might work best for you.

ATM I am going to stick with the acupuncture - it is giving me some good insights into how I work.

All the best for the BFP soon, for all of us - or I might have to make up some more stupid ditties!
TICKLISH