Short luteal phase

Is there anything I can do to lengthen my luteal phase?

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Speak to your doctor about getting progesterone prescribed. X

There are lots of foods and supplements which can help if you look online. Acupuncture has also lengthened mine by 2 days after 2 months of treatment x

Heyy, I really worried about this when trying for my second!
My first I fell pregnant first cycle off the pill but on TTC my second I realised I had a 9 day luteal phase- I took B vitamins and high dose vitamin C but it didn’t really help lengthen it.
I ended up falling pregnant 4th cycle and had a perfectly healthy pregnancy, currently curled up next to a sleeping 6 month old baby boy. Apparently research is lacking in this area and for many women shorter luteal phases do not cause TTC struggles- I hope this is the case for you too!

Just to add My friend has a 9 day luteal Phase and is currently pregnant with her 2nd so try not to worry too much x

I had a 6 day luteal phase and thought I never had a chance. Have my 4 week old daughter with me now conceived naturally - I took Coq10, vitamins and ate the right foods/ no caffeine and limited alcohol x

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One and done… or not?

32ftm. I’m starting to feel so much pressure to have another baby soon as I wean from breastfeeding so they can be close in age and be friends, but I don’t feel ready for pregnancy and newborn trenches again 😭 my husband and I are all we’ve got. Having just one baby without a village has been really tough. Am I being unrealistic wanting another one soon?

I'm so not meant to be a mother.

My kids won't listen to me get into stuff when they know they aren't supposed to. Telling me no all the time. Only listen to their dad. Laughs when I correct them. I spend most of my time yelling at them because they don't want to listen to me at all. My husband said that I shouldn't have kids. And I am believing him on it. I was never meant to be a mother now. I won't hurt my kids I just want to disappear and make everyone else's lives better without me.

Baby #2??

I really want baby number 2 and am thinking of doing it via IUI as a solo mama!
Has anyone had any experiences with it 👀

Tests

So I had a blood test at the drs bc I keep getting positive tests when the blood test was negative what could this mean? Hubby says the tests are negative and said he can’t see anything. Negative image down below.

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.