My Luteal phase is DEFINITELY short

tinie · #1 June 27th, 2006, 03:17 PM

I was just looking at all my old charts and I'm sure of it now. The longest I found was 11 days. Anyhow, so I had no trouble getting pregnant with my DD and I'm worried that the dr. isn't going to take me seriously. Has anyone been in this situation and how did your dr. treat it? Were they willing to offer you the help? Or not?

KrissyJ · #2 June 27th, 2006, 03:55 PM

The Dr should take you seriously and if he doesn't find a new one. A lot of couples face whats called "secondary infertility" which is having problems conceiving after youve already had a child. He will hopefully look into it and do some testing for you!

Blue Eyes 409 · #3 June 27th, 2006, 04:21 PM

They should. I know a woman that had a baby and lost her in labor

and when she tried to get pregnant again she had a very hard time. Then she realised that was her problem as soon as the Dr saw what it was she was given Clomid and got her BFP the first cycle! If your Dr will not do anything then I would call another. Her Dr told her that with her Short LP even when the egg and sperm meet it did not have time to implant before AF came. Good Luck and keep us updated!

margo1973 · #4 June 29th, 2006, 12:28 PM

Your Dr. should take it seriously but he/she might want to do testing to confirm that you have a short luteal phase. I had a mc with my first pregnancy and started charting only to disclver that my luteal phase was short (9/10 days). I took my charts (3 months) to my Dr. and she agreed that my luteal phase was short and tested my progesterone on CD 21. The progesterone was low which confirmed the short luteal phase and I was prescribed Clomid. I got pregnant on the first cycle. I approached my Dr. at the beginning of January and was pregnant at the end of February.