Luteal Phase Defect/Letrozole

Re: Luteal Phase Defect/Letrozole

• Saraevh member

  May 2013

  I also have luteal phase defect (8 or 9 day max after ovulation) and have been put on Clomid in the past so I'm not sure about the Letrozole,  however Clomid worked for me.    

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• TJ1979 member

  May 2013

  I could be wrong here, but my understanding was that letrozole will strengthen your ovulation, which increases your progesterone, which lengthens your LP.  So yes, letrozole would lengthen your LP.  GL.  I got pg using letrozole, but not for short LP.  I hope it works for you too.
  

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• new+tothis member

  May 2013

  I didn't get pregnant with it but I tried it with IUI. It did lengthen my LP. GL!
  

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• itsmevkb member

  May 2013

  I was prescribed clomid in an attempt to lengthen my LP but it didn't really work.  What did work was progesterone supplementation after I ovulated.  So, that is something else to consider if you try Femara and it still isn't lengethened enough.

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• IBackBevo member

  May 2013

  Saraevh:

  I also have luteal phase defect (8 or 9 day max after ovulation) and have been put on Clomid in the past so I'm not sure about the Letrozole,  however Clomid worked for me.    

  This for me, too.  My RE's theory was that a short LP was a sign of "weak O" and Clomid or Femara would make you have a stronger O.  To this day, I'm still not exactly sure what that means, but it worked so I'm not complaining. Also, I took progesterone during my LP.

  I have taken B6 before, too.  When I took it while TTC number 1, it did seem to lengthen my LP by about a day.  However, here recently when I took it, it didn't do anything.   

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• Dragonfly1226 member

  May 2013

  itsmevkb:

  I was prescribed clomid in an attempt to lengthen my LP but it didn't really work.  What did work was progesterone supplementation after I ovulated.  So, that is something else to consider if you try Femara and it still isn't lengethened enough.

  This for me too. I did not get pregnant until my second IVF cycle, but progesterone support was the only thing that helped lengthen my LP.

  
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• missvolvo member

  May 2013

  Yes, she also prescribed Crinone for after ovulation.  Thanks for the responses!!  

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