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fertility issues you overcame to get pregnant!

pat7638pat7638 member
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Hi ladies.....Have been lurking and trying to gather all any any informatio I can get re ingarding my issues.  I have a 2 year old and conveived and carried her  any additional intervention.   My issue is very short luteal... phase 6 and sometimes 7 days.    Blessedly I conceived her after 3 months of trying..  We desperately are trying for #2 and I am 36 years old and having no success.     Same luteal phase but ob put me on progesterone post ovulation which is extended to 10 days.

I will try another 2 cycles and then going to start with an RE.   Have you become pregnant with short luteal and progesterone did the trhis hick.....I am so nervous and hope this can result in a BFP...Thanks for any and all replies.

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  • pat7638pat7638 member
    I apologize but I meant conceived and carried her without any additional medical intervention.
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  • IBackBevoIBackBevo member
    I had DOR with a short LP. I have had as short as 3 days. Never longer than 10 or 11 except when pregnant. Typical one was about 9 days. Different REs I have been to had different theories on the short LP. One said was a sign of a weak O...I am not even sure exactly what that means...and prescribed to the theory that if you had a "strong O" it would fix the problem. Again, I don't even know exactly what he meant by that other than maybe he meant if the egg matured properly and the corpus luteum was adequate, the problem would take care of itself. I insisted on progesterone nonetheless and conceived with clomid plus iui plus progesterone.

    This time I was not doing art but was taking a bunch of supplements. I was not on progesterone this time and my levels were normal at my first blood draw so I have not been supplemented. So, obviously, it is possible to get pregnant with a short lp without progesterone. But at the point they are typically only 6 to 7 days, I think I would be looking for some progesterone support...

    With all of the above said, with both my pregnancies, I implanted very early. I don't know if that is the reason they were successful (maybe they burrowed in before progesterone could drop) or if this is a sign that my LP is short because my body does things a little quicker. I don't think there is a way to know....

    Some people length their LPs naturally with b6. Never did much for me.
    IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
    2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
    BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
    Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
    BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014

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  • IBackBevoIBackBevo member
    Also, have you had cd 3 and 7 dpo testing done? Although, I suppose 7 dpo is pointless if you are already menstruating by then...obviously your progesterone would be low.
    IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
    2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
    BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
    Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
    BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014

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  • amandaleigh1amandaleigh1 member
    I had a short LP - about 9-10 days. then I did acupuncture and herbs and got it as long as 12 days. However, this did not get me KU. I also have endometriosis. I had surgery to clear it up. Still did not get KU. I did IVF, did a single embryo transfer, had DS. Apparently I just needed to get sperm to meet egg outside my body.Hopefully, progesterone supplementation is all you need. I think if you have access and the means to do herbs and acu with someone who is trained in fertility TCM, that certainly could help as well. If anything that may help egg quality.

    IVF #1 ET 1 d3 embryo 10/30/11 BFP
    3 Embryos frozen (1 d5, 2 d6)

    DS born 07/29/12

    FET #1 ET 1 d5 embryo 02/10/15 BFN

    FET #2 1 d6 embryo didn't survive thaw, transferred last d6. CP :(

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  • itsmevkbitsmevkb member

    Our situation started sort of like yours.  I got pregnant fairly easily with our first and with no medical intervention.  Having our second was a different story.  I did try progesterone to lengthen my lp, which worked, but didn't work to get me pregnant.  I moved onto clomid which also didn't help me to get pregnant.  Once we saw a RE my husband had a sperm analysis and we were shocked to find out that he had borderline count and motility and 0% morphology.  One doctor told us we'd never have a child and was then shocked to find out we already had one.  We tried two IUIs with no success and then did IVF and had success.

    I also had testing done and my tubes were clear, but my age was a small issue, I was 36 at the time.  My fsh was okay but my antral follicle count was low and I was a horrible responder to meds.  At the time they weren't testing amh so I don't know what that was.

    Despite our struggles with our second, I did go on to conceive naturally again, twice.  I miscarried one of those pregnancies but do have an almost one-year old at home who was not just conceived without medical intervention, but while using condoms and at age 40.  So, crazy things happen!

    I'll be hoping for the best for you but if you do end up seeing a RE it's not the end of the world.  There is hope.

    Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12

    Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck.  Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.

    This Cluttered Life

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