Cycle Length Changes

nswain85 · December 2013

Hey ladies,

I am in the home stretch of my 2ww and AF was due today if I am on a 28 day cycle. I have been on a 28 day cycle for as long as I can remember and for sure as long as I have been trying to get pregnant until last month which turned out to be a 30 day cycle. You're like clockwork til your not, huh?!

So I'm wondering if I should expect to keep my 30 day cycle going forward or assume it'll go back to 28 days... ?

Have you had cycle length changes ever go back to what they were before or did they tend to stay with the new length?

Thanks for the help!

jamjoyful · December 2013

Personally mine is anywhere from 24-28 days. It is typically around 24 but I always have random months!

TravelingCouple · December 2013

Cycle length changes could be a one time deal but cycles can also change for a while/permanently. My cycles were normally 28-30 days pre- BCP and now they're 40-45 post BCP so I guess that's my new "normal." I don't know if I'll ever go back to my shorter cycles. So yes, mine have changed in length.

KingLED · December 2013

I typically have 24-28 day cycles with a few 30+day cycles thrown in. I hadn't had a cycle over 28 days until the last year or so. You never know, that's why temping is so helpful.

vrj0522 · December 2013

My cycles were 42 days for about 5 years and then they changed and became anywhere between 35-42 days and then after I had my son, they've been anywhere between 28-39 days. Cycles can change at any time. If you are not temping, I would strongly recommend it. If you learn how long your luteal phase is, you can learn to predict when AF will come and when you might actually be "late". Otherwise you can't really know since you cannot pinpoint ovulation.

divinemsbee · December 2013

I range from 28-34 days, generally settling at the 30 day mark. I don't temp but do use OPKs and find that my period will show up 13-15 days after my +OPK (I use CBE Advanced). I do think temping or using OPKs takes a lot of guesswork out. I also do not test until a day after my average cycle length, I know some people don't test until a day after their longest cycle length. That works for me. I think it's perfectly normal to vary a few days, for example I would have told you a year ago that all of my cycles were the same length because I almost always started on the 3rd day of the month. Of course, when months start getting longer and shorter, that means your cycle shifts even if your period starts on the same day of the month.

Pintobean39 · December 2013

I'm just weird my cycles have been 28-29 days for two years except the cycle after my d&c and I'm sure it will be longer this time too since I had another d&c.

nswain85 · December 2013

This is all such great info, thanks so much everyone!

FrodaBaggins · December 2013

Mine vary from 28 (last month) to 34 to even as long as 38 a few times, but an average of 32. They've never really been a clockwork, regular thing so of course that adds to the general mind f#$% of the two-week wait because I never really know when I am "late"!

RayRay007 · December 2013

Mine is usually 26-27 days and switches back and forth between the two, with a few random 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, and 32 day cycles in there.

Belou52579 · December 2013

Mine have been, but are not limited to:
October: 35
September: 49
August: 32
June/July: 42

Sicheyanne · December 2013

I've always had a 30 day cycle. I've never had anything but that number. This month, however I'm on day 52. I keep getting negative tests as well. And of course, This is the one month I decided to take a break from temping. I have no idea what's going on. So yep "you're regular until your not".

jaytee16 · December 2013

In 16 cycles, most of mine were 31-34 days. Then I had a 50 day one, and a 27 day one thrown in there too. You're regular until you're not, which is why I like using OPKs and temping, at least then I know (or have a better idea) of what's going on.

Twinkie0612 · December 2013

My cycles after BCP were 27-29 days, then around month 15 I had a 32 day cycle and the next was 26. It is completely normal to have a "wacky" cycle occasionally, although I don't think a few days longer is enought to consider a cycle "wacky."

This cycle I didn't ovulate until CD 20, so I am guessing that it will be around 35 days. I am guessing my "later" ovulation is due to either my c/p or the fact that this is my first unmedicated cycle after two rounds of IVF.

janda426 · December 2013

Belou52579 said:
Mine have been, but are not limited to:
October: 35
September: 49
August: 32
June/July: 42

These look like my numbers. I'm 6 months post BC so I still blame it on that, but my cycles weren't regular before going on BC at 16.

ashie0610 · December 2013

My cycles changes after I had my son. I never paid that much attention before then, but pre-baby, I was all over the place with longish cycles - anywhere from 35-45 days.

My first post-partum period was 39 days long and since then my cycles have been consistently 29-33 days long. My LP is only 11 days now, so my suspicion is that it is shorter since giving birth but I probably still ovulate around the same time each cycle.

Ceridwen21 · December 2013

My cycles are between 29 and 37 days long.

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