stupid person question, luteal phase consistency

flyliceandcoffee · November 2014

You all have way more knowledge and experience with this kind of stuff which made me curious. From what I've read, although the length of the luteal phase can vary person to person, but it generally stays the same for any one person. Have you found this to be true? As in, is it always the same number of days between ovulation and AF showing up? Or, does it sometimes vary by a a couple days or more? Also, if you do see your temp drop before AF shows up, does the day it drops stay consistent as well? Last month was the first full month of temping so I have an idea of what my luteal phase length is, but I'm not sure if I should expect the same thing this time or not (don't want to get hopes up or anything crazy like that)

tlc35 · November 2014

Mine is fairly consistent, between 11-13 days. And for me when my temp drops I either start my period that day or the following day. I have seen charts where the temp drop is a day or two after AF but that has never happened to me.

flyliceandcoffee · November 2014

thanks @tlc35

kelley72 · November 2014

Yes, mine stays very similar at 14-15 days. I have had one odd lp length at 13 days Edit to add the 13 day lp cycle was the cycle after my chemical pregnancy so ?that affected my cycle.

flyliceandcoffee · November 2014

thanks @kelley72

WinoGrrl · November 2014

I'm a newbie at this charting stuff too - the first 2 cycles I made it to 14 DPO, this last one I only made it to 10DPO. I could probably be a weirdo in that respect though. wouldn't surprise me.

flyliceandcoffee · November 2014

thanks ladies, you guys are awesome. here's to hoping my body acts like yours does!

MySallyGirl · November 2014

My doctor told me a normal luteal phases doesn't vary more than 2 days in length.

C_Girlie · November 2014

LP generally stAy the same every cycle. I think most doctors like it to be at least 12 or more days long. I'm just short a day @11 :-/

emsmama15 · November 2014

When I was TTC the first time, my LP was consistently 13-14 days. Since trying again, it was 11 days until I went on birth control. This is my first cycle trying again and I'll be on progesterone, so who knows what will happen.

TripMomma · November 2014

My averages are 13-15 days, though I did have 2 cycles that were only 11 for some reason.

gscoville · November 2014

flyliceandcoffee said:

You all have way more knowledge and experience with this kind of stuff which made me curious. From what I've read, although the length of the luteal phase can vary person to person, but it generally stays the same for any one person. Have you found this to be true? As in, is it always the same number of days between ovulation and AF showing up? Or, does it sometimes vary by a a couple days or more? Also, if you do see your temp drop before AF shows up, does the day it drops stay consistent as well? Last month was the first full month of temping so I have an idea of what my luteal phase length is, but I'm not sure if I should expect the same thing this time or not (don't want to get hopes up or anything crazy like that)

My LP has varied by as much as 5 days or more - when we first started TTC and I was charting it was pretty consistently 11-12 days, then months after my loss it jumped to 15-18 days over about 6 months, then it kind of settled around 14-15 days. As for temps, I've experienced the range - sometimes my temp drop was the day I got my period, sometimes it was 2 or 3 days before my period, sometimes it was a day or two after my period.

Truly, charting should never be analyzed to try to predict pregnancy, that's not what it's for - it's for pinpointing ovulation so that you have the best chance possible every cycle and nothing more. It's most definitely NOT meant to try to read signs and symptoms of pregnancy into. The prettiest charts can end up BFN, just as the ugliest charts can be BFP. I've had both and everything in between in my two years of charting, supposed implantation dips and triphasic temps with longer LPs that gave me false hope, ugly charts that looked a mess, etc. As a matter of fact, my loss BFP chart was probably one of my absolute ugliest. I'm telling you this as a very experienced charter, keep your expectations of charting to pinpointing ovulation and be happy when that is accomplished, as it's what charting is meant to do - it took me a long time to learn this, I wish someone had told me much sooner as it would have saved a lot of heartache and chart obsessing!

Radiantly · November 2014

Love the above post. I am also an experienced charter almost 2 years and DEFINITELY do not read into it. Implantation dip is a myth I've had many drastic dips and never a BFP. My luteal phase is giving me slight worry as its between 9 and 13 days.

flyliceandcoffee · November 2014

@gscoville and @Radiantly, I completely understand what you're saying and I'm glad you pointed that out. I was actually just asking for curiosity's sake and to understand general trends.

Davie813 · November 2014

I think this is very thoroughly answered by now, but on unmedicated cycles, mine is almost always 13 days. It's never varied by more than one, except the weird cycle I had cysts.

ewenner · November 2014

*****lurking*****

I charted for about a year and my LP varied - anywhere from 8-12 days. In fact, my cycle length in general was all over the map - 22-33 days total. Because of the big LP variations, I never got in the habit of POAS thinking AF was late, because I really couldn't guess what "late" would be for me. My temp drop also varied. Typically my high temps would last for a several days and then I'd start to have a gradual drop for several days until AF showed up. Hopefully, your cycles will be more regular and predictable than mine! Best wishes!

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