1st Month drawing to a close - See anything you’d change?

LauraSuss
Since 11/2020LauraSuss
Since 11/2020

December 28, 2020 at 6:15 amThis is my first month TTC at 34yo. I take a comprehensive prenatal and extra vitamin C, D and B complex. I bought FH Pro from fairhaven but was too nervous to try. I eat fish and eggs / dairy but otherwise to meat. Cut out caffeine and alcohol starting at last AF (tho looking forward to a glass of wine at the close of this month :). Can someone have a look at my chart and let me know what you think? Did we time BD correctly? Did I ovulate too early? If so, what can be done about that? I didn’t produce a lot of CM so might look into flax seed or evening primrose? Looking to hone our skills next month! Thank you and baby dust to all.

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ChartingwithAn…
Since 8/2019ChartingwithAndrea
Since 8/2019

December 28, 2020 at 1:16 pmHi. Sorry to hear you were worried to try FH PRO for Women. I am happy to answer any questions you might have about that as well.

Ovulating on CD 11 wouldn't be considered early, you just might have a shorter cycle, but that depends on your luteal phase length as well. It looks like intercouse was timed really well for ovulation on CD 10 or CD 11. Your luteal phase looks to be about 13 days long so far which is great. You want it to be about 12-15 days long.

Hope this helps!

Andrea - OvaCue Specialist

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starrlight97
Since 8/2015starrlight97
Since 8/2015

January 12, 2021 at 12:10 pmYour chart looks good! In the past I have drank green tea to increase CF; I have also heard of people using a certain form of Mucinex to increase as well, but you’d need to read up on that.

-Stephanie
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LauraSuss
Since 11/2020LauraSuss
Since 11/2020

January 12, 2021 at 12:42 pmThank you! Mucinex did work for me this cycle! Just hitting the two week wait for cycle #2. I’m starting to think my ovulation day is early however. I thought last month was a fluke but here we are again at day 11ish. The only thing I’ve read is that this could be age or diminished reserve but I’m 34 and hopefully not nearing menopause! Hoping I can find something to lengthen the follicular phase now. Pretty much everything out there is about luteal phase length, not the first half being too short.

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Vancitygirl
Since 12/2018Vancitygirl
Since 12/2018

January 12, 2021 at 9:25 pmLauraSuss my acupuncturist told me you need to nourish to develop the follicules in the first phase. Also build a healthy lining shown by a good period. Yours seem to be on a shorter side have you ever had that checked? Also I find working out in first half extends ovulation though do did regular acupuncture!

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starrlight97
Since 8/2015starrlight97
Since 8/2015

January 17, 2021 at 7:14 pmI have ovulated early for a couple of years now and I too read it indicates low ovarian reserve. It’s a question only a doctor and tests can probably answer. The good news is you’re ovulating, though. If you wanted to try a couple things, I have used B-complex vitamin to delay my ovulation. Or I have had great experiences using vitex tincture for strengthening ovulation and regulating my cycle. I take it from the time my period starts until I confirm ovulation. It tastes like death, but it’s worked wonders for me.

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LauraSuss
Since 11/2020LauraSuss
Since 11/2020

January 19, 2021 at 5:34 amThank you both. My period is very light and short (like 1-2 days) but my doctor gave me the standard “within the range of normal” line and said they’d consider testing if we’d been trying for a year :/. I may call around but it seems like no one has appointments for months anyway.

I’ve been tracking cycle length for a while before TTC and this is the range (first # is cycle length, second # is how many cycles I’ve had of that length):
31- 1
30- 3
29-3
28-3
27-8
26-1
24-1

So if I generally have a 27 day cycle my “average” ovulation would be day 12 which is slightly better than day 10... who knows. I will hope for next month to be better if this one is a bust.

Think I will start jogging again and maybe try the B vitamins. I also started FH pro mid cycle so we’ll see if it does anything next month. I had been nervous about Vitex but think I need to do more reading on it. So many people use it and it could be the way to go.

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