Late ovulation - anyone else?

[Anonymous]

I’m not currently TTC but have begun cycle tracking as we plan to start trying in ~6 months or so. On BC (non-hormonal) and have been for years.

If my BBT tracking is accurate, I’m ovulating around day 20 of a 28-32 day cycle. My cycles have been irregular historically but have gotten better over the past year or so (prior; I had an extremely stressful job that I think was contributing).

I’ve read some articles that a shorter luteal phase makes it more difficult or even impossible to keep a pregnancy. Is there any truth to that? Just looking for others’ stories and perspectives.

[Anonymous]

IIRC you need at least an 11 day luteal phase to get pregnant - you can't have your uterine lining sloughing off before the fertilized egg implants. I think some of the supplements in ISWTE are supposed to help support/lengthen your luteal phase.

[Anonymous]

I tend to ovulate CD17-20 and have a 6-10 day luteal phase (identified via OPKs and BBT). It’s either 9-10 days or 6-7, I think the 6-7 day cycles are dud eggs, possibly all from the same ovary.

Got pregnant in 4 cycles with my first. That included two short cycles. No way to know why I didn’t get pregnant with those two cycles, but timing and frequency was spot on.

[Anonymous]

My luteal phase is 10-11 days. Took me 7 very long months to get pregnant with my first child at 34/35 and was starting fertility testing when it finally happened. Second took only three months. Third pregnancy took 5 months, miscarried, couldn’t get pregnant again (I was 40 at this point) and had to use IVF to have my third child. Worked on the first try.

So I would call my overall fertility “okay, not amazing.” No idea if the short luteal phase hurt, but it certainly didn’t help!

[Anonymous]

When you say regular do you mean you get a period every 26 or 28 days. My OB told me that if you aren’t every x days (the same each cycle) then you are not regular.