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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, I could have literally written your post in the fall, OP, except that I am 37.  I had the pre-period spotting (which I never had before DC #1), the shorter luteal phase, and much less cervical mucus than I used to.  I asked my OB  and she told me that a 10-day luteal phase is long enough and that the spotting doesn't count for when your period starts.  Mine was brown spotting -- I don't know if it's different for red spotting.  Anyway we actively tried for six months, using the fertility monitor, and no results.  The OB had given me an order for testing and I was just about to do it, and it turned out I was pregnant.

I know how impatient you must be and I know the feeling that if there is a problem you want to deal with it, but as my grandma would say, "don't borrow trouble."  From what you have said it doesn't necessarily sound like you have a problem.  It's normal for your cycle and fertility signs to change over time, with age-related hormone fluctuations, giving birth, etc.  Even if you are temping, using fertility monitors, etc., it can still take several months or a yearAt 30 you have plenty of time, and the fact that you have already had one successful pregnancy is great.  I would give it at least a full 6 months of directed trying before starting down the long unpleasant rabbit hole of REs, fertility testing/treatments, etc., and at your age maybe even longer.[/quote]

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