https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:24:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-883889 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:29:45 +0000 raintreebee 883889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doctor always said that most short LPs are caused by weak ovulation so treating it with progesterone, etc is only treating the symptom not the cause (weak ovulation creates a corpus luteum that doesn't produce much progesterone). So drugs like Clomid can help with LP defect because they cause stronger ovulation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881772 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:07:32 +0000 LindsayInNY 881772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: I don't take specifically a prenatal. I take a multi-vitamin, fish oil, folic acid and calcium/D (my ob/gyn's recommendations - said it was all the same as a prenatal). It's possible the multi-vitatmin doesn't have enough B6 in it. I don't remember the mg amount but it said 100% on the bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881746 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:00:30 +0000 Happygal 881746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your prenatal vitamin most likely has all the B6 you need. I think the recommended amount is around 1.3 mg, and the highest you should go is 100 mg. For me, the average B6 vitamin and plus my prenatal would put me over that amount, which means I would pee out the excess, so that's literally money down the toilet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881666 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:29:44 +0000 delight 881666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LP after coming off birth control for the first month was 7 days with spotting on day 6. I got pregnant the next month, with spotting starting on 10 DPO which never went away and I had a mc at 7 weeks. Third month LP was again 7 days, spotting on day 6 and then I started B6 in a B50 complex. Fourth month my LP increased to 11 days with spotting starting on day 9. I was super happy with this increase, despite the spotting. Month 5 I got pregnant again, spotting 10 DPO (implantation bleeding perhaps), and that lasted until week 7 on and off. This pregnancy stuck though and I'm 33 weeks now.<br /> So no meds for me and maybe my short LP would have eventually lengthened out on its own, but I contribute my pregnancy to vit B6. I spotted for days and was still pregnant, don't give up hope! I don't feel though that if my LP kept staying around 7 days, I was giving a baby any hope of sticking. Good luck to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881622 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:07:38 +0000 jaypegs 881622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a 9-11 day lp, and got pregnant our first month trying (I was shocked). My midwife had my progesterone tested and it was fine. I tried to lengthen with b6, but didn't like the way it made me feel, so didn't have any interventions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881324 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:15:52 +0000 pinkcupcake 881324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I spot for about 3-4 days before I get my period. Sometimes counting from day 1 of spotting, my entire "period" lasts up to 8 days. I was able to get pregnant naturally within 3 months of trying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881304 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:56:14 +0000 lawbee11 881304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to start spotting 2-3 days before AF showed and the spotting would start as early as 10dpo. I always worried that we would have trouble conceiving because of it and I self-diagnosed myself with a luteal phase defect before we started TTC, but I guess I worried for nothing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881291 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:41:15 +0000 hellobeeboston 881291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: oh, I had self-diagnosed myself with just about everything -- I've been there. Honestly, the month it happened for us - I was interviewing for a job across the country that was pretty exciting, me and DH went out there (San Fran) and envisioned living out there, I was ovulating around that time, got back and found out I was preggs - I definitely think me stressing less had something to do with it. But who knows! Maybe I had just perfected my timing by that point --- try the b6 though, can't hurt! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881289 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:36:21 +0000 LindsayInNY 881289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: See, comments like yours make me think I'm self-diagnosing via Google and really nothings "wrong." I don't know whether to try something new or just take the laid back approach to things... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881277 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:29:06 +0000 hellobeeboston 881277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a pretty short LP, I also used to spot a day or two before full AF.... I think mine was only 9/10 days. I started taking b6 but didn't notice a huge difference. It did take us about 7/8 months, but we got pregnant without any other interventions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881189 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:54:43 +0000 LindsayInNY 881189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilteacherbee: Ooh, that's promising! Mine's been 11-12 days but 2 of those is usually spotting which I've read isn't a good sign. I'll have to get some B6 and try that... Thank you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881169 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:48:33 +0000 lilteacherbee 881169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LP was 9 days when I got off BC pills. I took B6 and it lengthened it to 12 days within a few cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-881163 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:45:39 +0000 AmeliaBedilia 881163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a 7-9 day luteal phase with paragard. I have read that paragard shortens it. I also did acupuncture my first cycle off the paragard, and my luteal phase was 13 days- not sure which one caused it, or a little of both. While good, it was also super annoying because DH and I were both sure I was pregnant. I would look into acupuncture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-880993 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:43:01 +0000 Mrs. J 880993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took b6 and that helped me get my BFP! My LP was less than ten days long before the b6 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-880954 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:29:23 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 880954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still not sure if my lp was the issue or if it was male-factor. I didn't try progesterone cream because much of what I read said it didn't really work (wasn't strong enough)...but if it has worked for some, great! Clomid lengthened my lo to the normal 14 days but I still didn't get pregnant those cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-880782 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:47:06 +0000 LindsayInNY 880782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: Done!! Thank you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-880778 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:45:16 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 880778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>progesterone cream. It prevents the immature sheeding of your uterine lining. Many of us used it, although I can't remember exactly who.<br /> Use it *after* you O, all the way until you get a BFP. If you are on like 18DPO and you still haven't gotten anything, stop the progesterone and let your period come back.<br /> Wall me if you you're interested and want detailed info </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-pregnant-with-short-lp#post-880751 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:31:13 +0000 LindsayInNY 880751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone able to get pregnant naturally (without assistance - medication, etc.) with a short LP? How short was your LP? Was it accompanied by spotting?</p> <p>I've been spotting for 2ish days before AF and, although I thought my LP was an okay length, realized the spotting added with it might not be. </p>