https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:22:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880912 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:06:42 +0000 fussygal 880912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since my comment above I took the BComplex and that was the month we got a BFP. That ended in a m/c but it definitely lengthened my LP by a few days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880814 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:08:09 +0000 LindsayInNY 880814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: @Ash: I'm Oing around CD 19-20 as it is! I don't need any more delay, LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880812 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:05:27 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 880812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: "they" say it postpones O! I wouldn't risk it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880790 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:49:43 +0000 Ash 880790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I wouldn't... It doesn't do anything to help your lp prior to o... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880784 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:47:49 +0000 LindsayInNY 880784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: So don't take it all cycle, just post-O? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880780 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:46:46 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 880780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Chaste berry Vitex lengthens your lp phase and so does b6 and/or b-complex<br /> Mostly though: progesterone cream worked wonders for me.<br /> And what else? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880779 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:46:17 +0000 Ash 880779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I took b complex instead and it definitely lengthened it. I started it after o otherwise it postponed o too.</p> <p>ETA: evidently I already responded to this thread. Oops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880777 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:44:23 +0000 LindsayInNY 880777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I have to go to CVS this week... Maybe I'll add some B6 into the daily vitamin regimen? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880768 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:41:18 +0000 T.H.O.U. 880768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: great thread to find. I think I may try to add some B 6 just for fun to see if it helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-880757 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:34:54 +0000 LindsayInNY 880757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bump. Looking for more advice/suggestions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-748117 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:30:19 +0000 lokki 748117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree that it sometimes takes a few months coming off HBC pills. My LP lengthened considerably after about three or four months off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-554484 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:31:28 +0000 annie624 554484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't gotten a BFP yet, but just finished up my first cycle taking vitamin B6. It added two days onto my luteal phase. Every little bit counts! ;) I had a freak out moment because AF was two days late, but it turned out just to be that the vitamins had extended my entire cycle by two days, not just moved O up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550712 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:06:03 +0000 blackbird 550712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J, I noticed I was getting weird tests on my ovulation kits...they weren't *quite* turning positive, but they were getting darker, then never positive, then would fade away. She suspected luteal phase defect, put me on progesterone, which didn't work, then put me on clomid. She said the progesterone "couldn't hurt". It was all just 'suspected', though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550701 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:56:55 +0000 PrincessBaby 550701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: i don't think so... I usually O'd around CD 15 or 16... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550667 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:38:58 +0000 LazyLightning 550667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took B6. I went from a 6 day LP to a 11(+?) day LP in a month's time, and conceived the month of the 11 day LP. ;)</p> <p>Edited to add:<br /> It did made me ovulate earlier. I took it all cycle. I still take a low dose (25 mg) as I read it's good for baby development. I was taking 100 mg while TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550592 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:02:22 +0000 Mrs. J 550592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: @spaniellove: Did it affect when you O'ed? I heard it can make it wonky.</p> <p>@blackbird: At what point did you see your doctor about it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550375 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:03:11 +0000 blackbird 550375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doc thought I had a short luteal phase (aka luteal phase defect) and put me on progesterone for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550361 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:59:09 +0000 spaniellove 550361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I take it every day. It's easier to remember and it works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550262 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:22:14 +0000 PrincessBaby 550262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I took it the whole cycle...I just stopped it once I got pregnant:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550234 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:09:05 +0000 Mrs. J 550234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: At what point did you start/stop the B-6? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-550231 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:08:07 +0000 Mrs. J 550231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks so much, ladies!<br /> @PrincessBaby: At what point in your cycle did you take the B-12/when did you stop? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-546875 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:46:24 +0000 PrincessBaby 546875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took a B12 complex and it helped my LP to go from spotting on 9/10dpo to an LP of 13 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-546842 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:31:48 +0000 ineebee 546842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took me almost 8 months to get to a semi-regular cycle, and I had 21- to 45-day cycles. But in the meantime, my doc tried to give me progesterone after a confirmed ovulation (taking progesterone before ovulation actually prevents it). I've also been taking Pregnitude (a myo-inositol supplement) that has made my cycles way closer to normal than they've ever been. I'm glad I just went straight to my obgyn and asked her what I should do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-544938 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:30:08 +0000 Shutterbug 544938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fussygal: I think it has other stuff in it too, like folic acid and some other B's. This is the kind I bought: <a href="http://www.vitacost.com/natures-way-vitamin-b-100-complex" rel="nofollow">http://www.vitacost.com/natures-way-vitamin-b-100-complex</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-544924 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:27:03 +0000 fussygal 544924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shutterbug Is B Complex just B6 &amp; B12 in one pill? I took a look at the store a few weeks back, but I got overwhelmed and decided I'd figure it out later :) Two months ago I had a 9 day LP and last month it was 12, so hopefully this month's is longer. If not, I may try this for March. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-544841 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:00:10 +0000 spaniellove 544841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LP was kind of short before TTC (I'd been off BCP for 6 years) so 100mg of B6 helped bring it to a consistent 14 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-544691 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:20:12 +0000 FarmWifeGina 544691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't tried it myself yet, since we're not TTC yet, but I've heard that a tablespoon of coconut oil a day can really help with this. Evening primrose oil is good for amping up your fertility too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-544062 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:05:54 +0000 Shutterbug 544062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I'm still struggling with this, but here's what I've tried:</p> <p>B6 (actually B Complex, since I guess you're supposed to take equal amount of B6 and B12) - Didn't help me</p> <p>Natural Progesterone cream (you put it on your arms, legs or stomach during your LP) - helped extend it from about 9 days to about 11</p> <p>Ultimately I found out that I have an underactive thyroid which may be partly to blame for the short LP, and my 7dpo progesterone test was also 3.1 (anything below 10 is no bueno). I'm currently on thyroid meds and I'm going to look into going to an RE soon, because it's been 11 months. </p> <p>I do know that short LP is a common problem when you're coming off BCP, so it might work itself out for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-544059 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:05:39 +0000 Foodnerd81 544059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: I took B Complex too, and I did O later when I took it the whole month. My LP was actually already quite long (16-18 days!) but I would start spotting by around 12, and the B Complex seemed to help with that. But of course, it also could have just been longer after i stopped BCP. </p> <p>You can also use progesterone cream, but I didn't want to do anything like that without supervision from someone other than the internet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lengthening-your-luteal-phase#post-544044 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:01:09 +0000 dagret 544044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a whole lot of advice here, but Good luck - it took about 7 cycles off of bcp for me to even ovulate. My temps were all over the place. Acupuncture helped. </p>