https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:13:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-luteal-phase-while-breastfeeding#post-2433437 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:45:41 +0000 Zbug 2433437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My acupuncturist who specializes in women and children recommends vitex, so that's what I did. It did hurt my silly but lengthened my lp from 9/10 to 14 days. It was the only thing that worked for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-luteal-phase-while-breastfeeding#post-2433301 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:10:27 +0000 Adira 2433301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have any advice, but I think this is a common issue. I had the same problem when I was still nursing my first and wanted to start TTC for my second. I ended up weaning down to once a day before my luteal phase lengthened enough for me to get pregnant.</p> <p>Good luck to you. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-luteal-phase-while-breastfeeding#post-2433213 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:31:48 +0000 MoonMoon 2433213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have advice, just commiseration. My LO is 31 months old and still nursing. I'm not testing my ovulation, but my cycles are so short that I know my luteal phase is shortened. I actually didn't realize it might be because of nursing. One thing I've heard of as lengthening the luteal phase is maca. Maybe look into that and see if it's ok with nursing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/short-luteal-phase-while-breastfeeding#post-2433181 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:16:10 +0000 Berkeleygirl 2433181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 14 months and still nursing 4 times a day (including once MOTN). We want to try for a second now so that they would be fairly close in age, but my luteal phase right now is only 8 days. I got my period back at 7 months pp, but my luteal phase hasn't lengthened at all since then. I've tried adding vitamin B6, but that hasn't seemed to help. The lack of research on vitex while breastfeeding has made me nervous to try that. Other than weaning, is there anything else that had worked for others to increase their LP? </p>