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I have 3 kids and they were all conceived between days 27-31 (my cycles are usually 40-45ish days). It's can definitely be annoying while TTC because it seems like you're waiting forever to O, but it happens!

@LabradorLover: My daughter was conceived from day 25 ovulation and my current pregnancy (22w) was conceived from day 24 ovulation. It makes no sense that your doctor thinks you're not ovulating based only on long cycles. From your opk pattern, I would think you are ovulating, but the only way to confirm on your own would be to chart your temperature every morning.

@LabradorLover: Completely understand about not wanting it to consume your life. That is something that happened to me and it sucked but at least TTC itself was fairly quick? I don't have a great personality type for "go with the flow". Lol. Good luck though, I hope now that you know, it will happen sooner for you!

I ovulated like 2 weeks late and conceived my youngest. I also ovulated a week early when I conceived my oldest. Irregular cycles can make it harder to conceive but not impossible!

I typically ovulate right around day 25 and I conceived two children naturally around that time. I do have PCOS but sort of figured out the pattern while ttc my first.

Around 35 days cycle is usually considered normal in 35+ women. As long as you ovulate it shouldn't be much of a trouble to get pregnant - all you've got to do is do it as much as possible throughout your fertility window. It's less likely that prolonged menstrual cycle is the only thing behind your futile TTC over as long as 14 months. Ovary stimulants will do just fine to reset your menstrual cycle. But you also need to improve your eggs by following healthy diet plans with sufficient fibre and vitamin B12. However, consider getting a thorough diagnosis if the medications fail to do much even after 2 cycles. Often unexplained infertility tends to manifest itself in this very manner and all your RE says is "it will just take time - keep doing it timely".

35-40 day cycle is not a total spoiler to a natural pregnancy. So, it's possible that you actually conceived even with a 25CD ovulation. You've just got to wait a while to be sure of the BFP. Fingers crossed - baby dust for you!!

My first cycle after stopping birth control pills was 60 days XD The next was 55 days, and a few cycles later it was like 45 days. I got a BFP within a few months of trying, but it ended in a chemical pregnancy. The next cycle after this was 35 days, and then it started to go back up and stayed around 40-45 days. I ovulated every cycle after the chemical pregnancy. About 4-5 cycles later I got pregnant with my daughter. It was a really weird cycle because I didn't even ovulate till like Day 40 O.O I was sure it was going to be an anovulatory cycle, but it wasn't. My little girl is 14 months now

For reference I was 30 when I started trying to get pregnant, and in a year I got pregnant twice. I had talked to my doctor about my long cycles, and he said there may be a hormonal issue, but since they were somewhat regular, and I was ovulating it might not be a problem. I'm definitely not a super fertile person, but fertile enough to have a baby. We had to use OPK strips and have sex every other day starting 24 hours after the first + OPK until ovulation. I also ovulate like 96 hours after the first + OPK. I'm thin and don't have PCOS symptoms. They actually checked for it when I was 15 years old because I had irregular periods, and I was on birth control pretty much from 15 - 30 years old. I also started seeing a fertility accupuncturist on the cycle I got pregnant and started eating healthier and taking a Raw Prenatal vitamin. I had made an appointment with an RE, but cancelled it because I got pregnant.

Just started trying for #2. Had to completely stop breastfeeding for my cycle to come back. I ovulated on like day 45, so looks like this will be a 60 day cycle if I don't get pregnant, which is reminiscent of my first cycle after stopping birth control pills XD I'm still not sure why my cycles are longer than normal, but I do ovulate. Just kind of sucks having long cycles because I get less chances in a year than normal people