AF actually began late yesterday...

[winecheery]

Sooo...hm. I'm really confused now.

I spotted during the day, and early evening began actual flow, so I counted that as CD1 after all.

Which means that I must have O'd around CD13 last cycle (since my LP was 13days the cycle before)...but when I was temping periodically, my dip came on day 15...as predicted. So that would make this cycle's LP 10 days long if CD15 was hypothetically the O day

I am not certain of anything because I don't have accurate data from last month. But it does seem like I O'd around 14-15, like I was supposed to. But why would my LP shrink this cycle?

Guess who's gonna give temping the ol' college try again this month. At least until O is confirmed. Sigh.

[FastHands]

Yeah, I don't think I would worry about anything given that you hadn't charted consistently and that you are talking about one cycle. If it's an observed/documented trend, then I would probably talk to someone about it.

Like my cycle, for instance, I temped religiously and got no rise whatsoever. I could go into a panic that I'm not ovulating, but since temping can be impacted by so many things, and since I wasn't using OPKs and I don't trust my CM calls, I'm not worried about it. Now if I go this next cycle and don't get a pos OPK AND no temp rise, then I might ask somebody about it.

[mrssandro]

I think tempting would be your best best to find your O day. That and OPK's.

I have heard that Fertility tea like this one will lengthen your cycle.

www.amazon.com/FertiliTea-Natural-Fertility-Tea-Blend/dp/B0006SFQGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352129835&sr=8-1&keywords=fertility+tea

[winecheery]

You know, I think I read somewhere that LP CAN vary by a few days sometimes, and it's "normal". I think I just have had it slammed into my head that if I don't have a textbook perfect cycle, there's an underlying issue.

Not temping was so liberating last cycle! But now I feel it was sorta wasted too...poop.

[winecheery]

Well, if mine was off last cycle, it was still 10 days long. Off by 3 days seems...a lot but who knows! The good news is, the spotting wasn't too far away from the start of actual flow, and therefore I'm not worried about that as much anymore. (Since I was due Tues but started Sunday)

I am definitely going to look into vit D as you suggested for overall mood. My pre-natal has 400IU tho already...

I think I want a better pre-natal! I feel like I need one with more B vits too...those help with some of the mood issues I've been having as well. I did some reading last night.

[winecheery]

Whoa! Yeah, you know...I asked my doc if I needed a special pre-natal being a vegetarian and she said no...but I don't know...I feel like that's wrong. Heard anything about these:

www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Light-Prenatal-Multivitamin-Tablets/dp/B000EE8036/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Someone commented that they have raspberry leaf and that's bad for an implanting fetus but...look at all the positive reviews, kwim?? There's a lot more good stuff then bad, but idk

[winecheery]

I def do eat healthy...there's very few processed foods in my home, I eat the right amount of protein and veggies. I need to up my fruit tho. I always like more veg than fruit. I've cut back my coffee consumption dramatically, and I stay pretty hydrated. *shrugs* I dunno. Something's just off, and maybe it's a vitamin I'm missing.

Since you brought it up I thought, aha! as I had suspected it was a vitamin thing too. I think I even asked about it here a while ago...

[winecheery]

I also have lost weight...I can feel it. But I cannot control that; I eat when I'm hungry, and stop when I'm full. I even have dessert! You'd think a good dessert would keep me from being all moody! haha

[tarheels]

Was the 10 day LP with the spotting or without? Like did you start spotting on 8 DPO? Have you looked into B vitamins? I think they're supposed to help with mood as well.

[winecheery]

Nov 5, 2012 12:17:40 GMT -5 tarheels said:

Was the 10 day LP with the spotting or without? Like did you start spotting on 8 DPO? Have you looked into B vitamins? I think they're supposed to help with mood as well.

Well, since my spotting yesterday became a flow by early evening, I went ahead and called it CD1. Which was technically 12dpo of last cycle. The pale brown discharge was on 10dpo, and very very minimal, and the pink didn't show up til early morning yesterday.....so, yes I think that means the LP lasted 10dpo, if not 11, actually, since Saturday was the same as Friday; barely there tan discharge.

As for the B vit thing...that's the one I thought I needed, as my O seems weakish, and the overall way I've been feeling seems to support it too. I really, really think I could use one, but my doc said nope, the advice nurse said nope...what are you supposed to do with that kind of thing? I defer to my doc, but I feel they aren't really listening on this point.