chele80
On a mission
I know CD can wreak havoc with cycles/hormones etc but was wondering if anyone knew if it affected progesterone levels?
Basically I used to have a Luteal Phase of 14 days. For those of you saying huh?! The luteal phase is the stage after you ovulate and before your period starts. For most people there are 14 days between ovulation and your period starting. for some it can be 15/16 days, for others 12/13 days.
Mine has now reduced to just 9 days.
So why is this a problem?
Well, anything under 10 days can mean that your progesterone levels are not right and therefore a fertilised egg cannot implant in your lining and will break up, in simple terms, anything under 10 days means you miscarry more or less straight away.
As we're TTCing this is a problem for me.
It's happened my last two cycles (both while on CD) so that's the only link I have-that it's the diet.
My CDC says she knows oestrogen can be affected, but the problem here is progesterone.
Luckily I've already begun the process for referral to the fertility clinic (I have PCOS and don't ovulate every cycle, my average cycle length also being 47 days), but was wondering if anyone had any answers, has been through something similar, knows if progesterone levels are affected by CD???
Thanks!! X
Basically I used to have a Luteal Phase of 14 days. For those of you saying huh?! The luteal phase is the stage after you ovulate and before your period starts. For most people there are 14 days between ovulation and your period starting. for some it can be 15/16 days, for others 12/13 days.
Mine has now reduced to just 9 days.
So why is this a problem?
Well, anything under 10 days can mean that your progesterone levels are not right and therefore a fertilised egg cannot implant in your lining and will break up, in simple terms, anything under 10 days means you miscarry more or less straight away.
As we're TTCing this is a problem for me.
It's happened my last two cycles (both while on CD) so that's the only link I have-that it's the diet.
My CDC says she knows oestrogen can be affected, but the problem here is progesterone.
Luckily I've already begun the process for referral to the fertility clinic (I have PCOS and don't ovulate every cycle, my average cycle length also being 47 days), but was wondering if anyone had any answers, has been through something similar, knows if progesterone levels are affected by CD???
Thanks!! X