Can you tell me more about when you're getting the OPK in relation to when the spotting starts, and when your period comes?? Sorry, I can't quite work out the timeline on that.
Regardless of what your weight was in the past, my point is that here and now, going to somewhat reduced calories should not mess up anything having to do with your cycle. Even if your LP was shorter than average when your weight was different, here and now it is absolutely fine to reduce calories somewhat. It is not going to create the situation you mention, where you cut calories and get a shorter LP. That typically happens only when people drop below BMI 20 or so, and only very very rarely when people lose a LOT of weight super quickly through crash dieting (like, under 1200 cals a day and very low fat) and we won't have you do that.
Luteal phase defects are not something you just have - there's always a cause. Either the cause is PCO-tendencies or else it's because people lose too much weight - because both these states interfere with hormone production. So we'll have you switch to the alternate PCOS-type diet in case that was the cause, and as I mentioned above we don't need to worry about you getting too thin to start with (and hopefully you will be pregnant before we would), so we're going to address both possible causes and see what happens.
I can't manage to get the nutrient data to come up on the Apovit Gravid unfortunately, so I hope that they have about 100% recommended value of nutrients and not any more than that.
That is WAY WAY WAY too much fish oil. I strongly suggest you not go back onto those supplements EVER. That is over five times more than the maximum I recommend for anyone during pregnancy. Please do not ever take more than 500 mg fish oil/DHA during pregnancy, and for many women, 200-250 mg is better. Too much fish oil can interfere with cholesterol which the baby needs for development, and most importantly, it is a powerful blood thinner that makes your blood unable to clot normally. It has also been shown in animals to cause harm to unborn babies when taken during pregnancy at too high a dose.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2839050/ I understand that people will tell you it's safe, and that they do not have warnings on the supplements, but these people are wrong and in future pregnancies I strongly advise you to stick with no more than 500 mg daily, and more like 250 is likely safest (and will still give you the benefits!!)
Taking supplements to lengthen LP rarely works because the cause of short LP is rarely any nutrient deficiency. We'll correct the causes of why the LP is short instead, since the Vitamin C doesn't work and may undermine your sway.
:agree: Yes just go to three meals. It's been a longtime misunderstanding that people have that you can only eat two meals a day on LE Diet, it never was that way not even back at the very start! You just push back the first meal even if it's just an hour or two, and that will still help your sway.
