How can I make my body O earlier?

[atomic sagebrush]

If your cycle is delayed, usually it's because your body either doesn't produce enough estrogen to begin with or because stress causes it to stop producing estrogen for a little while. No estrogen, no LH surge; no LH surge, no ovulation. So when O is delayed it can indicate less estrogen.

Crazily tho, short cycles also seem to sway pink (or at least indicate that something is going on in the body that is making you more pink friendly) Regular, clockwork cycles seem to indicate more boys conceived and weird cycles seem to indicate more girls conceived.

For everyone who is now panicking, remember, this is a tendency and not a rule - people conceive girls with regular cycles and boys with oddball ones. It's just that if you see a change where your cycle has always been one way and you begin swaying and it suddenly changes, that can indicate your hormones are doing somethingdifferent than what they've always done.

[carmella_marie]

I have always had very long cycles. I wonder if my estrogen is low. Well it is just a trend, since my DS was conceived when I O'ed on CD 26! I wonder then in the SP and Vitex combo will get me to O earlier or not.... interested to try soy next month instead of clomid. I just have a bad feeling about that clomid that I will get twins! I really don't want that....

But in happier news: FIL had surgery this morning and they took out his entire prostate. A bone scan came back clear and there is no evidence of cancer in the surrounding tissues and lymph nodes, which is very good news! He still has to do radiation and have some more tests in the upcoming months but it is a very good prognosis.

[carmella_marie]

Also, I cleaned up the tree and packed up all the ornaments. DH says I ruined Christmas but we're going to be with IL's for christmas anyway. We are moving from los angeles to denver in january so we don't need to worry about our landlord kicking us out either!

[atomic sagebrush]

That's great news Carmella!!! Good luck to you all.

[atomic sagebrush]

Re estrogen - it ~may~ mean you have less estrogen or it could also be that your body needs more estrogen to trigger the surge. It's hard to know. To my mind, estrogen = boys is a lot less proven than testosterone = boys.

[carmella_marie]

update! FIL surgery went well, they took out his entire prostate and there are no signs of cancer in the lymph nodes, tissue or bones! He will have to be tested again in 3 months just to be sure, but they think they got it all!