treatment for short cycles, possibly anovulatory

[mysweetboys]

So has anyone been treated for short cycles? Possibly anovulatory, but not sure.
If ovulating, VERY short lp?

If I was to get treatment for this, what do they prescribe? Wondering if it would ruin my sway or help it.
Obviously if I can't get pg it doesn't even matter what way I'm swaying, but interested to hear if anyone has experience with this.

Thx!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Tell me more about what is happening with you.

The gold standard treatment is Clomid and that will only help a pink sway.

[mysweetboys]

Well, I just wrote you a long answer to this and it disappeared.

You did give me some information on this on another thread of mine...

Basically I've been having short cycles for a couple of years now but without temping or using opks (not TTC then), I was not aware that I wasn't O'ing early enough (or at all) to give me along enough LP.
I believe that I may be having anovulatory cycles or possibly SUPER short lp. Like a few days. Does that happen? If not, it's probably anovulatory. But in any event, neither would result in conception.

So I'm wondering what would help. Clomid (or femara? since I'm 36 going on 37?) Those would help induce ovulation.. Correct? What about LP?

[maidentomother]

How short are we talking? 21-35 is considered the normal range for cycle length.

I went through a period of 9 months in which my LP was only 4-6 days. My cycles were normal length as always, I was just Oing very late. In my case I think a hormone-modulating med I was on was to blame.

[The Anchor]

Femara may be better than Clomid for us older mommas. A 3 or 4 day LP is very unlikely, my guess is you are having anovulatory cycles. Again, Femara will help

[LacePrincess]

I've heard good things about Femara too. I have a friend doing fertility treatments now, she's PCO tendency with short LP and late O. Clomid didn't help at all but Femara seems to be giving her better results.

Does Femara sway pink? Anyone know? I'm curious as my LP is pretty crap and always has been.

[mysweetboys]

Thanks all...

Maiden, I occasionally have one that is 25-26 days long, and those are my long ones. The shortest was 16 days, only once, but usually they are between 18-21.
This last cycle was 19. No +opk, and a temp shift indicating possible O at cd15, but I was also sick, so not sure if I did O or not. No O pains, which are usually very noticeable for me.

[maidentomother]

I responded in your other thread. I definitely think you are having some anov cycles after looking at your charts. I think your LP is fine most likely when you do O based on the ovulatory cycle you temped. But still, you should be on a med to help you O every cycle.

Femara does sway pink also, Lace! I think not QUITE as much as clomid but still good.

[mysweetboys]

Does anyone know if the dr will ask to see my charts? Or go on what I tell her?

I would like to say that I have temped for more months than I have even though I'm fairly sure that I'm actually not O'ing consistently...

[maidentomother]

Most drs don't think much of charting. I think you just need to tell them how short your cycles are. So you could bring your charts in just to demonstrate that. Plus cycle length is really all you've been tracking most months anyway.