Thread: anyways to naturally boost progesterone? or could it be from my cycle going back down again???
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November 19th, 2012, 09:29 AM #1
anyways to naturally boost progesterone? or could it be from my cycle going back down again???
Okay so i had 35 days cycles for a while with 0 day on CD 35. last month i had a 31 day cycle......was expecting another 31 day cycyle this month.....af came yesterday cd 28...makes sense now why i got a pos opk from 12-14 i thought my wondfos were playing tricks. anyone i had a few days spotting in the 2 week wait and i have read that could be from lack of progestone/luteal phase defect. is there anything natural that i could do to up my progesterone?? I used lunaception this month and i was shocked it brought O down to CD 28! thats good but with long cycles doesnt give me much bd time! I am prettly sure i have low progesterone though. since my dd was born i dont have much cm but i dont have much of an appetite an have lost a lot of weight and dont drink much water
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November 19th, 2012, 10:33 AM #2Moderator
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Hi mkarntz,
I just answered your thread on B6.
So, if I understand correctly, your last cycle you O'ed around CD14 and had a 28 day cycle, right? So that would make your LP a perfectly normal and textbook 14 days. Spotting *could* indicate low prog but it can also be many other things. If you have a clear temp shift and your LP isn't less than 10 days you don't have a luteal phase defect.
You can get OTC prog cream but it's really not that effective. You should do some research and see how you feel, but there's so little prog in that stuff you might as well be using hand cream. If you have low prog you'd really need suppositories or prescribed meds, not OTC stuff. You do need to go to your doc and get bloodwork done though - the prog test needs to be drawn at 7DPO, *not* 21 days (unless you O on CD14), so be careful or it won't be accurate.
Lack of CM has nothing to do with prog. Fertile CM is produced by estrogen, NOT prog. And lack of CM is a result of the LE diet as well. Prog actually dries up CM.
Long cycles are irrelevant too. You can have both short and long cycles that are well balanced or not. My last two kids were conceived on super long cycles.Me (38) and DH (38)
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November 19th, 2012, 03:21 PM #3
B6 is the only option but my dr says this won't help much nor will progestrone creams but i guess it's worth a try, have you been to see you dr?
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answered in your other thread on this topic
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