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    I tend to O around CD18 but my hormone levels are all well within nornal range. Some of us just O a bit later. I wouldn't necessarily worry about a delay of a day or two on occasion. A week later more than once with a shorter LP as well, that would start to concern me.

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    Dec 2001 - May 2006 : 5 early abortions of healthy singletons (3 medical @5w, 2 surgical @8w, last 4 pregnancies conceived with late DH, all conceived while TTA/on birth control)
    Mar 2012: miscarried B/G twins @5w (conceived 2 cycles after removìng Paraguard copper IUD while NTNP), one twin was ovarian ectopic

    Me: 34, widowed, late O + short LP, normal-good hormone levels excepting undetectable testosterone, seeking a known sperm donor/life partner
    My sway: vegetarian LE for over 28w, skipping breakfast, fibre (ground psyllium husks) with/before/between meals, physically inactive, drama avoidance, ocassional minimal YesBaby lube as needed, alternate cycles on low dose Clomid, double shot lattes (with meals)
    Past sway tactics I've dropped (in order): Vitex, Sudafed, antihistamines, intermittent fasting, one attempt per cycle at positive OPK, one attempt in fertile period

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    Ok chiming in here from learning new stuff during my HT process.

    First, my personal history is, I ovulate late. Always have - around CD16-18 in the past, sometimes later. Recent years it's actually shifted up for me a bit to CD15 or so. My LP was always rather cruddy too - avg 9-10 days, sometimes as short as 8, NEVER in my life longer than 12.

    Curiously enough, I've now learnt of something called "PCOS tendency". It's when you aren't really PCOS but have hormones that easily 'swing' that way, and with the right lifestyle triggers and stressors, like weight gain, can kick you into PCOS. Some symptoms are some degree of insulin resistance, difficulty ovulating (like, multiple LH surges and late O), short LP. If you're testing hormonal b/w, LH being higher than FSH.

    Now that's all more HT/IVF stuff but I'm noticing even in this thread that we're ALL boy moms with this problem! Which if you link late O to 'PCOS tendencies' means higher levels of testosterone, and hence - boys! So IMO I don't think late O/PCOS tendencies can necessarily make you infertile but it certainly seems to sway blue, at least to my observation.
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    early m/c Jan 2013

    Cycle #1 @ HRC (Oct 2014) - 6 retrieved, 4 mature, 3 fertilized and biopsied. 1XX and 1XY abnormal. 1XX no DNA found, rebiopsied and found normal, frozen.
    FET attempt #1 (Nov 2014) - cancelled due to functional cyst. FET attempt #2 (Jan 30, 2015) - NT. Remaining embie failed to thaw.

    May 2015 - started infertility treatments at OFC. Femara 2.5mg
    July 2015 - BFP after second round of Femara. Aug 4 2015 - 6w4d
    Dec 21 2015 - mmc 7w1d

    Apr 2016 - IVF Cycle #2. Converted to IUI because of uneven response and leading follicles.
    Apr 19, 2016 - IUI with 3 mature follicles (2 right, 1 left), post wash: 17mil, 94% motility and 89% rapid motility. BFN.

    June 3, 2016 - 5mg Femara cycle. 5w.
    Sep 1, 2016 - 5mg Femara cycle. 8w.

    Our rainbow baby girl arrived on Mon Aug 28, 2017 - "After every storm comes a rainbow". We are so thankful and grateful for every moment.

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    totally with Lace and it's believed that somewhere between 75%-100% of all women could eventually develop PCOS if our lifestyles support it strongly enough. Some of us are lucky and fall on the "less susceptible" end of the continuum and can carry on drinking Dr Pepper into our middle age (please Lord!) others get PCOS even with perfect diets and good exercise habits. But it's not a "disease" in the proper sense of the word.
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    Quote Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush View Post
    totally with Lace and it's believed that somewhere between 75%-100% of all women could eventually develop PCOS if our lifestyles support it strongly enough. Some of us are lucky and fall on the "less susceptible" end of the continuum and can carry on drinking Dr Pepper into our middle age (please Lord!) others get PCOS even with perfect diets and good exercise habits. But it's not a "disease" in the proper sense of the word.
    Well there are worse health conditions to be prone to for sure!!

    I used to say that having a family tendency to diabetes is a blessing in disguise, as it's forced me to eat healthier and exercise regularly at a young age to keep the weight off. So I'm healthier than my 'skinny fat' husband!

    I'm definitely prone to IR and diabetes thanks to family genes, but at least I know ALL the women on my dad's side (and I take 100% after my dad) are very very fertile, so there's that, LOL.
    Me (38) and DH (38)

    SAHM military momma to DS1 (2004), DS2 (who's all boy but loves to dance, though not in a tutu!) (2006), DS3 (2009), and our rainbow baby girl DD1 (2017)

    early m/c Jan 2013

    Cycle #1 @ HRC (Oct 2014) - 6 retrieved, 4 mature, 3 fertilized and biopsied. 1XX and 1XY abnormal. 1XX no DNA found, rebiopsied and found normal, frozen.
    FET attempt #1 (Nov 2014) - cancelled due to functional cyst. FET attempt #2 (Jan 30, 2015) - NT. Remaining embie failed to thaw.

    May 2015 - started infertility treatments at OFC. Femara 2.5mg
    July 2015 - BFP after second round of Femara. Aug 4 2015 - 6w4d
    Dec 21 2015 - mmc 7w1d

    Apr 2016 - IVF Cycle #2. Converted to IUI because of uneven response and leading follicles.
    Apr 19, 2016 - IUI with 3 mature follicles (2 right, 1 left), post wash: 17mil, 94% motility and 89% rapid motility. BFN.

    June 3, 2016 - 5mg Femara cycle. 5w.
    Sep 1, 2016 - 5mg Femara cycle. 8w.

    Our rainbow baby girl arrived on Mon Aug 28, 2017 - "After every storm comes a rainbow". We are so thankful and grateful for every moment.

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    *Update* Met with the fertility specialist today. I have boderline pcos. No cysts or anything, but weak ovulation, and she saw an abundance of eggs. Doing an HSG, and will start clomid next month assuming no blocked tubes. I'm going to come off the HE diet, and start just looking at a pcos for fertility type lifestyle.

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    FX and blue dust headed your way honeybee!!!
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    HSG all clear! No pain, took 3min. I've passed all my tests, now dh needs SA.

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    FX and TX for great results!
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    Blood results are in! Hormones are all within normal range, I do not have pcos. My vitamin d however, was very very low. She prescribed 50,000 IU 4x a week for 3 months. She doesn't think that's preventing me from getting pregnant. DH provided his semen sample this week, so we'll get his results. If he's okay then we're looking at being unexplained I guess/!?

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    I bet the vit D will help.

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    currently TTC, Cycle #16 since last BFP

    TTC #1 - swaying pink on & off since Nov 2013 - hoping for a girl first but excited for either!

    Dec 2001 - May 2006 : 5 early abortions of healthy singletons (3 medical @5w, 2 surgical @8w, last 4 pregnancies conceived with late DH, all conceived while TTA/on birth control)
    Mar 2012: miscarried B/G twins @5w (conceived 2 cycles after removìng Paraguard copper IUD while NTNP), one twin was ovarian ectopic

    Me: 34, widowed, late O + short LP, normal-good hormone levels excepting undetectable testosterone, seeking a known sperm donor/life partner
    My sway: vegetarian LE for over 28w, skipping breakfast, fibre (ground psyllium husks) with/before/between meals, physically inactive, drama avoidance, ocassional minimal YesBaby lube as needed, alternate cycles on low dose Clomid, double shot lattes (with meals)
    Past sway tactics I've dropped (in order): Vitex, Sudafed, antihistamines, intermittent fasting, one attempt per cycle at positive OPK, one attempt in fertile period

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