Slacker!

I have been such a slacker keeping things up to date on here. This is exactly why I was hesitant about starting a blog but I will keep trying!

So, I will do some quick updates. After the first month of OPK's I found out that I was ovulating around CD 15 out of a 24 days cycle. This could be an issue because my luteal phase may not be long enough. I never heard about luteal phases until I did some research and talked to some friends who also dealt with fertility issues. Your luteal phase is the time from when you ovulate to the time you get your period. If its too short then the fertilized egg doesn't have enough time to attach therefore you get your period and there is no pregnancy. Ideally the luteal phase should be 12-14 days but mine is more around 9-10. Anything below 9 is considered too short and this can be caused by low progesterone.

My last period was very strange at first (TMI WARNING!) because I had some tissue discharge, almost like it was my period without the blood. I have never had that before but no positive HCG tests. Now that I have had some answers regarding my ovulation it makes total sense why I am not getting pregnant. I was totally missing ovulation!

I started OPK's this month as well and the same thing happened, positive OPK on CD15. I also started charting my temperature this month. Up until 2 days ago I was using a regular thermometer because I didn't have a BBT one. Now that I have one I think my first temp's were quite off so I likely wont have any clear data until next month. That is if they will even be right because from time to time I'm still up several times at night with A fussing.

I was trying to avoid calling my OB because last time I felt very brushed off but I did it anyway. I asked if I could request a progesterone test to see if maybe my levels were low. If they were, that would explain the m/c, short periods and short luteal phase. I'm waiting for a call back to see what the OB says (HA! as I was typing this sentence my OB called back and said she will give me the script and I will have to get it done between CD21 and CD23 which will be next Monday!)

That's pretty much all my updates for now. I did a really cool project last week that a lot of friends have been asking me to do a tutorial for. Now that my Etsy shop has slowed down a bit I will try to take the time to write it out. Hope everyone had a good  4th of July!!!