Regulate cycles?!

Shanda • Mom to 2 little girls, married since sept 20, 2014
Has anyone with longer cycles found away to regulate and shorten their cycles? 
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I agree with Rebecca listen to your body you may know something that your Dr overlooks & be persistent. We TTC for 2 years before I went to a fertility Dr. Regular Dr's at first said everything was fine but I knew something was off. Turns out I don't have PCOS but have just about every symptom for it, and they found that I don't ovulate much. Most women ovulate 12 months. I am lucky if I ovulate 8 times a year. I used to be regular but my cycles were still 35-37 days which is long. The last 2 months they've been 31-32 days. Before that 43 days. I changed is my diet. I cut out most meat, added more veggies, mostly lemon water, & healthier snacks. When I was underweight my cycles were long but regular. Now I'm "where I'm supposed to be" by cycles are erratic. Maybe look at some of those factors & Maca Root like Desarie mentioned. I tried Vitex before & it didn't do anything. Good luck! Keep us posted. :)

Co

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I found Vitex helps a lot :) I have pcos and ovulate maybe 4 to 6 times a year without it.

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Cookie🏋💪 • Feb 6, 2015
Make sure you take the standardised version! :) I take 1000mg a day

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Shanda • Feb 6, 2015
Oh awesome! I think I'll try it! I have been looking into it already 😃 thanks

Re

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I didn't really find anything in particular, but you can have a check up and mention it to md because my thyroid was a big part of my issue. Pay attention to your body. If you feel like something isn't right be your own advocate. I will say that when I was younger being underweight made me skip periods all together. Good luck!!

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Shanda • Jan 25, 2015
I can schedule a app for August to get everything checked out I also gave to have a annual by October

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Shanda • Jan 25, 2015
I haven't skipped any periods since I got of birth control. I was actually under weight until December.

De

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I was having regular 40 day cycles as soon as I started TTC... (I had 28-30 day cycles before that) I stopped stressing and lost 10 lbs and that's helped with 2 of my cycle lengths so far. But I have also read that maca root ( which I am currently taking) can help regulate a cycle and also help when TTC!

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Shanda • Jan 25, 2015
Yes I was taking them I just didn't use them this cycle we was taking a break from trying

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Desirae • Jan 25, 2015
Oh ok lol I was thinking that's what you meant but I wasn't sure!! Do you take OPKs at all?

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Shanda • Jan 25, 2015
Oh sorry my normal cycle is 30 to 31 this month was 35 day cycle it's never been more than 31 days tho