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Short Luteal Phases


When I was trying to get pregnant with my second child while breastfeeding my first, I discovered that breastfeeding had given me a luteal phase deficiency.

What is a short luteal phase deficiency?
A short luteal phase deficiency is when your luteal phase number is below 10. You need to have a luteal phase of 10 or more to get pregnant.

How does a short luteal phase deficiency affect pregnancy?
If you happen to get pregnant with a luteal phase below a 10, you have an increased chance of miscarriage or chemical pregnancy because the egg does not have the time to implant properly. (There could be exceptions to this, because there are some women who get pregnant with a subsequent child before they even have a postpartum period. The only downside is you do not know if the Luteal Phase was over or under or exactly 10 when the pregnancy occurred). 

Your luteal phase number is determined by the day after you O to the last day of your cycle. The reason I knew I had a short luteal phase or luteal phase deficiency was because I was tracking my postpartum cycles on a free www.FertilityFriend.com and www.mycountdowntopregnancy.com fertility chart, mostly through recording my BBT (basal body temperature) every morning at that same time to detect ovulation from cycle day 1 to the last day in my cycle. I also used OPKs (ovulation prediction kits) to help confirm ovulation. 
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