[MaerynPearl]

not suddendly dropping weight... or getting stressed out...

without going to the doctor to get birth control...

is there any healthy way to delay o by a day or two? herbs or whatnot?

The reason being is right now i'm set to O just before my honey comes home for 2 weeks... like... my fertile period is set to end exactly the day before he comes home... and I really want a chance this time around... so I'm willing to try anything that won't hurt me or require me to take yet another trip to the doctor (i go every 6 weeks as it is...)

 

[MrsTC]

How much time do you have? Where are you at in your cycle now, and when is he coming home in relation to now?

If you have a few weeks and time to manipulate this cycle, taking extra vitamins B could work to lengthen your LP a little. So could doing something a little reckless like eating a bunch of soy to throw off your hormone balances for a few days. Or maybe an accupuncturist could lengthen your LP the month before your cycle when he'll be home.

Adding...I did lunar something or other one cycle a few months ago where I slept with the light on in my bedroom for three days in the middle of my cycle, and that month, I think I screwed up my O date and pushed it back or delayed it or something, because I started the lights on at night a day too late. You sleep in total, pitch darkness for the rest of the month, before and after O, but during O, for three days leading up to O, sleep with a lamp on, and you should O the third night.

 

[MaerynPearl]

this is indeed the month before and i shouldnt be o'ing until halfway through next week, which is why i'm asking now and not after this o as it is this o i want to delay so next month is healthy but later than currently scheduled. i'll look into the b6/soy and acupuncture (ive been wanting acupuncture anyway!)

 

[NewDirections]

That's a really interesting question.

Have you considered using visualization to delay ovulation?

 

[MaerynPearl]

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Originally Posted by TatianaTiger That's a really interesting question. Have you considered using visualization to delay ovulation?

I idon't know much about that, can you point me toward some information? i'd be willing to try.

 

[lisko15]

Just an idea, after you O this cycle... you may be able to delay your period, thus delaying your next O.

I was a bridesmaid two summers ago, wearing a fitted light yellow dress, and AF was set to come the day before or day of the wedding. I was single at the time, so not using any hormonal BC, so I couldn't go that route.

I did some research and found that a daily dose of NSAIDs can lighten and/or delay AF. I can't remember the dosage (but you could Google it), but I took daily Aleve for about two weeks before AF was to arrive. AF did come late - by at least two or three days.

Interestingly, this October I got my wisdom teeth removed and took high doses of ibuprofen (also an NSAID) and my LP was longer than usual (like 18 days). (Which was torture since I was TTC-ing and really thought I might be PG)

Just thought this might be another option...

 

[MaerynPearl]

thank you, ill look that up

 

[YummyYumYumMama]

maybe you could use progesterone cream to lengthen your LP, too, although i'm not sure if it works the first cycle out or if you have to do it over a certain period of time. i know i'm not of much help, but good luck!

 

[MaerynPearl]

I think i will be doing the b6 and i'm buying progesterone cream right now... plus I'll look into the visualization... I suppose we'll know in 3 weeks if it works...

Thank you for this ladies! I really hope it works... nothing could make me happier right now than to have a new life inside of me created by my dBF and myself... and I know he's very much hoping our first is a boy

 

[NewDirections]

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Originally Posted by TatianaTiger That's a really interesting question. Have you considered using visualization to delay ovulation?

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Originally Posted by MaerynPearl I idon't know much about that, can you point me toward some information? i'd be willing to try.

The mind and the body are connected and our beliefs about our bodies are very powerful. I'd just spend a few minutes each day thinking about and picturing in your mind ovulating when your dp is in town. Make sure that you are relaxed and comfortable. If it were me, I'd focus on the happy feelings of making love with my partner knowing that I had fertile cm at that time adn that all the timing would be perfect. Doing this could cause you to delay ovulation until dp visits. Good luck