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It sounds like you could have a luteal phase defect if you are ovulating that late regularly. I would recomment charting BBT to be sure. OPKs can be a bit odd sometimes so I don't rely on them 100%. BBT is pretty reliable in my experience for confirming ovulation.

Have you thought about getting checked out once you reach a year of trying?

We haven't seriously been trying. We've been having unprotected sex but haven't been charting or using OPK's or anything. I track my cycles on montlyinfo.com, so we've been basing my ovulation date off of that.

We're thinking of doing at least 3 cycles before we get a doctor involved. This is the first cycle I've used an OPK, so if we aren't successful this time around and the next OPK shows that I'm ovulating late again, then We'll do one more cycle and see what happens. We started using pre-seed and I heard that B6 helps to extend the luteal phase, so I'm going to start taking a higher dose of that as well.

I had an IUI a few years ago, so I basically know what to expect if/when we do decide to go the medical route. :)