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I took a pregnancy test yesterday and it was negative (dollar store brand) but after found out the test had expired last summer. I'm not sure how accurate the result is then. So far my luteal phase has never been longer than 13 days. That would mean today I am due to start. I usually spot a day before but so far nothing.

Now could the day of my IUI affect the length of my luteal phase. In past cycles I've had an IUI done on CD15 and once we had it done on CD16. All of those cycles my luteal phase was 13 days. This cycle I had my IUI done on CD14. My cycles have been 28-29 days. On the 29 day cycle I did the IUI on CD 16. So on a normal cycle I'd have an IUI on day 15, cycle would last 28 days with a 13 day luteal phase. On another cycle I had an IUI on CD 16, cycle length was 29 days with a 13 day luteal phase.

So now I'm wondering about this cycle. I had an IUI on CD 14 and today is CD28. According to my normal cycle length I should spot today and start tomorrow, but that would make my luteal phase 14 days which it has never been. Looking back at old cycles (when I was on clomid my cycles were usually around 30-33 days, even then my luteal phase never passed 13 days.

I'm really hoping AF doesn't show up this weekend and I can't help but be hopeful since according to luteal length I should have spotted yesterday and started today. My cycle length has varied in the past (again clomid makes me ovulate late so I have longer cycles) but my luteal length has been pretty consistent. No less than 12 days, no more than 13.

Any thoughts?

I have no idea to be honest. The body does crazy things BUT, i remember the first time I was preggies, I had very minor symptoms (weight loss was one of the big ones in fact) and I tested negative for the first 4 weeks. I felt something was off when I didn't get a period but didn't think I was pregnant. I took a test anyway and I got a very faint line 3 times. I thought because it wasn't a dark line that I wasn't pregnant this was AT LEAST 25 dpo. I waited another month and still no AF so I KNEW something was wrong and went to Planned Parenthood to find out I was BFP! I couldn't believe it. There are no rules. The body does what it wants and I find that unless a women is REALLY in tune with her body, most women who were actually pregnant didn't even notice until they missed a period and sometimes after. I recommend to stop worrying about and if you are, you will KNOW by a BFP after not having a period. That's my experience.