[danica]

Did a little more research this weekend. I'm 15 days into my first cycle now. I'm getting some swelling but nothing crazy and it could be due to the pumping alone. I just have to go look at my old photos to remember that I have over double what I started with and growing from nothing just takes longer so I need to be patient. Anyways here are the adjustments I might be making. Nothing crazy just adding some stuff for my off week and trying to mimic the natural hormonal cycle rather than blast my body with nothing but BO and estrogen and then drop off extremely during my off week. I thought about even tapering the BO dosage to match the camel humps of estrogen throughout the month. Might do that next cycle. Idk if this is dumb but i feel like it's smarter for overall health? I don't want to defeat the potential success of this program by adding in the progesterone helping vitex and dong quai since MMS had such good success... hmm... I really should get a hormone panel done but I'm too stubborn to stop my program since my overall health is ok.  

AM
Kelp
MSM
Vit C
Hyaluronic Acid
NAC
HMB
Ginkgo biloba & red panax ginseng (only days 7-21 bc ginseng can be estrogenic)
Premium Anti-Aging Marine Collagen Powder (not everyday)

PM
GABA (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18091016/)
10-20G Mk 677
HMB
MSM
Kelp
Cinnamon

Topical
BO on nipples at night
EPO/Borage/Fish/Flax/NatureDay/Zhu mi on breast

Pump
1hr daily/every other day goal med cup Bosom Beauty with 7:2 massage and pushups/other
(just purchased Large airlock noogle and hoping that will simplify things and capture more of my upper breast)

Cycling
Days 7-21 BO start adding 1 pill a day for 6 total (1500mg) 17th drop down by 1 pill
Days 21-28 vitex/dong quai

Off week
Damiana
Milk thistle
Maca
Dandelion


Other : Red Raspberry tea, Spearmint tea, Mothers Milk Tea (only during 7-21 due to estrogenic ingredients : fennel, anise, cilantro, fenugreek, blessed thistle, spearmint, lemongrass, marshmallow, lemon verbena), Borage (only 7-21), Fish, Flax (only 7-21), EPO oils

I also have some leftover natureday cream I'm applying in the mornings after I remove my pasties. It has wild yam and fennel in it. Just going to finish the jar bc I used it before and idt it did much on its own.

Sweetheart, you might like to add ginger root to your tea It has amazing progesterone balancing effects. I buy a ginger root, cut it all up, pour 1 litre of boiling water into a pot and boil the ginger for 5-10 minutes . Then I wait till it cools and then put all the liquid into a glass jar and store in the fridge. Add some to each cup of tea That way you don't have to boil ginger every day, and  a 1litre lasts me 2 weeks