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So, just a quick update. I finally found a source of hops for my regime! yay! It's a herbal mixture in extract form that contains: hops, lavender, lemon balm and valerian root. I was researching if any of the herbs (apart from hops) could somehow hinder my NBE program and to my pleasant surprise I found that lavender actually helps breast grow!! I had no idea, maybe people here knew that already and I'm just a bit behind in this So there's two active NBE ingredients in this extract. I'm adding it to tea at night and also using it for massage. I ran out of the oil mixture I had so for now I'm applying a teaspoon full of this extract and massaging till it gets absorbed and then continuing my massage with some regular lotion. The only problem with this extract is that it is alcohol based, so it soaks in very quickly and doesnt seem to mix well with oils and lotion.

AF is coming in about 4 days, I'm planning on ramping up my fenugreek 2000mg/day on day 1 of my cycle - etsrogen levels are low during that time, so ill give them a boost this way.

Isabelle, thanks for the info btw! I'll be following your program to see how you do with the hops flowers...I might have to go for the same option if i feel that the extract i bought isn't doing the job. I'm trying to avoid powder though because I'm very busy and can't see how I would intergrate powders into my daily routine...extracts and capsules are so much more convenient
I also wanted to ask you Isabelle, having a family history of brest cancer, are you worried that the herbs could help develop breast cancer for you as well? I'm asking because my mom had breast cancer last year, age 53, and I'm starting to worry if taking herbs with phytoestrogens could lead to breast cancer in me as well (being that breast cancer is now in my family)...have you read anything about this subject?

Anywho, good luck to everyone! I will be updating again soon!

Hello sunshine. I did not know about lavender. I love that plant so to find this out is grate. Thank you. I shall do some research.

I am sorry to hear about your mother, I hope she has made a full recovery. It is a very good idea to be careful with herbs so you were right to ask the question. I was worried about breast cancer too. women in my family have suffered from it and died very young, I’m talking 40’s they were sisters. But my mother is sketchy about who they were and I cant get out of her if they are a direct link or married into the family, I know nothing about them she knew them when she was a little girl. She is now in her late 50’s and none of her sisters or cousins or she have suffered so perhaps there was no biological link to them. And she always goes on about how her family have a history of living into their 90’s+ (her grandmother got to 105) so perhaps it is unrelated. I didn’t find this out until well after I stated nbe.

Its one reason why I’m looking at the breast pump options- I got frightened, and not only because of that just in general I think we live in a polluted and unnatural world with additives and artificial things pumped into our food, buildings, air without us even knowing(I live in london and you can actually see a dome of smog in the summer as you approch from the countryside). I don’t want to do more harm. That’s not to say pumps have no risks, I actually think its rather an aggressive form of nbe and I do sometimes worry that I’m doing tissue damage which could be even more dangerous.(should have stuck to hypnosis and massage haha). I also had some bad reaction to some herbs but Isabelle kindly explained all to me and I think I can work around it now. I have since taken a glass of soy with 3 kelp tablets a day and soured some peppermint and liquorish tea. So mild herbs, which I drink in the later half of my cycle.

Oh I rambled some I am sorry.

Good luck with your program. I like what you are doing it doesn’t seem too intense with reams of pills and therefore manageable. That’s not to say you wont see results, I believe if you are persistent you will. I look forward to see how you get on. XX