I'm feeling a bit discouraged. My period started this last Friday. I was so excited to start my herbs! I took one fenugreek (610mg) as soon as I noticed I'd started (around noon), felt fine with that, and took another at night. All was well. Then the next day, since I was still feeling great, I took one FG in the morning, a hops (310mg) in the afternoon, and another FG at night. Unfortunately, after I took the first hops, I developed a mild headache. Thought it would go away, as mild headaches aren't uncommon during my period, but it only got worse. I also felt very "out of it" and sedated. I know those are normal side-effects of hops, but I couldn't believe that just 310mg of it hit me that hard, especially when I've taken it before. I took another FG that night. I was feeling much better the next morning, so to test it out I repeated the same dosage. One FG in the morning (felt fine after), a hops in the afternoon, and another FG at night. Sure enough, the headache and general feeling of weirdness came back within the same amount of time of taking the hops as the day before.
My WonderUp arrived yesterday (Monday). I had already taken one FG in the morning, so I took one WU in the afternoon and one before bed. I developed a headache again later at night but it wasn't as bad as it was with just the hops, so that's good. And this time I was able to get rid of it by taking Ibuprofen. (The headaches before couldn't even be alleviated with pain meds.) So far today I've taken one WU in the morning and I feel pretty much normal, albeit a little bit sleepy. If I don't get a headache by early evening, I will take 2 WU. If I do get one, I'll only take one. If it all works out, I think I will leave it at taking 4 pills/day for the first month. I grew last time by alternating between 4 and 5 pills per day, and I'm trying to be careful not to overdo it. So hopefully 4 will do the trick. Once I ramp up to 4 pills per day I will come back to post my "official" program.
I've been hoping this is just my body adjust to the herbs but this has never happened before. I'm worried that it has something to do with the combination of herbs and birth control pills. If this continues to be a problem I won't resume with the BCPs next month. I'm not taking them for actual birth control purposes. Speaking of that, I should also note that it seemed my period was over last night, but today I have a bit of spotting again. Really hoping it's not due to the herbs and BCPs. I definitely don't want spotting all month. If it continues, I will have to stop taking the WU until my next period.
Now on to the good news... As of yesterday (which typically is my smallest day), I was measuring bigger! I can tell I've lost some fullness of course but they've kept some of it, and kept a better shape.
Under bust: 26" (same)
Across bust: 30 1/4" (+1/4")
Above bust: 20 1/2" (+1/2")
Hips - 33" (same)
Waist - 23" (same)
I'm so hoping that I can continue taking WU this month. I've been feeling a little light tingling and some random pains. Nothing too thrilling yet, but the first time I took WU I didn't feel the real good stuff until after I'd ovulated so I'm anxious to see what happens then!
My WonderUp arrived yesterday (Monday). I had already taken one FG in the morning, so I took one WU in the afternoon and one before bed. I developed a headache again later at night but it wasn't as bad as it was with just the hops, so that's good. And this time I was able to get rid of it by taking Ibuprofen. (The headaches before couldn't even be alleviated with pain meds.) So far today I've taken one WU in the morning and I feel pretty much normal, albeit a little bit sleepy. If I don't get a headache by early evening, I will take 2 WU. If I do get one, I'll only take one. If it all works out, I think I will leave it at taking 4 pills/day for the first month. I grew last time by alternating between 4 and 5 pills per day, and I'm trying to be careful not to overdo it. So hopefully 4 will do the trick. Once I ramp up to 4 pills per day I will come back to post my "official" program.
I've been hoping this is just my body adjust to the herbs but this has never happened before. I'm worried that it has something to do with the combination of herbs and birth control pills. If this continues to be a problem I won't resume with the BCPs next month. I'm not taking them for actual birth control purposes. Speaking of that, I should also note that it seemed my period was over last night, but today I have a bit of spotting again. Really hoping it's not due to the herbs and BCPs. I definitely don't want spotting all month. If it continues, I will have to stop taking the WU until my next period.
Now on to the good news... As of yesterday (which typically is my smallest day), I was measuring bigger! I can tell I've lost some fullness of course but they've kept some of it, and kept a better shape.
Under bust: 26" (same)
Across bust: 30 1/4" (+1/4")
Above bust: 20 1/2" (+1/2")
Hips - 33" (same)
Waist - 23" (same)
I'm so hoping that I can continue taking WU this month. I've been feeling a little light tingling and some random pains. Nothing too thrilling yet, but the first time I took WU I didn't feel the real good stuff until after I'd ovulated so I'm anxious to see what happens then!