06-10-2011, 01:34
Well, I have a couple of thoughts on this. I think what you do depends on what it is you are wanting out of you hormone test. If you want to use it to keep an eye on your estrogen load to insure it doesn't get too high, then you could use it as soon as the 20 or 21st day of your cycle rolls around. That will let you see how high of a load your program creates in your body on a monthly basis with the pm intake.
If you want to use it to be able to reassure yourself that without the pm in your system, your hormones will be able to level back out on their own, then wait until you take a break from it to take the test. I wouldn't think you would need more than 1 cycle break to see what will happen with them.
Keep in mind though, since this test is being done through your doctors office, if your test results come back showing a crazy imbalance, then you doctor will want to take quick action and want to try and alter it, which will put you in the position of discussing what you have been taking... some women are fine with doing that like myself, while others really don't want to tell anyone anything, so it's up to you.
If you don't want to have to have a discussion with your doc just yet, you could save your test for down the road when you are done with your program and in the mean time just do one of the online saliva test for a middle program check.
Mel
If you want to use it to be able to reassure yourself that without the pm in your system, your hormones will be able to level back out on their own, then wait until you take a break from it to take the test. I wouldn't think you would need more than 1 cycle break to see what will happen with them.
Keep in mind though, since this test is being done through your doctors office, if your test results come back showing a crazy imbalance, then you doctor will want to take quick action and want to try and alter it, which will put you in the position of discussing what you have been taking... some women are fine with doing that like myself, while others really don't want to tell anyone anything, so it's up to you.
If you don't want to have to have a discussion with your doc just yet, you could save your test for down the road when you are done with your program and in the mean time just do one of the online saliva test for a middle program check.
Mel