[Brokenangel714]

Hi Brokenangel,

If you are estrogen deficient, then increasing your progesterone would not help with that I think.. Or have I missed something here?

Anyways, a woman's cycle has two phases. The day you get your period is called day 1 of your cycle. The first half of the cycle is called the follicular phase. The second half is called the luteal phase.

During the follicular phase, your estrogen increases until about day 12, then it drops pretty dramatically, which induces ovulation on day 14. All throughout the follicular phase estrogen is higher than progesterone. After ovulation you are in the luteal phase. This is where progesterone is higher than estrogen, but both hormones steadily decrease until you get your period again.

Note that this is if you normally have a 28 day cycle. The luteal phase ALWAYS lasts 14 days. This means that if you have a 30 day cycle f.ex, you have to count back 14 days from when you think you'll get your period to figure out which day you will ovulate, and this means the follicular phase can vary in length. You can also do some sort of temperature monitoring throughout your cycle to see which day you ovulate, but I don't know much about that.

When using herbs and progesterone creams etc, if you want to keep your cycle normal, then you would want to go along with the natural rises and drops in hormones. That's why you want to use the progesterone cream during your luteal phase because that's when it is naturally high in your body. If you are on birthcontrol however, you most likely don't have a cycle (meaning your hormone levels stay pretty much constant except for if you have a week of withdrawal bleeding)

Also I've read that using progesterone cream will sensitize the hormone receptors in the breasts, which is good for boobie-growth.

Also progesterone will grow the glandular parts of your breasts, meaning you get a nice rounded shape, But estrogen grows the milk ducts, giving them a "conical" shape (growth forward)

But again, not sure if you should mess with progesterone if it is estrogen you think you lack.. If you do do this, then you could maybe keep an eye out for the various symptoms of deficiency/dominance. Here Isabelle sums it up quickly
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=9786&pid=35037#pid35037
I think another one for too much prog. is increased irritability

Symptoms of prog. toxicity
http://livingtherhythm.com/?page_id=60

There also this online test thingy that many on here use before they start a NBE program. http://www.johnleemd.com/store/resource_hormonetest.html


Anyways, I hope that helped and was easy enough to understand. I know it can be a bit confusing Good luck!

It was a lot more easy to understand then others! Thank you! I took the test and that really helped. I only have one more question before I start my program. So, I know to use it during the luteal phase and it's 14 days after your period. But how often are you supposed to use the cream? Every day, every other day, every 4 days? And once the 14 days are up do you stop cold turkey and wait till your luteal phase again? Thanks you again, so MUCH for your help! This is amazing, I hope on my way to better breasts.