[Sammy95]

FG is not nearly as strong as PM so that's a safe bet for luteal. Or you could just take small amount of PM. I sometimes open up the capsules and take half of the powder.

Ive never heard of PC stopping growth unless your progesterone dominate.

You really need to figure out what kinda of hormone imbalances you may have; It sounds like you do because of the 46 day long cycle your having. And yes, you need to apply it to different part of the body. Preferably places less fatty places with veins present, i.e., wrists, inside of arms, chest, breasts, ankles.

For me personally its been helpful, but Im low estrogen with even lower progesterone so I react well to it.

LOL. It's not that FG isn't as "strong" as PM, it's that it's doing something completely different! It's comparing apples to oranges. FG is a VERY strong apple, and PM is a VERY STRONG orange... Let's say Fuji and Nectarine.

PM is an estrogen. The second or third strongest. The strongest of course being estradiol, e2, the dominant natural female estrogen. It's also an anti-androgen, though the strength of that activity is hotly debated over in the men's area.

FG is a prolactin/galactagogue and an adaptogen that shuts off certain parts of the negative feedback mechanisms in your bodies hormonal synthesis pathway. In other words it makes your body think its pregnant for the most part. If you respond to FG in ways that make your think you're pregnant, you probably aren't, congratulations, you're responding as intended.

Of course if you fiddle around with the FG you can pull off some interesting tricks compared to a constant dose. Constant dose is how you imitate pregnancy.

In fact... FG first drew our attention (NBE'ers) due to its use by some women during and shortly after pregnancy to enhance their milk production because they weren't making enough on their own for whatever reason.

wow thanks AbiDrew85, thats really interesting!

so with regards to FG making your body think it is pregnant thus enhancing milk production does that not mean that any growth you may see is temporary and will simply diminish once you stop taking FG?

Also what kind of interesting tricks can be created and on what kind of doses are we talking? i am always interested in hearing other peoples theories and experiences, it's all really fascinating to me what we can do to our bodies simply taking various combinations of these herbs!!

Any advice would be great. At the moment i am simply taking 500mg of FG twice a day, along with calcium+vit D, hair skin and nails, and ginkgo. Still awaiting my PM at the moment.