[Ginie]

In the first phase of your cycle (before ovulation) it should be low and and after ovulation - higher. Also the shift indicates the ovulation. You can find many examples, here's one of them: http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/bbt/bbtfaq.html

You're right - hormonal balance and "balance for NBE" are two different things And, in my opinion, both are not that difficult to achieve. The problem is to know what type of disbalance you have. Only tests will give the answer. Or you can try and do other things (if going to a doctor is out of the question) - BBT charting, listening to your body, writing down your symptoms, so on.

There're many opinions on whether it's the estrogen or progesterone or prolactin or cortisol or growth hormon or.. I believe it's the combination of them all. We will never know for sure but we can experiment and find out for ourselves. Just remember to safe when you're "experimenting"!

Imagine what will happen if you try to increase your estrogen while you're estrogen dominant! But getting rid of this "dominance" thing might be the answer in this case!

For example, I experimented with herbs for few months. They were only increasing estrogen (bloating, water retension) and all the "growth" was gone after the period.

I "experimented" with progesterone cream. Wow, there came my boobs and the growth stayed!

I experimented with BO. I think I gained half a cup or even more but it's hard to say what did what because after two months on it I added NB.

Now I think that it takes both - progesterone and estrogen to grow boobs. This is why my next theory is to work with both of them but each one for its own part of the cycle (estrogen - first half, progesterone - second half).

I haven't made up my mind about Maca though.