27-04-2013, 07:50 PM
I thought I would start documenting what I was doing in case I needed to remember in the future. I haven't decided or started on any supplements with phyto-hormones yet as I'm afraid to without a hormone panel. I would *guess* my hormones are pretty balanced. I might have slightly raised andogens. That would be only a guess.
My background is that I'm in my 30's, have children and spent 6 years of my life breastfeeding. I was in a 34C when I was breastfeeding (and engorged, lol). Then, I stopped and seemed to maintain my size okay. I gained weight, then lost weight and that time when I lost the weight, it's like my boobs left too. It was so drastic that I was shocked one day when I looked in the mirror. I want to say my overbust measurement was 33 (underbust 30). I decided to start looking up natural ways to increase growth.
So, the first thing I started was therapeutic breast massage to help the lymphatic system. I would massage morning and evening using in the shower using conditioner, although I did try to use sesame seed oil here and there, the smell makes me want to puke. Then I learned about chi rotations and added those in. I did notice more roundness. I was able to push my breast together whereas before they didn't reach! The second month, my period was 21 days late and this never happened to me without being pregnant. My breasts were growing and plump at this time. Whatever hormone was active at this time must've caused the fullness. I will never really know what the problem was that cycle... I wondered if the sudden massaging caused an anovulatory cycle or something.
Last week I read about massaging with muscle rub with menthol 10% and methyl salicylate 30%. I happened to have Equate brand with these percentages and used a dime amount for both sides. After three days, my breasts began to feel sore and hurt. They are tighter, not squishy like before. They have firmness. But I was also around day 18 of my cycle which is when progesterone should be highest. A few days later, they are still firm. I measured today at 34.75. I also attribute some of the gain in just regaining my equilibrium because my weight loss was too quick so maybe my fat is starting to equal back out. I am a few pounds more too.
I will get rather hard spots in my right breast that hurt. I sometimes wonder if the breast massage isn't causing a gland or two to start producing milk again? I haven't noticed any release of milk, but the hard spots remind me of being engorged when I breastfed. They do go away too and you can rub them out.
I'm thinking of buying some L-arginine. I thought I could take it, and my hub can take it for his blood pressure and my daughter could combine it with ibuprofen for when she gets a migrain. I figure it won't do much harm to try that first. I'm also coming up with some other supplements to help me get healthy first. I'm thinking of getting some hair skin and nail vitamins and MSM. I have a good multivitamin but not sure if I should take that plus the others. I don't want too much of a good thing.
Day 21 and they are sore, even when I don't consciously think about them. They feel firm. They are probably retaining water too.
My current measurements:
above breast: 31
overbust: 34.5 to 34.75
underbust: 31
waist:29
butt/hips: 37
weight/height: 120, 5'3"
As a teen I probably wasn't even an A cup. I have always been tiny chested. I wished I had started NBE earlier. I remember wanting to try Bloussant and even made the phone call but then researched it and everything said that any supplement was a bunch of bunk and your bust size was genetic and I believed them
My background is that I'm in my 30's, have children and spent 6 years of my life breastfeeding. I was in a 34C when I was breastfeeding (and engorged, lol). Then, I stopped and seemed to maintain my size okay. I gained weight, then lost weight and that time when I lost the weight, it's like my boobs left too. It was so drastic that I was shocked one day when I looked in the mirror. I want to say my overbust measurement was 33 (underbust 30). I decided to start looking up natural ways to increase growth.
So, the first thing I started was therapeutic breast massage to help the lymphatic system. I would massage morning and evening using in the shower using conditioner, although I did try to use sesame seed oil here and there, the smell makes me want to puke. Then I learned about chi rotations and added those in. I did notice more roundness. I was able to push my breast together whereas before they didn't reach! The second month, my period was 21 days late and this never happened to me without being pregnant. My breasts were growing and plump at this time. Whatever hormone was active at this time must've caused the fullness. I will never really know what the problem was that cycle... I wondered if the sudden massaging caused an anovulatory cycle or something.
Last week I read about massaging with muscle rub with menthol 10% and methyl salicylate 30%. I happened to have Equate brand with these percentages and used a dime amount for both sides. After three days, my breasts began to feel sore and hurt. They are tighter, not squishy like before. They have firmness. But I was also around day 18 of my cycle which is when progesterone should be highest. A few days later, they are still firm. I measured today at 34.75. I also attribute some of the gain in just regaining my equilibrium because my weight loss was too quick so maybe my fat is starting to equal back out. I am a few pounds more too.
I will get rather hard spots in my right breast that hurt. I sometimes wonder if the breast massage isn't causing a gland or two to start producing milk again? I haven't noticed any release of milk, but the hard spots remind me of being engorged when I breastfed. They do go away too and you can rub them out.
I'm thinking of buying some L-arginine. I thought I could take it, and my hub can take it for his blood pressure and my daughter could combine it with ibuprofen for when she gets a migrain. I figure it won't do much harm to try that first. I'm also coming up with some other supplements to help me get healthy first. I'm thinking of getting some hair skin and nail vitamins and MSM. I have a good multivitamin but not sure if I should take that plus the others. I don't want too much of a good thing.
Day 21 and they are sore, even when I don't consciously think about them. They feel firm. They are probably retaining water too.
My current measurements:
above breast: 31
overbust: 34.5 to 34.75
underbust: 31
waist:29
butt/hips: 37
weight/height: 120, 5'3"
As a teen I probably wasn't even an A cup. I have always been tiny chested. I wished I had started NBE earlier. I remember wanting to try Bloussant and even made the phone call but then researched it and everything said that any supplement was a bunch of bunk and your bust size was genetic and I believed them
