04-08-2015, 03:36 PM
(04-08-2015, 09:35 AM)char Wrote: By the way Hannah: of course your breasts may feel heavier during the luteal phase. That is totally normal even without NBE! I have a long history of gaining a few pounds before my period. A lot of it is water retention. Sometimes, my legs look so big! Then after my period, I would pee so much and look normal, again. And as you are in NBE, how can the boobs get bigger without getting a little more meat to them?! The body is going through some changes, anyway. If something really weird occurs (I listen to my body also, especially when it has screamed at me), it is good you are pay attention to your body. People on this thread have sometimes asked about why breasts hurt with NBE. I was so shocked! I can remember sitting at the lunch table at school and feeling sharp pains when I was developing (even tiny breasts) in puberty. That was a long time ago! Lol. I would have thought that most people know about "growing pains!" Shoot! I had friends that grew tall and quickly in their teen years. It was painful. When the body is stretching... My friend, who had never nbed (as far as I know) and I have joked about the monthly extra jiggle. It is one of the only nice things Aunt Flo brings when she visits! Anyway, I hope we can all enjoy more the NBE journey; that is is safe and healthy so we don't have so many opportunities to freak out about stuff. Cheers!
Yes in luteal I always have it, but I was in my follicular phase when this occured. But today the heaviness is gone, so it was temporary.
I am personally very unfamiliar with the grwoing pains from puberty. Might have missed on that period, though I remember when suddenly from one day to another my ''montogmery glands'' were there.. I think I was 11 when that happened.. and dont remember experiencing pain during that period. But they might not have fully developed either, since they are smallish. Did aunt Flo told you about the water retention too?:p I think that might be the cause of your leg swelling, excess estrogen can be the underlying cause of it which can be led back to bcp, dont know if you are on that?