30-05-2014, 08:07
I have a question to add.
I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I was 18 (six years ago), but I did not want to take birth control to correct it. I had heard so many mood swing/weight gain/infertility horror stories from friends on birth control. Every new drug is hailed as the best birth control ever, and then it gets recalled or something. I am not sure if that diagnosis was correct, but I did have some extremely painful, irregular periods. They seem to have stabilized since then.
Anyway, I just started breast massage 3 days ago. I have not taken any herbs, although I have ordered fenugreek and I started massaging with flaxseed oil today.
Directly after my very first 30 minute session with just cocoa butter oil, I started having period cramps and my period started the next day. I have been fairly regular for the past four years, but this is about a week and a half early. Is it possible that simply stimulating the breast tissue caused this? Is massage - even without herbs - going to affect my hormones? If I do in fact have endometriosis, will massage alone make it worse? Should I leave the fenugreek alone, or give it a low-dose trial?
I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I was 18 (six years ago), but I did not want to take birth control to correct it. I had heard so many mood swing/weight gain/infertility horror stories from friends on birth control. Every new drug is hailed as the best birth control ever, and then it gets recalled or something. I am not sure if that diagnosis was correct, but I did have some extremely painful, irregular periods. They seem to have stabilized since then.
Anyway, I just started breast massage 3 days ago. I have not taken any herbs, although I have ordered fenugreek and I started massaging with flaxseed oil today.
Directly after my very first 30 minute session with just cocoa butter oil, I started having period cramps and my period started the next day. I have been fairly regular for the past four years, but this is about a week and a half early. Is it possible that simply stimulating the breast tissue caused this? Is massage - even without herbs - going to affect my hormones? If I do in fact have endometriosis, will massage alone make it worse? Should I leave the fenugreek alone, or give it a low-dose trial?