21-01-2012, 00:56
Hi Angela,
Look at the drawing on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual_cycle
You can take the herbs that you use all month long, but if you do want to cycle, note that progesterone is zero between day 27 and day 11. So stop fenugreek during these days, or go to a very low dose if stopping it gives you symptoms of estrogen dominance (headaches, foggy thinking, low libido, nausea, depressed mood).
Also note that estrogen is at its lowest from day 25 to day 5. Stop Wonderup during those days, or go to your lowest dose. Take your highest dose on day 11, and stop it again on day 12 until after ovulation, because the sharp decrease of estrogen that starts on day 12 triggers ovulation.
Look at the drawing on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual_cycle
You can take the herbs that you use all month long, but if you do want to cycle, note that progesterone is zero between day 27 and day 11. So stop fenugreek during these days, or go to a very low dose if stopping it gives you symptoms of estrogen dominance (headaches, foggy thinking, low libido, nausea, depressed mood).
Also note that estrogen is at its lowest from day 25 to day 5. Stop Wonderup during those days, or go to your lowest dose. Take your highest dose on day 11, and stop it again on day 12 until after ovulation, because the sharp decrease of estrogen that starts on day 12 triggers ovulation.