Hi Francesca,
Amy is right. First phase of your cycle (follicular phase) is when estrogen increases, then it decreases suddenly and you ovulate (you ovulate on day 14 of the cycle if you have a 28 day cycle), and then comes the luteal phase in which estrogen is lowest and progesterone is higher than estrogen. There are a few graphs here that show your hormone levels at different times of your cycle.
If you are not on birthcontrol, meaning you still ovulate, then you might want to mimic your own cycle when it comes to PM (high estrogen). If you take it straight throughout your whole cycle, you could mess up your cycle badly. Also, you get different types of growth in the different phases, if you mimic your cycle (outward growth, more round shape, nipples, ducts etc etc). Isabelle really is a wealth of knowledge about this, so I would recommend clicking on her user name and browsing through some of her posts, where she explains this all very well. You can also use the search function on the site. If you are on birthcontrol, you can take PM continuously, like I am, without cycling with other herbs. A couple have had good results from it, like IdreamofD (and I think mydreamisGcup) Though this was all really roughly explained, I hope that helped some!!
Amy is right. First phase of your cycle (follicular phase) is when estrogen increases, then it decreases suddenly and you ovulate (you ovulate on day 14 of the cycle if you have a 28 day cycle), and then comes the luteal phase in which estrogen is lowest and progesterone is higher than estrogen. There are a few graphs here that show your hormone levels at different times of your cycle.
If you are not on birthcontrol, meaning you still ovulate, then you might want to mimic your own cycle when it comes to PM (high estrogen). If you take it straight throughout your whole cycle, you could mess up your cycle badly. Also, you get different types of growth in the different phases, if you mimic your cycle (outward growth, more round shape, nipples, ducts etc etc). Isabelle really is a wealth of knowledge about this, so I would recommend clicking on her user name and browsing through some of her posts, where she explains this all very well. You can also use the search function on the site. If you are on birthcontrol, you can take PM continuously, like I am, without cycling with other herbs. A couple have had good results from it, like IdreamofD (and I think mydreamisGcup) Though this was all really roughly explained, I hope that helped some!!