Time to say Hi!

[deulli]

Hi everyone! I've been reading the board and doing searches for a few days now and decided it was time to say hello. I feel a bit overwhelmed and confused by everything I have read but I'm trying to sort it all out.

I'm not sure if I belong or if NBE is right for me at this time. I'm not really in it for the long haul at this point as I would like to get pregnant in a few months (not trying at the moment). In the meantime, I would at least like to increase fullness and firmness or even induce some kind of temporary swelling.

In April, I both weaned my ds from breastfeeding and had a missed miscarriage. This is the first time in 6 years that I am not pregnant or breastfeeding or both. While I only have a slight increase in size while breastfeeding, I am back to my old self now and not being able to fill an A cup anymore.

I am already doing an 18 day liver cleanse and taking many other herbs under the advice of a Naturopath for unrelated issues. She did applied kinesiology to determine what herbs for me to take which from what I read here, is very similar to dowsing. She was only doing the muscle testing for the symptoms I expressed to her at that time and I had not even considered NBE at that time so I don't think they apply to that. While I'm waiting to finish up my current treatment plan, I have started with some breast massage. Today, my right breast is very sore so I'm not sure if that is good or bad. Also, I noticed that my breasts leaked a small amounts of breastmilk during the massage so I know that I am still lactating a small amount. I started taking some of the leftover fenugreek that I have on hand hoping to increase production some. Not sure if this is a good idea or not.

well, I didn't mean to write a book. Look forward to learning more from you all.

[Wenonae]

Welcome Duelli-

Cool abt the naturopath. Muscle-testing is another way of dowsing. It'd sure be quicker if she could muscle-test you for NBE , but I'll take a whack for you (have only 91% accuracy, so I won't do doses for you.).

Anyways, if you never got too large while preggers, you probably have naturally high progesterone levels. That being said, it makes sense that your BE herbs are damiana (a progesterone-blocker) and red rasberry.

Over a 3-month period you could increase in size by like 0.5cup, but it'd take at least a 4-month regimen to make that swelling permanent.

Wen'

[deulli]

Thank you for the welcome!

I have been reading up on high progesterone since I read your comment but I'm not feeling a match there. I don't seem to have any of the symtpoms for high progesterone but do have almost all of the symptoms for low progesterone on the hormone profile test. Also, I have read that high progesterone causes breast/nipple tenderness during pregnancy. I have had three pregnancies and have never experienced any breast tenderness. I feel like such a weirdo because EVERYONE gets that as one of their first symptoms of pregnancy and I've never known anyone who doesn't get that other than me. I am also reading that progesterone is what stimulates breast growth in pregnancy so it would seem that I don't have enough. Possibly? Where do you find that high progesterone prevents breasts from getting too large in pregnancy?

[deulli]

Oh goodness, now I'm reading this site - natural-hormones.femhealth.net/high-progesterone.htm and wondering if I have low progesterone and that is what caused my miscarriage?

I ordered some wild yam cream a few days ago just because it was listed as something to use for NBE and it came today. Guess I'll try using that. I wonder if that will be enough.