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Post by PatientPerfection on Mar 29, 2009 22:39:35 GMT -5
3/22/09
Today I ordered the ingredients for my external massage. I should receive them in about a week. I currently live with a roommate (as in we share a room to sleep in) and 7 other girls so I chose fennel because I'm concerned that the fenugreek smell will offend everybody. I'm know it's less estrogenic than fenugreek but I think it's better than nothing. I also have borage oil to use in it and I ordered 2 cobalt glass bottles for steeping. I think I may use sweet almond oil as my carrier oil but I'm still on the fence about it.
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Post by Wahaika on Mar 30, 2009 23:42:57 GMT -5
If you don't use almond oil, you might consider borage oil, maybe in addition. I don't know what value almond oil is other than being very healthy.
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Post by PatientPerfection on Mar 31, 2009 21:38:22 GMT -5
I'm thinking of picking up some borage oil to add as well. The thing is I have some leftover EPO (not enough) from a couple month's back. Is it bad to mix them (ie finish off the epo and make the rest borage)? Or would it just be a better idea altogether to just use borage? The Sweet Almond is b/c I generally like it as a carrier oil (I find it absorbs nicely), and I also have some of that left over  |
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Post by Wahaika on Apr 1, 2009 23:52:15 GMT -5
Either way works fine. My opinion is that borage is better.
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Post by PatientPerfection on Apr 5, 2009 21:34:14 GMT -5
So I mixed up my 1st and 2nd batch for my external today. It ended up being:
4oz Fennel Powder
4oz Sweet Almond Oil
25 500mg Borage oil capsules
10 1000mg EPO capsules
per 8oz cobalt glass bottle (I only have 2)
It's going to end up sitting for 2-3 weeks but that should be alright.
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Post by PatientPerfection on Apr 15, 2009 20:31:04 GMT -5
4/15/09
Today is the first day of my cycle and so today will be day 1. It was a little unexpected but not extremely, I had experienced luteal swelling last week. I went out and got Nature's Way fenugreek 610mg. It's probably not the ideal brand/dosage but I've had decent success with their other vitamins so it should be okay.
I'm going to begin with 1 pill tonight and possibly ramp up to 2 tomorrow.
So as of today
Morning: 0 Pills
Afternoon: 0 Pills
Night: 1 capsule Saw Palmetto 575mg
1 capsule Fenugreek 610mg
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Post by PatientPerfection on Apr 22, 2009 20:46:10 GMT -5
4/22/09 (Day 7)
It's been a while sorry. It has been 7 days and so far I have ramped up very slowly, my dosages looked like this
Day 1:
Morning: 0
Afternoon: 0
Evening: 575mg of Saw Palmetto
610mg of Fenugreek
Day 2:
Same as Day 1
Day 3:
Morning: 0
Afternoon: 610mg of Fenugreek
Evening: 575mg of SP
610mg of Fenugreek
Day 4:
Same as Day 3
Day 5:
Morning: 610mg of Fenugreek
Afternoon: 610mg of Fenugreek
Evening: 575mg of SP
610mg of Fenugreek
Day 6:
Same as day 5
Day 7:
Same as day 5.
I've massaged on day 3, 5 and 7 so far with my mixture.
I've also been feeling deep tingling, and it feels like my breasts have more weight to them if that makes sense? I wouldn't say there is much soreness at the moment though. My bras are a tiny bit tighter than usual as well.
I'm not sure if I should continue ramping up on Fenugreek or start the SP now?
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Post by Wahaika on Apr 23, 2009 10:58:40 GMT -5
For your size you are at an optimal point for fenugreek. Keep your dosages where they are.
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