Stats:
5'6"
107# (always been skinny)
34AAA before starting NBE-look more like a man than a woman:(
Married, Army husband deployed to South Korea
2 kids, breastfed both

Start date: 26Nov2006

Plan
AM-
1 FG-620 mg
1 SP-450 mg
1 EPO-1000mg
1 Vitex

NOON-
Same as above

PM-
2 FG-1240mg
2 SP-900mg
1 Borage Oil-500mg
1 Vitex

I massaged with evening primrose and didn't have trouble, but I switched to olive oil (after Erica's post) and REGRETTED IT! I broke out all over my chest and am still recovering :( Back to evening primrose.

I lead a very stressful life with my husband gone, two very young kids, and managing an apartment complex. Am working to reduce my stress level and put on a few pounds.

Any suggestions or comments are VERY welcome! I would love to have a set of knockers when my husband comes home!!!:)
Please post

Totally changed my program due to extensive reasearch and probable estrogen dominance.

AM
2 Vitex 225 mg
1 EPO
PM

2 Vitex 225 mg
1 EPO

Still doing massages with borage oil because it doesn't seem to bother my skin.

Checking into progesterone cream, will update if I add it. Restarted yoga for relaxation.

Okay, so it's been exactly one month since I started NBE, but I have changed my routine a couple of times, so it's not truly one month on any one thing. My skin broke out pretty good this time, my face, chest, and around my hairline (I have always had fickle skin). I started my period yesterday, and it seems to be disappearing. I will say that I didn't have quite the PMS this time around. I was a little moody at Christmas, but that seems to be related to having a hubby far, far away. No changes to report in the booby department. I have been hovering around 29.5 to 30.5 depending on the time of day that I measure. I lost 3lbs., too, due to the stress of another impending move. So, all in all, not much to report. Just gonna keep plugging away. I think I may add the EPO back into my routine.

Measured at day #5 of my cycle and seem to be holding steady at 30.5". The largest I have been was 31" before my period, but I lost most of that when I started.

I have been taking Vitex liquid at 50 drops both AM and PM, milk thistle to continue to cleanse, muilti vit, flax oil 1000mg in AM, acidophilus pearl in AM, and started a gingko last week for circulation. I have been drinking a whey protein shake in the morning.

Seems like there has been a little improvement. I can't see my ribs through my boobs quite as clearly as before. Plan on taking only Vitex for 6 months to see if I can get everything balanced before I change to individual herbs. Want to give this enough time to have a fair shot at being successful.

Still measuring around 30.25-30.5" so I have decided to do a bit of changing this time around. I ended up with a yeast infection that started about a week before my period (seems to me the time when they always start) and read a post about yeast liking progesterone. It ended nearly the same day I started my period. I know Karen (the one that grew on only Vitex) said that it took her a couple of months to see anything. But, I don't think I am nearly as estrogen dominant as she was...only slightly. So, I decided to add a few phytoestrogens back into the mix.

Routine:
AM-6 Vitex pills (read all over the place that it is best taken in one dose in the morning)
Multivitamin
Acidophilus (as prophylaxis for yeast infections)
Flax oil
Gingko Biloba for circulation
2 FG (620mg each)
2 Fennel (425mg each)

Lunch
2 FG
2 Fennel

PM
2 FG
2 Fennel

Based upon what I have been reading about PM, I think I am going to take the phytoestrogens during the first 15 days of my cycle and then take a break during the second 15 days. We'll see how that pans out for now.

i hope you don't mind me posting in your program. i too thought that 2 weeks on/2 weeks off sounds like a reasonable routine... would be very curious to find out how that's working out for you!