It is hard to keep up with my little notes and since I'm coming here almost every day, might aswell post my program for my future reference.
Little history about me:
My period have always been irregular, would come every other month and sometimes i had 4-6 months between periods, which didn't seem to bother me one bit...haha. They were painful and heavy. I went on Diane 35, got a regular period and a bonus of 32-34C from my regular A that I had before pregnancy. When I was 24 I went to have an exam and the result showed that I had a cyst on my left ovary. I was put on a much weaker brand of birth control and my breasts came back to their original size.
What I have been doing:
I discovered this forum in october last year and after weeks of reading I started my NBE quest. My measurements at that time were 29 under, 31 over (did not measure above breasts at that time), at about 115lb, 7 months since I stopped breastfeeding and I was and still am on Mirena IUD. My routine consisted of Fenu, Fennel, SP, EPO and massage but because of the annoying headaches and hunger they gave me I could not keep up with the program. I probably finished a bottle of each of the above mentioned in 3 months and got only a little swelling that would go away after period. The bad news is that my massages combined with the galatogouges trigerred my milk, so I stopped everything and went to the gyno to have my tests done, the online tests were very confusing to me. I did not take a break from herbs before going there and my results showed everything in the normal range even my prolactin which didn't make a lot of sense to me. In Feb-March I gave BO a go but again could not make myself swallow them scared of possible negative effects, headaches..again and my period was coming early or late again, So I stopped everything once again.
I started my new program on April 14 2008, with same meaurement and added the herbs slowly, I was taking daily:
1 Red Clover 500 (this one I had it bought and decided to finish the bottle)
1 Nettle root 500
1 Kelp 150
1 royal Jelly 1,500
1 MultiV
I could not massage so I decided to give magnets a go. Started magnets on April 17. And also I alternated licorice and fennel tea every other day.
14 May measured 29 1/4, 32, 31 1/2, 110 lb and added couple of things to my routine:
1 Fennel
1 Collagen
1 Ginko biloba
20 May finished RC and added hops, my routine was:
Am:
1 Royal J
1 hops 310
1 fennel 550
1 Ginko B
1 MultiV
PM:
1 collagen
1 hops
1 fennel
1 kelp
1 Nettle root
Measurements: 29 1/4, 32, and 30 above, 111lb and still using magnets 2-3 hours a day.
26th May ramped up hops 2 at noon and 2 at night, and after a week added 1 more fennel at night.
Routine as follows: Noon: 1 RJ, 2 hops (620), 1Fen (480), 1 GB, 1 Vit. Night: 1Collagen, 2 hops, 2 Fen (960), 1Kelp, 1 NR (250 extract).
June 24th day 10 of the cycle measured 29 1/4, 31 3/4 and 31 over (pathetic...lol). I notice a lot of fluctuations in my breast because they seem to get swollen 1 to 1 1/2 inch from the middle of the cycle untill about day 10 when they are smallest, they are biggest just before period so I'm going to post just the measures on day 10. ( I measure way too often :-O )
July 29th: 29 under, 32 3/4, above 31 1/2 some days got to 33 fullest part...that was nice
Sep 6th I decided to take fennel out completely and take a total of 2200 hops daily, the rest is the same. Even without massaging I still have nipple discharge, I checked it maybe once a month and it is still there so I'm thinking that I should stay away from galactogouges. I also got NB pump an used it for about 4-5 days and I had to stop. My breast were hurting in the exact same way as when I was breastfeeding, checked them and yeah...is right there :( So I have to hold on to the pump until it dries.
My weight fluctuates a lot, and so is my bust and underbust. Lately measuring 28-28 1/2, 32 3/4-33, and 30-30 1/2. Also I've been taking breaks from herbs when on period, when I take milk thistle and use progesterone cream 1-2 times only to wash off any excess estrogen.
This is trial and error for me I want to be certain that something is working on me. I plan to have my Iud removed in Jan 09 and try for a second baby so all this gonna have to stop until i finish with breastfeeding and take a break. I'm happy with the results so far and I probably stick with this routine until the end of the year, but ramp down the hops towards the end. I don't think I'm going to use the pump but the magnets are definitely doing something so I'm going to stick with them, hops and the rest.

Well this is it for now, I feel like I wrote a darn book..lol.

My period was supposed to be coming around 12-14th of the month,I'm 10-12 days late and today i feel like is my lucky day and si finally coming. I was on the clock with my period for 4-5 months and all this waiting made get a pregnancy test the other day...silly, was negative. I'm on Mirena Iud as well, but I got pregnant with my daughter while on BC pills, soon after I swiched from Diane to Yasmin. Anyway I think it was not a good idea to cut the fennel and take 2200 hops total daily in the middle of my cycle, that threw me off balance. I also think (now) that 2200 hops might have been a little too much especially without ramping up slowly to get to 2200.
Took a break from 12th, the day that I was supposed to get my period to do my usual break, so total of 13 days. In this break I didn't take MT for cleanse or use the PC, cut off all the supplements completly and I didn't use the magnets. I felt like I needed to give my body a break. Also I've been getting (again!) some ugly pimples that I didn't get in a while. The C&C face wash and on the spot treatment don't seem to help. They are even bigger and uglier than yesterday, and really kept my hands in check not to touch them lol.
Today that I'm getting my period I plan to start with 2 hops (620) at night since is the first day of my cycle. I read here in the forum is good to start on the first day of cycle and I never do it because then is when I take my breaks from herbs day 1-7 of my cycle. And plan to ramp up the hops slowly until things start happening.
Amounts daily to start with
Hops 1200
1 collagen 1500
Nettle Root 500 Extract (at least for 2 weeks ramp down later if things improve)
1 Ginko B (AM)/ 1 kelp(PM)
1 MultiV
Vit C (when I remember)
Magnets 1-3 hours/day
I have some Licorice tea left so I'll use that 1-2 times a week only, as I know it helps with lactation and this is what I don't want. I want to use the NB pump and I can't because of the nipple discharge, the NB is going to be postponned for 2 years, until after I have my second child...how sad, I was so excited to start using it.
Thought I should put down my stats
Age= 30 soon
1 child/Breastfed 8 months
Height- 5 4"
Weight- 115 (im up again here)
Underbust- 28 3/4
Bust- 33
Up- 30 3/4-31