Soy Isoflavones! Natures Clomid!

[JourneyTTC]

I have read that your shouldn't use soy if you have a regular cycle as well, but my DH and I have been NTNP since mid 2004. We tried to increase our BD activity a while back and here recently I began temping. We were in the process of getting help from a fertility doctor, but we had to slow down with that because our insurance does not cover any of it. I'm currently saving for a HSG test. I thought that even if it does screw up my cycle this month it won't really make that big of a difference since we've already been waiting for #2 for so long.

Thanks for the tips on the foods to watch out for. What does the sugar do? I'm still learning about this soy stuff. I wish I had found this thread sooner.

 

[Nightnurse]

CONGRATS POPPY
A beautiful name for a beautiful little girl

 

[mrsine]

Did anyone ever get a false +ve opk on soy?

 

[Miss Redknob]

Did anyone ever get a false +ve opk on soy?

This is my first cycle with SI so I'm not sure.

 

[Betheney]

OPKs i think just suck i used them two month while on soy, the first month i got negatives the whole time then the second month i got positives the whole time.

 

[Twinkle_star]

Got my opk + today and ovulation pains to go with it but my temp has been on the rise. Either way I will be tonight!!

 

[FloridaGirl21]

congrats poppy, she's beautiful!

 

[prickly]

Hi Ladies, Just bookmarking and jumping on here...took 160mg of SI days 3-7...bought them from Holland and Barret (they contained only 23mg of ISO per capsule so ended up taking 8 of these every night days 3-7)...have regular 30 day cycles and have been temping for months....definately O'd this cycle....my chart is below....still getting mild dull sickly feeling cramping in my abdomen...but think this soy stuff rocks! I had a much more defined +OPK...which I never get!!...I usually get fade in OPK patterns for days..and days of EWCM...but this cycle totally different....OPK was extremely faint the day before then suddenyl jumped to darker that the ref line the following day and if I hadnt been testing twice daily I would have missed my surge as by afternoon it had gone back to being faint! lol...
OPK tied in perfectly with BBT temps too this month....luckily I had *sex* the evening before the +OPK...as I have read once your BBT jumps up after ov there is no way the sperm can reach the egg as ovulation will already have happened on the day of the temp dip...but I have also read that ovulation temp dips / rises signalling ovulation are variable from woman to woman.
Good luck to you all on this fab ISO!!
If it doesnt work for me this cycle I am DEFINATELY trying it again next cycle...I had no side effects at all, mainly due to what I had read on here...that its best to to take it at night ...and I felt great!

 

[Miss Redknob]

I have a normal 26-32 day cycle, and normally O really early - CD 11-12. I use the Clearblue Fertility Monitor aswell. I am on CD10 and am still reading low, is this normal for SI users???

 

[promise07]

Hi all! I tried SI last cycle, with a strange brand that had lots of other ingredients and I definitely O'd but it wasn't too strong and my LP was only 8 days.

This cycle I got a great brand that strictly SI and let me tell you, I noticed the difference! The first night I took 160mg, and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th night I took 200mg, on the last night I took 240mg. I feel just like I did on Clomid! I'm hot, having hot flashes and just plain HOT. My bbs are super huge and I'm holding on to a whopping 8 pounds of water weight. Yeah. I did take the pills at night, and I'm otherwise fine, no side effects.

Just wanted to mention that at that high a dose, I felt the same as I did on 50mg of Clomid the one time I did take it, just less severe. With the Clomid I broke out in sweats 5 or 6 times a day, with the soy, I'm just really warm all day with about 3 hot flashes, no sweating so far. Thank GOD its cooling down!

My next feat is to make sure that I get my body to produce enough CM, and maybe use pre-seed. The last cycle was a bust, I had to check internally to get any CM.

Here's hoping for more soy babys!

 

[BeautifulD]

Good luck ladies

 

[mrsine]

I think I had implantation! Thank God for soy!!

 

[prettymachine]

I think I had implantation! Thank God for soy!!

what did it feel like? for me, i had been laying down and when i stood up i had a bad stabbing in the uterus that had me doubled over...couldnt stand up straight for awhile! i also had no bleeding.

 

[mrsine]

I never have serious cramps and all so i just felt stretching and pulling. I did have spotting too..brown watered down blood every now and then for three days. Now I feel quite but i'm praying for a symptomless pregnancy!

 

[prettymachine]

Good luck!

 

[JourneyTTC]

I'm getting really anxious. It's getting close to O day and I'm starting to worry that the soy I took might delay or even prevent O since I tend to have shorter cycles. Please let me O!

Good news is that I had ewcm once already and my cm has been watery since. I never get ewcm and I typically have to go searching internally to find the watery cm. Probably the EPO I'm taking this cycle.

 

[Stinas]

I am very anxious!!
Good luck ladies!!

 

[Twinkle_star]

good luck mrsine, journey and stinas, hope you get your bfp!!

 

[Twinkie210]

OK, I am looking for some advice. After nearly 10 months of short LPs, LP spotting, late O (ranging from CD17 to 29) and on MC (blighted ovum), I have decided to see if soy isoflavones will help me. My Dr. has confirmed that I have low progesterone, which I now take supplements during my LP, but it does nothing to help my spotting and lengthen my LP. So I am hoping soy will give me a stronger O and a better follicle to produce progesterone.

So, yesterday I started bleeding lightly (not more than one tampon full combined all day). I am getting more cramps today so I think it will pick up and be heavier today. Should I count yesterday as CD1 or today? I want to take the soy CD3-7. Will it make much difference either way? Also what dosage do you all take. I do ovulate on my own, it is just never quite regular and I don't think that it is very strong ovulation, because of my LP issues. What do you suggest?

 

[BeautifulD]

Last night of soy for me last night