Soy Isoflavones

@littlepoppet1 damn! So sorry AF arrived 😔 but its good you are pleased with your shorter cycle. Ard you going to do SI again? If so what days?

@heybabes im do glad you ovulated! Even if it was layer than expected. I have my fingers crossed this is your cycle! 🤞

Your cycle is also giving me hope... that I might ovulate yet. Im CD22 and no ovulation yet. I thought my body was trying around about a week ago, but everything has dried up... no im thinking the SI hasn't done what I hoped it would. Ah well!

@Littlepoppet1 I'm sorry you didn't get your BFP this month but congrats on the 26 day cycle! I can't imagine having one that short so even though not the result you wanted, at least you don't have to wait so long to try again. Are you going to try SI again this cycle?

@Kay00 I did a FRER but it was negative too! I think my body was trying to ovulate and failing, it makes sense.

So I decided to stop doing OPKs as it was just stressing me out and I assumed that unfortunately I was having an anovulatory cycle. However I decided to keep doing temps as I'm more chilled about those, and it was like as soon as I relaxed my temp started to rise! I got a clear rise from CD32, rising each day and above all the temps before and more in the range of my temps last cycle! Yay!

So fingers crossed I did ovulate and I'm now 4DPO. I've started to get cramps and my boobs hurt a bit which makes sense as I wasn't getting any of those symptoms before! This also means this would end up being a 46 day cycle unfortunately which is a bit longer than I usually have (30-40) but could be worse. If I do SI again I'll probably do it earlier and not CD5-9 as that can delay ovulation as it has in my case...

Hi ladies, how are you getting on? Did AF show @Littlepoppet1 ?

@heybabes is your ovulation any clearer?

I'm CD19 and no ovulation yet I just have this feeling its not going to happen for me (again), even with the Soy Iso.

@heybabes I think you have a clear temperature shift from CD16 onwards but it's odd that you had a +opk on CD20 if you did indeed Ov on CD16. Its possible you haven't ovulated yet and that your body is making several attempts (CD16, CD20 ... and again now if you are still getting strong OPKs)?

Alternatively you could be getting near +opks because you're pregnant. You tested with a cheapy... worth trying a FRER?

@Littlepoppet1 I think I'm going to take 160, 160, 160, 200, 200 on my next cycle. I was a little worried how I'd react to it so took a half dose for the first 3 days this cycle.

I still don’t know if I ovulated or not and feeling guilty that I messed with my body and tried out SI if that makes sense? I’m only on cycle 2 of trying and feel like I should have just waited before as I’m worried I’ve now messed my hormones up.

I had crosshairs for CD21 initially as that was my darkest OPK, but my temps haven’t been that high since and today FF removed the crosshairs.

If I take the OPK results out, I have a clear temperature shift on CD16 which would now make me 13DPO.

Thing is I’m still getting near positive OPKs 😫 and have no post-O symptoms except light cramping - usually I have really tender boobs.

I took a HPT test this morning and it was negative so kind of hoping I ovulated earlier rather than not at all, and I can just start again tbh!

@Riverskye I know that feeling, it's so frustrating when you don't ovulate!! Hopefully you either get a surprise ovulation or AF starts soon... so you can try again x

@Littlepoppet1 how exciting!! Please keep us updated! And good luck with the potty training

I'm on CD15, not a lot happening here. I think that my CM has perhaps become a little more watery, but my OPKs yesterday registered as zero and my temps are pretty steady. I really hope these Soy Iso help me ovulate soon!

@Kay00 currently on CD54 and no positive opks. Did have some spotting a couple of days ago so I think AF must be around the corner. If AF does come I'm going to take a bigger dose on days 2-6 again and fingers crossed it works second time!

How is everyone getting on?

@Littlepoppet1 I have a history of missing my peak OPKs . I'm 9 months off the pill, but only on my 7th cycle, only confirmed ovulation 5 times through temp rises and only caught 2 x peak OPKs.

The list time I ovulated was 1st Dec, so its hard to remember whats its like to actually ovulate haha! I really hope Soy helps!

@toastedsesame i'm so sorry to hear that . But it sounds like you have taken some positives; Soy did indeed help you ovulate sooner, and you are able to get pregnant. I hope you get your sticky bean in your next cycle xx

I'm CD12 and have started peeing on OPKs. Nothing much of interest yet.

What cycle days did you ovulate after taking Soy?

Thanks for that @Moominmiss. I think I'm going to take it tonight. If I don't take it and my ovulation is really late again I'll kick myself.

@Toastedsesame I was so sorry to read about your loss on your other thread.

So after I miscarried in November I was in a bit of a mess and totally forgot about soy. By the time I remembered it was cd5 and I didn’t want to take it days 5-9 as I’d read it can actually delay ovulation slightly. So I didn’t end up taking it until the next cycle. And that’s when I took it cd2-6.

The amounts I did were 160, 160, 160, 200, 200.

But had I remembered I totally would have taken it on the cycle immediately after.

Hi guys, looks like everyone is doing ok. @heybabes looks like a good chart, I'm no expert but I would agree with FF about your ovulation around cd17-20 ?

Sadly I've just had a chemical pregnancy after my first cycle of soy did work and I did ovulate in good time and get pregnant :( so I'm back to square one.

@Moominmiss do you mind if I ask, did you take soy on the cycle after your chemical? I'm torn whether to or not. I'm cd2 today so if I'm going to, I should start today.

@heybabes I've always had long and unpredictable cycles so don't think the soy had much effect x

@Littlepoppet1 sounds like you were having similar issues to me! Hope you ovulated though and it was just missing the peak 😊

@sundowners amazing congratulations! Hope this happens to all of us!

@Riverskye are your cycles usually that long or is it just the impact of soy?

I still have no clue when/if I’ve ovulated due to my weird OPKs! I did read somewhere that you should disregard OPKs when taking soy as it messes them up.

Here’s my graph for reference. I posted it on a different site and some people think I ovulated on CD16 and some on CD21. My naturally worrying side of me is panicking that I actually haven’t ovulated at all!

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@sundowners thank you xx and congratulations!!

@littlepoppet1 Yey! 🥳🥳 you just need to sit and wait now 🤞🤞🤞

Im CD9 now. I took Soy CD3-7, 100, 150, 150, 200, 200. I had night sweats and tingling nips so I felt like it was doing something. Im just really hoping I ovulate within a normal time frame 🤞

I used Soy Isoflavones, agnus cactus and acupuncture to all help regulate my cycles last year which were completely all over the place. Together it worked and I'm 21 weeks pg. Good luck all!