Soy Isoflavones

@Louisa199 ah thank you! Yes on CD18 now and still just almost positive but not quite...

I’ve added a screenshot of my Premom app - could any of these be positive?!

So weird, all of mine in the last cycle were so faint til the day I got the positive - these are so much darker. Still early though as I got my first positive last time on CD20, was just hoping the soy would bring it forward but perhaps not!

@heybabes tracking LH levels can be really tricky, as for all I know, it can be varied from cycle to cycle. Just keep testing and look for the sharp increase. Have no experience with the soy thing, sorry cannot give any advice.

@mrslauram congratulations!! So lovely to hear your story!

@Riverskye I think for you it’s definitely worth considering upping the dosage. Fingers crossed that helps ☺️
@Littlepoppet1 thank you 😘

@MrsLauraM

Thanks so much for sharing your experience, it's really encouraging ☺️ I had my implant out in the summer and my cycles have been from 34-60 days. This cycle I took 80, 80, 80, 160, 160 on days 2-7, currently on CD42 so doubt it's taken this month but I'll be increasing the amount next time!

Came across this and thought I’d share my experience with Soy.
So I had my implant removed on 9th Jan 2020 so we could start trying. I didn’t have a withdrawal bleed and didn’t have my first period until 23rd April. After that, my cycles were around 45/46 days apart. After reading about soy I thought J had nothing to lose and started taking them when my period started in September 2020. I took 120, 160, 160, 200, 200 from days 2-6. I was also taking evening primrose oil to help with CM. I had unmistakable ovulation pains on CD15 and that month my cycle was only 27 days! Obviously I wasn’t pregnant but I was so happy that my cycle seemed to have gone back to ‘normal’.
I decided to take them again the following month at 160, 160, 160, 200, 200 on days 3-7. Again I felt ovulation pain around CD15/16. About 10DPO I noticed that my usual monthly breast soreness was a bit worse than usual and after taking an FRER test, I finally got my BFP! I’m now 11 weeks pregnant ☺️☺️☺️
I can’t obviously say for certain that the soy caused me to fall pregnant but I do believe it helped to regulate my cycles in a way that then allowed me to fall pregnant.
I hope you get your BFP soon! ❤️

I have seen other women on these threads get a fair few days of 'high before their peak, so its probably on its way. But my (pre-soy) body does a very short sharp LH spike (that I often miss) followed by either a failed or weak ovulation.

Still no positive OPK yet for me. I’m on CD16 and last time my peak came on CD20, so still time!

What’s weird though is that I’ve had almost positives since CD12. Last time my lines were really faint up until the day before I got my first positive and they got a bit darker.

This time they’re all quite dark just not yet positive... according to Premom I’m at a level which is pre-surge but the surge just isn’t happening!

Has anyone else had this before or is it a soy thing? I’m so scared I won’t ovulate this month!

@littlepoppet1 I hope you get a nice early strong ovulation 😌

@moominmiss why do you think CD2-6 worked better for you than CD3-7??

@cheesebubble oh how exciting! Thanks for letting us know 😄

@toastedsesame good look 🤞🤞🤞 im rooting for you!!

I just came across this, one of my best friends didn't fall pregnant for 18 months, she took soy for 3 months and fell pregnant with twins, both beautiful - boy & girl!

@Toastedsesame good luck, it's my boy's birthday on Sunday too x

@Littlepoppet1 I'm quite bloated and my boobs are really sore. That isn't unusual for me really, but I just feel different in some way. Going to wait til Monday to test as its my sons 3rd birthday on Sunday so I don't want to be distracted in any way!

Fingers crossed you get a shorter cycle this time round!

@heybabes so no this hadn’t been my first time using soy, I tried them maybe twice last year sometime, both times taking them on cd3-7. Both times it brought ovulation forward but no bfp.

This was the only cycle I did them on cd2-6, after speaking to a friend of mine who had also taken them on cd2-6 and got her bfp. So did the different days and bam, bfp! Could be coincidence but I think they played a part!

Good luck!

I'm cd25, I ovulated on cd18 (temp confirmed, opk confirmed) so I'm 7dpo. Holding out testing at the moment but dare I say it, I do feel different.

Where are you all at with your cycles?

Good luck @Kay00 ! I've heard 3-7 is the best all rounder to go for. Let us know how you get on!

Hey ladies. My anovularory cycle is over 🥳🥳 CD1 here. I just need to decide on which days to take Soy. Im thinking CD 3-7... exciting!

@Moominmiss ah amazing! Congratulations - was that your first time with soy?

Hopefully that will be me too... still no peak OPKs today but even if it’s a day earlier I’ll be happier to be honest!

Thank you @Toastedsesame I do recognise your username so I’m sure we’ve crossed paths before! X

@heybabes Yay, thats a really good sign! Our cycles are similar, mine is usually 33 days, sometimes 38 randomly. This cycle must be shorter whatever the outcome because I successfully ovulated cd18. We'll see what happens. I feel positive tho!

I'll keep updating here, would be cool to see how we all do!

@Moominmiss Congrats!!! I'm sure we talked on another thread!?

@heybabes that’s amazing!

I know how exciting it is to finally ovulate early!

I used to ovulate around cd22, but after taking soy this cycle on days 2-6 I ovulated on cd14! I use opk’s and temp so I had confirmation of ovulation.

Then to top things off I actually got my bfp at 8dpo!