Soy Isoflavones - advice pls

@chutney1 haha I’ve had all of that done so really hoping the soy helps before looking at any other sort of intervention. I’ve had loads of scans all clear and hycosy was fine, everything on blood tests ok apart from the fluctuating pregesterone level on day 21 blood test (although I think before I was having this done on the wrong day re the 10 day Luteal phase)
really really hoping the soy helps. Never had a hint of a BFP.

@TTCbaby1soph thanks for sharing your experience - your cycle sounds quite similar to mine. good luck with this cycle, let us know how it goes!
I'm on day 4 today, I'm taking them days 3-7 and I'm doing 80, 80, 120, 120, 120

I'll report back on the thread how it goes. from last night the only effect I noticed was a very deep sleep (plus!) and a little bit of an ache on one side today - the left side, which is the one I usually get cramps with mid cycle.

Fingers crossed for all of us!
If this doesn't work I'm getting a hycosy haha

I’m currently on my second cycle taking them. I took 120, 120, 160, 160, 200 CD 3-7. I usually have around a 24-28 day cycle with a Luteal phase of 10 days but was unclear whether I was actually Oing or not due to fluctuating pregesterone levels, last month (first cycle on soy) I ovulated day 20 (pos opk CD19) and then had a 33 day cycle (down side was I thought I was late and wasn’t pregnant)
I also took another pregosterone test which would have been 6dpo and it was 28.5 which is higher at least than my previous ones. I’ll see what happens this month - currently CD 10

I some research before about dosage and I found the recommendations vary so much.
I've had a wee Google again as had a little panic there that I'd been overdosing 😅
https://www.babycenter.com/getting-pregnant/how-to-get-pregnant/can-soy-isoflavones-help-me-get-pregnant_10364266
Several sources say to take up to 200mg a day. Sure I read a thread on here too.

The capsules I've got actually contain 64mg so
Day 1 & 2 = 64mg
Day 3 & 4 = 128mg
Day 5 = 192mg

I've got another thing going on at the moment too which might be the issue with the soy but it's v. complicated and just would like a successful pregnancy before moving on to dealing with it when I need to.

Let us know how you get on!

@itsLKtoday thanks for sharing your experience - those ones look really high strength - maybe that's what made you sick? I saw somewhere that you're supposed to take 100mg so if you had 160mg and 240mg maybe it's a lot?

Great to hear that it helped you ovulate sooner though!

With the AC, I've seen people say you can't take it alongside soy isoflavones, but I'm not sure why - what does the4 AC do?

Hello

I've tried soya isoflavones a few months with mixed success.
I have these ones from Amazon
SOYA Isoflavones 80% Extract 120 Capsules, 3rd Party Lab Tested, High Strength Supplement https://amzn.eu/d/4HU60Wl

My cycles were completely irregular between 25-39 days with the main issue being the shortish luteal phase however I wanted to ovulate before day 26 to give myself more chances throughout the year.

I was usually ovulating around day 19 I think and twice brought it forward to day 15, one month no difference made. I was talking them say 3-7.
I took 1, 1, 2, 2 then 3 then stopped.
One month I'm convinced they made me ill with D&V to the extent I was convinced I must have a soy allergy and haven't taken them since.

My luteal phase has increased to approx 13 days with minimal spotting before my period. I also take pregnacare conception, 1000mg of vitamin c, 100mg of vit b complex + added coq10 600mg this month. This has been the most successful combination for me.
I also take Angus Castus 40mg twice per day in the luteal phase and has helped massively with PMS.

However! Having seen a private Gynaecologist who suggested clomiphene on days 1-5 I'm going to try the isoflavones again as he won't start me on them til I've had a transvaginal ultrasound+follow up appointment which will take a couple of weeks to happen.

I'm on day 1 of my cycle and also started an anti depressant today clitalopram of which the side effects included nausea and vomiting so just gonna chuck the isoflavones in to....might lose that stone the Gynaecologist suggested!😬

I'm starting soy this cycle! I got mine off amazon and they were 40mg so i've had to mess with the dose a bit to get the right amount - the ones you've sent look good as they're 50mg already which I think is the correct dosage - so you can just take 2 / 100mg daily :)

you always go with the isoflavones content for the dosage (not the bigger number, think that's the total soy content)