[AbiDrew85]

I am curious as to whether you have been able to begin your female hormone emulation regimen yet? If so, results yet?

Partially. It's going to be quite some time yet for the estradiol to arrive. I'm currently on "day 9" and just beginning the first ramp up to the peak estrogen level, but using only PM. When I begin using PC I will only be using half of my projected amounts since I will not be using estradiol yet.

It's too early to demonstrably say with certainty that this plan is having any greater result than simply taking a constant dose had been, but it does feel better to me so far. And it SEEMS that my breasts might be responding more quickly, but as I said, it's only day 9, I've only just gone up to 4 drops of PM, so it's impossible to really say yet.

Likewise, as far as male progesterone production, what I have been able to find is that males, sixteen and older, produce less than post-menopausal women. If you have research to the contrary, please educate me. However, I have reduced my projections of the progesterone dosages by 1/3 for precaution's sake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progesterone#Levels

If you look at that chart (which does provide references, but the chart is so much more convenient in Wikipedia's format than any reference formats...)

Anyways... If you look at that chart, you'll note that progesterone becomes undetectable below levels of 0.2 ng/mL or 0.6 nmol/L... And the lower range of postmenopausal women is "<" or LESS THAN those numbers. Their upper range remains above the upper range in men, but barely, and remember, post-menopause, women's hormones no longer fluctuate that widely, so those women whose levels are undetectable at any point in their cycle are likely to be no more than barely detectable even at best.

My PC actually has a range of recommended dosages, and I'm starting at the lowest and going to the highest, and back down.

Again, if you refer to the menstrual cycle chart on that same page, according to the earlier chart if I am correct about my "normal" P level, I'm right around 3 nmol/L, which is actually slightly high for a low P level on the menstrual cycle. But that's okay, as long as I don't go overboard on the supplementation when raising it to peak level.

Thanks,

No Problem! Hormones really are a very complex beast and especially female hormones. Trying to take a "male" starting point and making it emulate the "female" cycle is NOT as easy as just copy and pasting what I'm doing, for sure. You need to determine as best you can where you normally sit on your own progesterone, it may be that you're naturally low and might even want to supplement with a very low dose all cycle and then still do the ramp up as well. Then again, I'm just a "transvestite rookie" so what do I know...

Good luck,

Abi.