[Karen Hart]

Depending on how closely one wants to mimic the female cycle... there is a slight rise in testosterone between the end of the follicular phase and the beginning of the luteal phase. It starts a few days before day 14, where it peaks, and then begins to recede over the next 2 or 3 days. To mimic that, one would have to stop their AA a couple of days before day 14 and then resume the AA a couple of days after.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. In fact, I would not worry about it at all... and I am the one who was exploring that concept!
I was not recommending it, I was basically posing the question... suppose someone wanted to mimic the female cycle as closely as possible?
Testosterone IS involved in that cycle. It is not nearly as dominant as estrogen or progesterone but it is there.
The question is, is the small rise of testosterone worth considering in regard to NBE?

Further, I commented that this idea of 2 days before and 2 days after was pure guess work at best but this may allow that small hump in T level, maybe not. How long does the AA persist and at what level? How long does it take to get back to "normal" when reinitiated? Without daily T level testing, one would never know what effect it would be having. For this reason, I say, don't worry about it.

Karen