Many thanks for your reply,Hurdity.
The oestrogel hasn't so far suppressed my cycle(by which I mean I still get my own monthly bleed and do still ovulate,I think). I had initially been prescribed 3 pumps daily by the gynaecologist, back in July,but after about a week was finding the side effects too unpleasant and so called up the gynaecologist who told me to go down to the 2 pumps. Certainly, I'm feeling a bit better even on the 2 pumps. Tbh, because I've stopped and started so often because of this or that side effect, I've noticed that whenever I restart the oestrogel(with a view to using it daily as per the gynaecologist's request) even if it's during a point in my cycle when I normally feel pretty low I do find my mood improves a couple of hours after application.
It seems to me a better idea to begin the utrogestan around day 17 or so of my cycle. The only concern I have is that at the moment I am on day 3 of my cycle. I feel that although I haven't really been using the oestrogel continuously since July a d have stopped the treatment for a week or so at a time I really should have taken more progesterone than I have done. I've taken progesterone for just 3 days(that was from the 28th September) since I started the treatment and feel like if I wait it out til day 17 it will be to long to be on the oestrogel unopposed. I had fully intended to see the utrogestan through til day 7 but started a short course of antibiotics.
I am going to see a new private gynaecologist next week. I would have started the utrogestan sooner but have received a lot of conflicting advice. My gp, for example, who wasn't happy about me going to see a gynaecologist off my own bat had scared me into stopping the treatment. I asked her whether it would bve sensible to take the utrogestan to be on the safe side and she'd said, "I wouldn't be taking any of it. This is hrt and you are premenopausal." She then went on to say that a woman only needs four periods per year. I then consulted with the gynaecologist I saw who told me to stick with the treatment and to start the utrogestan the following month. I felt like since he didn't know whereabouts I am in my cycle it wouldn't hurt to start the utrogestan a couple of days early as,if I was to gt a bleed from it, I would rather it happened before my actual period.
Or is bit the utrogestan which suppresses your cycle?