Things You'll Need:
- Progesterone cream, available through alternative medicine professionals or online (see Resources section, below)
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Step 1
After tracking your monthly cycle for a month or two, decide its length and when you are likely to be ovulating. This occurs midway through the cycle, roughly 13 days after the onset of menstruation for most women -- and about 15 days before the start of the next period.
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Step 2
On Day 14 -- just after ovulation -- begin daily applications of progesterone cream.
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Step 3
Calculate the correct dosage -- about 20 mg a day -- using the concentration of progesterone in your cream. For a suspension that is 1.6 percent progesterone by weight, or 3 percent by volume, use a quarter of a teaspoon per application.
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Step 4
Apply the cream wherever most people blush -- on the face, neck, chest or inner arm. That's where capillaries reach closest to the surface of the skin, and where progesterone will be most effectively absorbed.
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Step 5
Continue rubbing 20 mg per day into the skin for 14 days, or until about a day before menstruation begins.
