From Light to Dark: My Lunaception Journey: Day 25 (CD14)

I'm still waiting on ovulation (as expected). No drastic changes today... pretty much the exact same as yesterday, except with temps 0.2 degrees lower.

Some Menstrual Humor

"I wish I could menstruate. If I could menstruate, I wouldn't have to deal with idiotic calendars anymore--I'd just be able to just count down from my previous cycle... plus, I'd be more in tune with the moon and the tides." -Dwight Schrute, from The Office
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"So, you're PMSing pretty bad, huh?" -Dwight Schrute, from The Office
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"So many memories in this old gym. Pretending to have PMS so I didn't have to play volleyball... pretending to have PMS so I didn't have to play basketball... those were the days!" -Pam Beasley, from The Office
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Lunaception Observations Thus Far

Pre-Lunaception Averages:
ovulation - CD21.4
luteal phase - 12.2 days
total cycle length - 33.4 days
coverline - 97.7 F

Luna-cycle 1 (c35) (luteal phase only) observations:
- longer luteal phase phase (14 days)
- steady temps (97.7 on 8 of 11 days)
- more restful sleep with less waking during night
- vivid dreams nearly every night

Luna-cycle 2 (c36) observations:
- fairly consistent pre-ovulatory temps, with very few major jumps
- decreased waking during the night
- increased daytime energy
- dreams still vivid, but occurring less often
- much lower pre-ovulatory temperatures and coverline than normal
- delayed ovulation, eventually triggered with no eye mask and extra sunlight during daytime
- 12 day luteal phase

Luna-cycle 3 (c37) observations:
-interesting up/down temperature pattern in early cycle, which seemed to correspond with daily sunlight
- lower coverline than usual (97.2)
- earlier ovulation than usual (CD20)
- long luteal phase (15 days)
- unusual two day spotting before next cycle - could also be due to environment/diet changes

Luna-cycle 4 (c38) observations:
- dreams still vivid, but less frequent and less intense
- due to new living situations, merely taking off my mask to trigger ovulation was not enough light and did not trigger it until I finally bought and used a night light during those nights
- I had an increased number of ewcm days, compared with pre-Lunaception charts
- my now-normal jump up to 97.9 occurred this time at 6dpo instead of 5dpo
- Taking off the eye mask for the luteal phase in an attempt to shorten it resulted in a 10 day LP

Luna-cycle 5 (c39) observations:
TBD

Lunaception Averages:
ovulation - CD25 (keeping in mind I have been triggering some later on purpose)
luteal phase - 12.75 days (14.5 for months I was consistent with darkening the room during the LP)
total cycle length - 37.75
coverline - 97.3 (down 0.4 degrees from pre-Lunaception)

From Light to Dark: My Lunaception Journey

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Day 25 (CD14)

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Some Menstrual Humor

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