From Light to Dark: My Lunaception Journey: Day 49 (CD38

Not much to comment today... just enjoying the luteal phase!

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)