Saturday, August 30, 2008

Cycle 38 (CD1-25)... Stress, anyone?

Since last cycle, I have:
  • moved to a different country
  • started a new job, which I am at for 10-12 hrs/day five days a week
  • completely changed my sleeping schedule
  • started exercising regularly (cardio 5-6x/wk)
  • changed my diet
  • had two family members pass away
So, I'm not particularly surprised that it's now CD25 and my temps are still sub-97.0. I tried triggering ovulation last week, with no luck... though now I have had a few days with lots of cervical mucus, so I'm going to be trying again starting tonight. Our new home is in the country, so natural lighting streaming in from the open window is not really an option -- it's pretty dark out. I'm going to be trying out a night light and seeing how that goes. Hopefully I'll also be able to spend time outdoors these next few days, which I've not gotten a chance to do in awhile. So... we'll see how this goes.


Monday, August 4, 2008

Finishing Up Cycle 37

So, since my favorite message board is down and due to firewall restrictions (which should be sorted out within a few days) I'm not able to log on to my favorite chat room, I guess I'll post here to let everyone know that yes, I am still alive. I am surviving, my first day of my new job went fairly well (though I don't feel that I got anything done), and AF has not yet arrived, which means that tomorrow, after a 14-day luteal phase, will probably be the first day of cycle 38.

Lunaception observations this cycle...
This cycle was nuts, due to tons of traveling, lots of stress, changing time zones a few times, and a few all-nighters. Through it all, however, Lunaception served me well, as I had a fairly predictable pre-ovulatory phase, a definite shift, and a fairly predictable -- and long! -- luteal phase. I had a lot of similar temperatures, which seemed at least in some part to correspond to the amount of time I spent in natural sunlight. I had tons of eggwhite mucus, and slept very well throughout my cycle. When I tried to trigger ovulation, I ended up ovulating two days after my last night of light, but still earlier than my average.

Cycle pic to be uploaded later!