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I got the light!
Ha! I have really lost it now. I am drinking red raspberry leaf tea every day, soon I will start drinking grapefruit juice every day as well, will use OPKs, am going to take Mucinex around O time, and yes, DH went out and bought me a 100 watt light to sleep with around the time I O to try and shorten my cycle!
I am a madwoman!!!
At least I can say I tried everything : ) Now, if only I weren't only on CD4....
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MrsH2009
Thank you St. Gerard!
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Re: I got the light!
The light I love it! Please don't burn down your house.
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| Posted 11/27/10 9:57 PM |
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BabyHopes15
Thank you St. G for my boy PJ!
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Re: I got the light!
I never heard of the light! Good Luck to you! 
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| Posted 11/27/10 10:16 PM |
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RocPin
Life's Beachy <3
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Heather
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Re: I got the light!
Good luck!!
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| Posted 11/27/10 10:18 PM |
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ttc2011
LIF Toddler
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Re: I got the light!
good luck and you are prepared
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| Posted 11/27/10 11:47 PM |
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bettybcafe
Big brother in the making
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Re: I got the light!
I dont understand. How does a light help
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| Posted 11/28/10 12:02 AM |
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Re: I got the light!
I was complaining about my long cycles (last one was 47 days) and MrsH2009 told me about a study she saw that showed women with long cycles who slept with a 100 watt light next to their bed in the middle of their cycle saw their cycles shorten by as much as 10 days! Some kind of light therapy. Who knows?! I know I'm crazy for trying, but you never know, right???
I just can't take the 7 week wait!!
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| Posted 11/28/10 5:06 PM |
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Puppy-Love
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Re: I got the light!
Oh wow, never heard of the light!
Also what does grapefruit juice do?
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| Posted 11/28/10 5:09 PM |
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MrsH2009
Thank you St. Gerard!
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Re: I got the light!
I swear I'm not crazy. I love pregnology.com and that is where I saw it, but when you click on it the link is dead. So I did more research and on many natural fertility sites (accupuncture, diet, etc) they discuss it. Here is what they say:
A newspaper article that reported the effects of night-light on the menstrual cycle then caught her attention.
John Rock (the Ob/Gyn whose experiments with giving infertile women synthesized progesterone led to
the creation of the Pill) and physicist E.M. Dewan found that women's menstrual cycles became regular by
sleeping in complete darkness Days 1-13, sleeping with a 100-watt bulb burning all night (under a
lampshade in their bedroom) Days 14-17, and then returning to sleeping in complete dark.4
Thrilled by the possibility that she could return to healthy cycles, Lacey tried variations on the above
experiment, beginning in 1971. She also began to chart her temperature. She found that sleeping in
complete darkness except for three nights each cycle (when she slept with a 40-watt bulb under a
lampshade or with a 75-watt bulb beaming a shaft of light from a nearby bathroom (essentially mimicking
full-moon light) triggered ovulation. She called the technique Lunaception, and found that it could be used
to direct her fertility--and that of her women friends. By avoiding intercourse on the days they slept with
light, Louise Lacey and 27 of her friends developed regular, healthy menstrual cycles, and used
Lunaception to avoid pregnancy effectively until menopause.5
Other clinical researchers have also found that sleeping in the absence of light (introducing it for a few days
each cycle, or sleeping only in the absence of light) can help women in a variety of situations to strengthen
their cycles.6,7
• Women with anovulatory cycles have become ovulatory.
• Women with unclear mucus readings develop discernible, healthy mucus build-up.
• Cycles that had been very short (26 days or less) or very long (35 days or more) become 27-31 days
long.
• FSH levels become healthy.
• Spotting at various times during the cycle is significantly reduced.
• Progesterone levels are strengthened.
• Women with a history of miscarriage are able to sustain pregnancy.
• Premenopausal women develop a more discernible mucus pattern; and the intensity of their
premenopausal symptoms, including hot flashes, sleeplessness, and mood changes are reduced.
So what does sleeping in total darkness mean? Fifteen minutes after turning out the lights, you can't see
objects in the room, including your own hands. Bedroom windows are covered with room-darkening blinds
or curtains backed by light-blocking fabric. Cracks of light from under doors can be covered with a towel.
Cracks around the edges of windows can be covered with aluminum foil. More specific directions for
sleeping in the absence of light to strengthen menstrual cycles are available in my book.
A practitioner of Fertility Awareness recently reported to me, "I went on the Pill when I was 17 to regulate
my cycles because they were so long and far apart. By the time I was 18 (and still on the Pill), my
menstrual cramps had become incredibly intense. When I was 23, I was diagnosed with endometriosis.
After nearly twelve years on and off the Pill, I stopped taking it and tried Lunaception." She was amazed
that for five consecutive months, she ovulated within one or two days of the last day of sleeping with light.
She felt healthier than she had in years.
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| Posted 11/28/10 5:15 PM |
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MrsH2009
Thank you St. Gerard!
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Re: I got the light!
Oh I'm not endorsing it, I've never done it and can't see myself doing it, just passing on the info. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 11/28/10 5:17 PM |
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jasmine
little boy blue <3
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Re: I got the light!
keep us updated on whether it works!
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| Posted 11/28/10 5:19 PM |
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bettybcafe
Big brother in the making
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Re: I got the light!
Wow, thats interesting! Hope it works!
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| Posted 11/28/10 5:21 PM |
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SweatPea
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Re: I got the light!
I learn something new from you ladies all the time.
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| Posted 11/28/10 5:43 PM |
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FlowerWife
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Re: I got the light!
i have to ask... how abnormal is your cycle that you would prefer to try this rather than seeing a doctor??
i just cant imagine this being anywhere near as effective as medical treatment - but i guess that's a statement that's meant to be proven wrong! please keep us updated on this experiment, i am a medical geek and i'd love to see how this turns out!!!
good luck!!
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| Posted 11/28/10 6:57 PM |
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My cycles have always been very long...as are my sister's, aunt's, and grandma's. My last was 47 days. I conceived my DS during a long cycle (62 days-ish)...making it a bit confusing when it came to a due date!!! The dr says there's nothing "wrong" with me...the only thing to help me O more regularly is clomid, and I'm figuring if I was able to do it once on my own, I should try for a while longer on my own. I'm kind of a nature gal when it comes to medicine of any kind... I don't even like taking Advil! But if we still have trouble after a few more months, I'll def. take the dr up on the clomid thing.
Anyway, thought this was interesting if it actually worked! We'll see....
I'll be the guinea pig!
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| Posted 11/28/10 9:41 PM |
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autumn
Mommy to 2 divas
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Re: I got the light!
Posted by BabyHopes15
I never heard of the light! Good Luck to you!
same here good luck
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| Posted 11/29/10 4:18 PM |
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fight the future
Master of my domain.
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Re: I got the light!
good luck to you, light-bright!! 
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