Luness Fertility iPhone Application

I have finally been able to test out the Luness fertility monitor app on my iPhone. I mistakenly thought the light portion would start on the day of the first peak on the timeline. But, it starts before that. So, I would make sure you click the purple Luness logo every night to ensure you don't miss the start of the light therapy.

The first few nights were OK, but my alarm clock that charges my phone only works sometimes, and to prevent it from quitting in the middle of the night, it would be best to hook it up to a reliable charger.

My next barrier is that my husband can't tolerate the medium to high end of the light spectrum. Even though it does not necessarily face him at night, he finds it difficult to sleep with that much reflective light facing him. Although, if I ensured to sleep on his opposite side so he doesn't face the light, he might not mind. He weirdly suggested switching sides of the bed, which is highly irregular. So I will have to see if he would be willing to endure a few nights of the highest light or some other compromise.

Other than that I won't be able continue to assess the effectiveness of the application until I can use it fully. 

Sorry for the absence.

Okay, I don't know how many of you care, but I have been absent from blogging for awhile because my Mac was doing weird stuff with my text boxes, even in Word.  When I would go to type anything, even signing in for stuff, the text would suddenly start highlighting the current word I was typing. It got so bad, I could barely type a login, let alone the password, without every letter being followed by the highlighting or otherwise moving the cursor.

I did a LOT of virus scans. Found a lot of bad cookies and other stuff. Removed that. Restarted a few times. This helped, but I really think another factor was my trackpad bar is kind of sticky. Every now and again, I would just press it on either side to see if that unstuck it. So far so good. This is the first post I've made without it occurring. I'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel.

And I have so much to post about!

• My experience using the Luness application on my phone.
• I started acupuncture!
• My technique to take the horrible, horrible smelling/tasting herbs I received from my acupuncturist. 
• I might *finally* be getting to "pre-O" temps instead of these crazy high temps.

So, I will try to follow-up with more posts in detail of the items listed above. Also, if anyone would like more info on one topic first, please feel free to comment. I aim to please!

Regular flow achieved!

So, I started having spotting a week or so into re-starting my Dong Quai tincture. This is the first full flow type of AF I have had since stopping Depo Provera. I had light flow for about 3 days and then 2 days of spotting. I restarted my Luness application, so I will be using that in conjunction with my Dong Quai and BBT. Here's hoping I detect ovulation this cycle! I have noticed temps are still hanging around no lower than 98.3. April will be the six month mark (which most researchers say is the earliest Depo Provera leaves the system).  Here's hoping I can hit ovulation before then, but with my temps still hovering at my usual coverline temps, I'm not sure I have expelled all of the Depo Provera yet. 

Bee Fertile Royal Jelly Giveaway!

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If you’d like a refresher on Bee Fertile product, check the posts below:

What does it mean when your cycle is messed up?

My First Cycle on Bee Fertile

Irregular Cycles and RE Appointment

Wrapping Up the Bee Fertile Reviews

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Depo Provera and BBT charting

Last month I noted a trend of high temps that are generally in my post-O range. I had not temped originally, so it had looked as though I had ovulated. My average coverline is between 97.9-98.2.  Majority of temps last month were 98.2 or higher. I know to expect changes as the Depo Provera levels in my system decrease.

I have noticed that when I take the Dong Quai supplement, my PMS symptoms go through the roof.  Depo Provera as birth control is a synthetic form of progesterone. Progesterone is the hormone known to increase basal body temperature (BBT) in the luteal phase. This leads me to the hypothesis that while the Depo Provera is in my system, I might expect to see consistent post-O temps without a bi-phasic pattern. So far this holding true.

I have also noticed that I am having what I generally classify as heavy spotting for about the length of my period. So, I am now charting these as LIGHT flow days. When I stacked my charts, I saw that my October cycle was 27 days, November 30 days, and current December cycle is at 13 days. I've had flat temps lately, and I thought my BBT was needing a replacement battery, but I started to have varying temps, so I'm going to keep it for now.

Let's see what we can see!

If anyone with previous Depo Provera injections has charted their temps, please feel free to comment on whether you also experienced this consistent high temps.