Regulating my cycle

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Hi, all. I've searched the memories but had no luck. I'm looking for ways to regulate my cycle, which is uncomfortably erratic but I don't want to start taking birth control pills again. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Comments

[starmama.livejournal.com]

can you give me some more information about your cycle? why do you desire to regulate your cycle? what is uncomfortable about it?

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Sure...my cycle runs anywhere between 21 and 38 days (for the last two years, at least). I'd like to be regular enough that I could at least have an idea as to when I could expect ovulation and my period. It's mostly uncomfortable because so often it's unexpected. I'm not trying to regulate for conception or anything like that...just convenience!

this might be worth a try...

[balmofgilead.livejournal.com]

"An interesting side note to this is that experiments have shown that women with irregular menstrual cycles have become more regular by sleeping with a soft light on in their rooms (to stand in for the light of a full moon) during the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth days of their cycle, the days they would ideally be ovulating. After a few months, their cycles regulate. This is called the Dewan effect, and it seems to show a connection between light and the menstrual cycle. Perhaps it also explains old traditions in which women went out and talked to the moon when they were having difficulties with their periods."

--from http://onewoman.com/redspot/luna.html

Re: this might be worth a try...

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Thanks, I'll give it a try!

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

There may be some natural remedies, but I do not know them. My only advice is for you to be sure to take really good care of yourself by getting enough sleep, eating properly, and managing stress levels. Those are big period busters.

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Good points...thanks!