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From Your Fertility Signals by MerrillWinstein 

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Some women experiment with using light to help the pineal gland regulate their cycles andboost recovery (from the pill - birth control). The woman simply sleeps in absolutedarkness except on the 14th, 15th and 16th days after menstruation begins. On thosenights, she leaves a small light bulb on in the room. After two or three cycles, manywomen find that their mucus pattern is more distinct, menstruation is shorter and heavierand cycles become 29-31 days in length.  (my note:  As suggested in othersources, one should actually "go with the moon" for natural patterns.  This would mean on the days of the full moon one would sleep with out blinders andtherefore the cycle would take on natural patterns.)

From Fertility Cycles and Nutrition: 
Sensitivity to Night Lighting
Unlikely as it sounds, sensitivity to night lighting may cause scant or patchy mucus,prolonged more fertile mucus, short luteal phases, other cycle irregularities, andinfertility even with regular cycles.
As anyone who has ever suffered jet lag can attest to, the body has a definite bioligicalclock that resists resetting. This rhythm is entrained by the natural day-night cycle, andnerve impulses that originate from the light receptors of the eyes ultimately affect manyof the body's hormones, including the reproductive hormones.

It goes on to say that Africans are taught to "be in the moon".Their's is a very prochild culture, and the wife told us that her mother advised her tohave intercourse during the dark phase of the moon. - it explains but i cannot type itall.......Lest you wonder how small amounts of light can affect a sleeping woman, realizethat light rays are capable of penetrating the eyelids and the dark-adapted retina isexpuisitely sensitive even to very low level of illumination.  A specific neuralroute from the eyes sends information about lighting to the pineal gland; this glandresponds to light-related neural stimuli by secreting or failing to secrete severalhormones which in animals, at least, markedly affect reproduction.

My note: Buy a sleep mask and "stay with the moon" and put themback on after the full moon.

Remember that the Lord made two lights; one to govern the day and theother LESSER light to govern the night.