Eye Pillows & Nightlighting

When you hear "nightlighting," does this come to mind??



In the world of Fertility, it's a specific approach to regulating irregular cycles. My cycles were always irregular as a teen and young adult. At the time, I liked it because I got about half as many periods as my friends but when I was trying to get pregnant, that meant my chances for conceiving were cut in half. I only had about eight chances to get pregnant in a year (assuming my husband wasn't out of town when I was fertile, which happened quite a lot).

I read about nightlighting in the book Garden of Fertility

To try to boost my progesterone levels and shorten my cycles with my first pregnancy, we actually put up room darkening shades, turned off nightlights and covered our digital clocks....but what I didn't realize was that the element that helped the most was one I was already using: an eye pillow.



Eye pillows are typically made out of lavender buds and flax seeds and are used during yoga, to help ease migraines or to help you relax in preparation for sleep.

The weight on your eyes actually "forces" your eyes and face to relax. I use to be a person who sorted out my day (and my life) in the hour or so it took me to fall asleep at night. Using an eye pillow helped me relax, slow my thoughts and go to sleep more quickly.

There was an added bonus when it came time for "night lighting:" it blocked out excess light during the night. I relied so much on my pillow that I taught myself to readjust it when I changed positions at night.

The bottom line is, the night lighting concept affects your circadian rhythm, which affects hormone levels. Progesterone levels are very important for sustaining a healthy pregnancy and all I can say is that it did work at shortening my cycles, and I used it throughout my (100% perfect) first pregnancy.

If you need to shorten your cycles or just need to relax before going to sleep, I highly recommend looking into getting an eye pillow!

I found similar eye pillows to mine in Little Peeps Etsy shop.

I love this Eye Pillow Company web site, too (pictured below).



Here's some great information on Night Lighting {just scroll down about half way}

Let me know if you have any questions or if you try it!