@Conscience
Well it doesn't have to be a whole new environment to change, but that might cause a shift as well... something for me to think about. provoking thoughts... thank you.

I sometimes just sleep on the couch (if my allergies wake my wife up), and it leads to more aware dreams as well. My odds increase quite a bit of having an LD, even if sleep deprived a little from the allergies.

@OP and Conscience
I have never heard that woman have more LDs than guys. :/ Doesn't make sense, since almost everyone on DV is a dude, and almost every natural that pops in here is a dude as well. That might just be because it is a forum, and forums naturally have more guys than girls.

That being said, when my baby came out I did notice that if I was watching her, I would wake up to every sound in the night, but if it was my wife's time to watch her, I wouldn't wake up to them at all (this happened in the middle of my LDing training as well).