Congrads to you.
It's so exciting when you have LD isn't it.
I had my first one ever last week and it was so cool. I kept waking up in my bed and I would pinch my nose and try and breath through it and when I could I thought oh my god I'm dreaming, the hardest part was getting out of bed, my body felt so tired it didn't want to move, but when I was up I was ok. That happened about 6 times, waking up in bed and I went through all these different scenarios, it was the best thing ever. But the nose pinching technique worked a charm. And it all happened in the first hour of sleep, so that was pretty good.
So I'm really looking forward to my next one as I'm sure you are. I'll give your technique a go too and see how that goes, try to mix it up abit, not do the same thing all the time. Good luck on your next LD and hope it lasts a bit longer this time.