Small question about WILD

[Linkzelda]

Last night I had a successful WILD (I'm starting to get used to the passive awareness ordeal that has been a pain for me in almost every dream I've made on my DJ) , and I could've easily done a DEILD when the dream started to fade, but I was worried that I wouldn't remember the lucid before. I woke up, but my eyes were closed, and I was speculating on whether or not I should go back into the dream state from this potential DEILD, but I decided to open my eyes to record the lucid in detail. I basically tried to do another WBTB+WILD after the successful WBTB+WILD before it. My question is, after one goes into a WILD, but decides to do another WBTB after the dream fades, does it get progressively harder to go into dream state? Because from what I know, earlier REM stages occur around after 3.5 hours (which is why I hear a lot of experienced lucid dreamers say they sleep for 4-5 hours or more). And I know I still could experience more REM because the lucid was somewhat short, but vivid. I woke up maybe an hour from when I successfully had the lucid. (So I definitely had more potential to experience more REM, and I did feel a little bit energized after the dream, but could still fall asleep since it was still dark outside) And I know the ideal time to do a WBTB for me is around 20 minutes, so I have no problems with the awareness from the first time I do it. When the dream starts to fade a way, is it better for me to risk losing some recall doing a DEILD? Or should I do a shorter WBTB if I'm worried about slight dream recall loss from the DEILD? Because I usually fail after doing another WBTB, but I end up having vivid non-lucid dreams (I have an okay dream recall, so I don't think keeping up with my DJ is a problem since I try to discipline myself in managing it, I try my best to remember my dreams daily ever since I came on this forum). Thank you for your time. Edit: Also, for the first WBTB+WILD I did, I slept around 4 hours, so I didn't try to attempt doing a WILD before sleeping through those hours. Edit: I'll probably try to take a nap after 3-4 hours have passed since I've heard that REM cycles usually occur during that time range.