Prune/Bend/Tie - Running out of Options

Hey everyone. It's been a while since my last post, but I hope everyone is doing well. The last time I wrote I was growing a couple of California Orange Bud that I logged until the bastards ended up both being male. But, I didn't give up and started growing again.

I've been growing White Widow. Started with four but only two made it. Then one of those ended up being male so now I'm left with one pretty girl. I'm 23 days into about a 70 day flowering cycle. The buds are forming nicely and the leaves are around them are starting to get frosty (I think the buds should be bigger at 23 days, but at least it is something).

The problem I'm having is lazyness. I was growing ScrOG, but torward the end of veg I got a little behind and my lady got a bit out of control. So too early I let her out of her cage. I've been tieing her down above the screen so she doesn't get too close to the light.

However, now that I'm 3 weeks into flower I didn't want to have to tie her down anymore. This may no longer be an option.

So to get to the point. The leaves are really congested. I've been bending the big fan leaves so light gets to all the bud sites, but with this much plant matter it's getting difficult. I've read that you don't want to prune these leaves back due to stress and just tie them back, but again with this much not sure if that is feasible.

In this case, would pruning some of the leaves be a bad thing? I've read you can cut the leaf in half to let light in and it wont stress the plant as much. What do you think about that?

Any advice or thoughts are appreciated. As always, thanks for the time everyone.