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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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The 2ww Symptom Spotting continues....

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Bucky2007 · 26/09/2007 15:13

Hey girls as we are about to get thrown out of our thread I have started a new one so we can continue manically looking for EWCM, sore (.)(.)s and orange feet whilst chanting 'in with love, out with BFNs'.

Come on over/in

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PicknMix · 02/10/2007 20:23

Although check out the last sentence....

"And more than one patient has attributed a successful pregnancy to this diagnostic device"

Thats not the best stats ever is it!?!? I was just skim reading though so maybe there's more to it than that!

PicknMix · 02/10/2007 20:20

I found a bit about it too!!

Microscope Info

debinaustria · 02/10/2007 20:18

Bucky. is this it www.medicaltestcentre.co.uk/Trying_To_Conceive/Ovulation_Tests/Saliva_Ovulation_Test_:_Reusable!.htm l?gclid=CKa0naj28I4CFSbXXgodL2Y0KQ

PicknMix · 02/10/2007 20:17

Gryffyngirl I've had a shocker of a day at work too!!! DH and I had always thought that he would be a SAHD but the day I've just had I'm having serious second thoughts about that!!! Got to be up at 5.30 tomorrow and wont get home 'til bout 8. The question is, do I have the energy to bd tonight?! And if not, will I be oh so resentful if no BFP and blame my work forever more...... Woah, very rambly sorry!!!!

Right, am off to investigate my cervix - am mildly alarmed by the thought that it might feel like the tip of my nose - have all sorts of images in my head now!!!

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Bucky2007 · 02/10/2007 20:14

Deb I am going to find that product for us all to see. I am on a mission now.

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debinaustria · 02/10/2007 20:10

Wow - Bucky, where did you find that gem? Spitting and looking at it through a microscope? Think I'd rather be on 1st name terms with my cm and basal body temperature!!

Deb

debinaustria · 02/10/2007 20:07

I love the Cervical pursuit game!!! LOL

I would like to stand up and be counted as one who is acquainted with her cervix, and I am proud of it!!

Have to say though - it feels nothing like the tip of my nose, I can tell if it's hard/soft/open/closed but the actual position of it is very tricky!!

Runs away embarrassed!!!

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Bucky2007 · 02/10/2007 20:06

OOH look what I found...its a post on another forum. From Mrs Jay...I've never heard of freaky microscope things?? ...ferns??

Hello Ladies,

I have just recently had a miscarriage and it was very hard on me. I just wanted to start trying right away, but the doctor said "wait 3 months." Well, I have this microscope, it looks like a tube of lipstick, chapstick, whatever your preference is. I got it at Walgreens. It is safe to use everyday, and you do not have to use urine. You use your saliva. How it works is, you spit on the lense, wait for it to dry, then look at it on the microscope. When we ovulate, our saliva produces high amounts of salt that look like little ferns on the lense of the microscope. It sounds strange, but it works. A little expensive, but you can use it everyday. It has a lifetime warrantee on it. It is better than using those ovulation sticks that only come seven in a box. If you are wondering when you are fertile this would be a good choice. If you get one let me know how it goes.
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Bucky2007 · 02/10/2007 19:58

Gryffin you could always pursue your cervix to cheer yourself up after a bad day. "It feels like the tip of your nose." apparently, or you could just touch your nose which might be easier LOL

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shreksmissus · 02/10/2007 19:28

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GryffinGirl · 02/10/2007 19:25

ClairePO - sounds like mettelsmertz or whatever the technical term is called for pain down there indicating you were ovulating ,if you are mid-cycle that is. significant!

G*D I have had such a rubbish day at work. Anyone else had a shocker? The sooner I get up the duff so I can escape on maternity leave the better (not the attitude, I know ). You can tell when everyone here has been working really hard for a while, because as soon as it goes quiet, suddenly there is a rash of pregnancies. People have time/energy to BD and looking after a newborn baby is marginally less sleep depriving than working in this office.

ClairePO · 02/10/2007 19:11

symptom symptom symptom, must read before pressing post!

ClairePO · 02/10/2007 19:07

Evening all. I read as far as squatting on the loo before it just all got too much and I quickly closed the window. I won't be trying to find my cervix ta very much and I'm not even mentioning it to my DP in case he thinks its a new bedroom game and tries to have a go.

I'm not symptom spotting at all because the doctor told me not to try again until after 1st AF after m/c but if I was sympton spotting and I did think I had an LH surge last Thursday would there be anything significant to a very mild ache in my side sort of a couple of inches to the side of my belly button but slightly down?

poppysocks · 02/10/2007 17:59

I have decided to (try to) give up symptom spotting this month as I am SURE I'm inventing them.

I may have been feeling nauseous, but this is only really when I think about it and hungry.

I am always tired to a greater or lesser extent. In fact at the moment it's to a lesser extent.

My boobs are feeling bigger and have been a bit sore. My tummy also feels bloated. However, I have definitely put a bit of weight on recently and the soreness is probably because I keep prodding them.

Having not really had a go at this symptom spotting before I'm trying to notice things that I may have just ignored before. Hmmm. Last time the only thing I picked up on was one lumpy breast at about 5 weeks and then the general soreness only kicked in later and the sickness barely at all.

Was feeling quite positive yesterday after reading about the milkly cm after ovulation, but that was only for a few days and has now stopped. Woke up this morning with a really strong instinct that I'm not pregnant. Wasn't even thinking about it - just popped into my head before I'd even worked out what day of the week it was.

AF expected any time over the weekend. See you in couple of weeks to start all over again!

Good luck to everyone else though!

digitalgirl · 02/10/2007 17:07

sk

bucky good luck with the caffeine withdrawal. beware - you'll be very sleepy (just pretend it's a PG symptom)!

digitalgirl · 02/10/2007 17:05

LOL!! Cervix checking definitely isn't for the faint-hearted. TBH, I don't do it often and when I do it's usually in the shower (minimise diseases!). But it helped me to draw a line under my ovulation day. Was getting so confused with CM. I probably won't go near it until next cycle now, don't want to go prodding around dislodging anything that may or may not be there! However, DH doesn't seem to mind prodding around up there

Excitable · 02/10/2007 16:59
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spookykitty · 02/10/2007 16:57

sweetkitty has had a 6lbs 3ozs followed by a 9lbs 3ozs baby though hers in 18 months, her cervix has upped and left home never to return!

Excitable · 02/10/2007 16:54

Excitable is mystified by the cervix spotting and worried that if she pursues her cervix, it might never come back...

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Bucky2007 · 02/10/2007 16:35

Digitalgirl those instructions have traumatised me ...I'm not even sure my hand is long enough. I got as far as you might get diseases from sticking your hands up there (or something along those lines) and then fled. .

I just about manage to figure out what to do with a tampon! How can you EVER figure out what position your cervix is in? How do you know that's even what you are feeling? Is there anything else up there that it could be? Can a finger get into your womb by bypassing your cervix? . I guess if I finish reading the instructions I will know the answer to all my questions but I think I will go back to eating my Sensations at the moment and put it to the back of my mind due to my feelings of inadequacy . I am very impressed with your commitment digitalgirl. If you apply yourself in this way to all things in life you must be a very successful woman .

That said thank you for the information. I think I will give up coffee successfully first before pursuing my cervix. ClairePO please let us know how you get on.

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madoldbird · 02/10/2007 16:31

bloated stomach definitely a symptom!! I have that already and am only 3 days PO!!

(...quickly hiding half eaten pack of cream crackers, butter, and remains of cheddar...)

GryffinGirl · 02/10/2007 15:38

does having a bloated stomach count as a symptom (of somehting other than me being a lardy cow )

digitalgirl · 02/10/2007 15:28

clairePO this is for you how to check your cervix position

TheMuppetMuggle · 02/10/2007 15:17

Well SK means you can join me for First July Babies

spookykitty · 02/10/2007 15:12

muppet - I bet you I hold out until Thursday night until DP gets home then it wioll be BFN and I will get AF on Friday, I'm not allowed to test unless DP is there (long story you probably read it)

DG - boob twinges def symptom