Places row of kick-arse Bloody Marys on the bar.
To add to the list of inspiration torture: my sis now has six children. The most recent one at age 42. My mum says, "oh you're not like your sister - they just fall out of her!"
scorp I am trying the temperature thing for the first time this month. I have a new book (clever me, I can read). It is big and looks very official. Apparently there are three signs of Ov: temperature rise, ewcm, and position of cervix (soft, high and open). I am not sure about all this, and a bit scared tbh. The temperature rise happens about a day AFTER you have ov'd, so it is too late to be any use the first month. Apparently you use it to get an idea of your luteal phase length so you know what to expect next month, or something.
I think my approach this month is to pay more attention to my (ahem) cervical fluid. When there is gloopy egg white stuff flooding my knickers I'll tie DH to the bed and get what I need. That's the theory. But I also support the do it every 3 days anyway, but just make sure you also do it on the day when you are most 'wet'.
I don't know yet whether I can do the cervix thing. Am I weird in that I have never felt my own cervix? Does everyone else do this all the time? Also, lots of fussy nurse types have told me over the years that I have an unusual fufu. Apparently it is long and narrow and bent at the top. They always have to rush off to get the extra-long speculum from the back of the cupboard because they can't find my cervix. So how am I supposed to do this myself? And without specialist tools?!
The book also says (peering over black rimmed glasses)(really) that if your partner's spunk is normal you can SWI as often as you like. The only reason you would hold off waiting for the exact day of ov is if he has SN sperm. But I suppose if I read another book it would say something different again, innit?