We are all jolly well going to get preggers this month in a nonchalant non-psycho way, and hang onto it, and there will be no brooking of any argument whatsoever!

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Welcome across Rat Smackers! Glad you found the place okay. This is THE MONTH when we get those deceitful pee sticks to own up to the BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS - we are all already preggers! After all; positive people get positive pee sticks!

I hope you all like what I've done with our new home

You'll note the updated title, courtesy of farfalla. Various healthy snacks have been set out on the coffee tables, to ensure our bumps are receiving the appropriate nutritional balance

Also, my personal favourite adjustment, you'll note the strategically positioned peephole, right here, providing us with a sneaky preview of the utopian delights awaiting us in the NO BROOKING vomitorium ante-natal thread.

So let's get to it preggos! Remember: see a rat - smack it!

p.s. any thoughts regarding the new thread title? Effortlessly stylish maternity wear and baking must feature somewhere, surely?!

Absolutely imps and possibly visualisation too? can't believe how quick these threads go!

I notice we don't mentions rats anywhere in the title currently.....

dream I don;t want to get your hopes up but brown spotting is exactly what I had when I got my BFP. Not that is stuck around but still.....

farfalla's right dream. If you had spotting on CD26 and ovulated mid-cycle after all, say CD17, that would be about right for implantation bleeding woudn't it?

Very excited for you now.

Come on we need at least one more BFP by the end of this thread

Won't be me. I'm not testing until Weds

dream if I were you, I would test now. You're on CD31 right? Cycles anything between 26-34? You will get a BFP, I know it.

I'm with farfalla and scarlet on this one dream, it could well be implantation bleeding. The timing would certainly fit.

Yes Generic my HSG is tomorrow and really hoping it will be magical (although it kinda sounds weird when i write it like that, but you know what I mean :))

Dream I'm feeling very excited for you and wouldn't it be great to end the thread off with a BFP :)

Joins in the chanting 'Test! Test!' to Dream
I'm sure we said it was implantation bleeding...

Solars ooh the magic of an HSG - I hope the earth moves!

Agree with all the suggestions re new thread title - the next one will be the biggest and BFP-est thread ever! Now we just need to round this one off with a confirmation from Dream AND WE ARE BROOKING NO ARGUMENT!

Dream that really does sound like implantation bleeding and being on this thread means you must absolutely and definitely be pregnant! I think there will be a number of us unable to sleep until you confirm what we all know and give us a huge great BFP.

Rat smacking, pom pom waving, baking, visualising, brooking no argument, JUST FERTILISE! anything else needed in the thread title?

Hello Preggos!!!
I can't believe how much has happened in a week. Ive just spent an hour reading everything and have promptly forgotten who said what and when. Must be babybrain
Hello to all the new rat smackers

Well I have had a crazy week, first off DH injured his leg & has been hobbling around on crutches. So I've had to do all the dog walking and wait on him hand and foot. Then one of my friends found out her DP had been cheating on her for a year so she stayed with us for a while to get some space. Plus I've been working nights & trying to DTD as much as possible. I am shattered!!!

Sorry for anyone who got AF, that bloody bitch. However congratulations on day 1 of your pregnancy

I cant wait for the BFPs that are coming this week and hello biscuits very excited about your scan.

Right I need some advice from you wise Preggos. I'm determined to get a grip and try to find out when im ovulating. Now sorry if this is gross but does EWCM mean when it looks like raw eggs? TMI alert I have quite clear CM around when ovulation should logically be for about 5 days then for about 2 days I get a creamy white CM. Which is the EWCM?!? I'm so confused. Also am I right in thinking you won't know how long your LP is if you don't know when you ovulate? How on earth have I been trying for 10 months & be so clueless?

Anyway I'm on CD21 am hopefully post ovulation cos I can't face DTD anymore!

Hello preggos! I've just got on a train back to good old London town! I am therefore going to be hooked to this thread for the next four hours! Go Dream! Show that pee stick who's boss!

BabySade the clear CM is your fertile CM, and if you're lucky as you get to ov day it'll get sticky and stretchy, that's the ewcm bit. I never get the stretchy bit myself, mine goes clear for a couple of days and decides it can't be bothered with any stretching! The creamy cm comes straight after ov day (I think). It can happen at other points in your cycle as well. The creamy stuff is too thick and acidic for your OH's little swimmers, so it's fairly hostile for them. (disclaimer - I know nothing about medicine, I just spend too much time googling gross stuff!)

Can I add a suggestion for the new thread title? I think the "hang onto it" part is pretty crucial and should definitely be kept in on the shiny new title!

Anyone having any exciting symptoms? I'm 8 DPO here and there's been nothing at all! Even without signs though I'm still NOT BROOKING ANY ARGUMENT! I will be starting the tests from Friday although I might try out my first pee stick of the month tom morn just because it's DH's birthday and it would be SO PERFECT!

Oh Scream fingers crossed for a lovely birthday pressie for DH! I agree re the hanging onto it and positive visualisation beyond the pee stick confirmation - we're in this for the long haul! Actually, I've started a spreadsheet today (cd3 boredom) of the milestones as follows:
Ovulation and lots of shagging
BFP
8 wk scan (because I'm speshul)
12 wk scan
20 wk scan
Baybee!

Suggest we all do the same and fill them in with dates as each milestone is reached.

Hello? Just me then?!

TEST TEST TEST!!!! no pressure though dream you are most definatley upduffed so that pee stick will only confirm what we already know

Thanks scream that makes sense, I was getting worried that I was stopping DTD too early but think I am smacking the rat at the right time.

And having no symptoms is a symptom in itself in my opinion! You have smack that rat

Hehe generic I think my DH would love you. He is an excel freak & is always trying to get my to do spreadsheets for everything. I remain blissfully ignorant of how to work excell

Ooooo! Excel geek-ery! I love it! Count me in!

Where is Dream though? I hope we haven't scared her away! Come back! I have yummy Scottish shortbread and fudge! Not many spaces left to sneak Dream's BFP into this thread!

Rubbish!! does the thread run out at 1000 posts???

I haven't tested because i don't think I am preggers and i haven't got any tests. DH is never, ever home before 7- 7:30, sometimes up to 10pm so it won't be imminent. I can try to persuade him/ blatantly steal from his practice's supplies . will test in morning though...

What I am is busy with a cranky teething DD... we have been and fed ducks, and been on the swing, and played with a ball etc etc and now I am home and racking my brains to keep the back-breaking-finger-holding-oh-please-learn-to-walk-properly-baby busy.... Now, if i had a smart phone instead of having to boot up the laptop every time i'd be on here more!!!!

oh no, wait, i got the tube through for a silly london airport flight once!!! And the national express coach down for another flight! not actually into london though... In the good old days of exotic holidays

scarlett, could well have a short luteal phase, def had EWCM on day 20 ish, and more on CD23 or something... will ask DH. he will not be impressed...

Hello Dream! Your BFP is assured, get NO BROOKING! Tom morn is your moment!!

Can whoever starts the new thread post a link to the new thread at the end of this one please? To help simple folk like me

I have started it, I can't link! Sorry Luddite