Come on Eros! Shoot your --man fat-- arrow through the heart of this February bus and give us our babbies!

[purdeybirdie]

Do you love being elbow deep in your cervix? Can you tell your cream from your egg? No, we're not talking Cadbury, we're talking vadge juice. Come and join the fingering fillies on our flight of fecundity (see what I did there?).

You think Nomio? I poas on day 25 using FMW and it was bfn, so I don't want to get my hopes up!

I'm tempted to give it a day then test - I don't want to waste my carefully hoarded pee sticks!

Or am I just stalling here? :0)

Does your throat hurt, knit?

no but my toes are tingling like fuck....must be all that diverting blood to the embryo business

In terms of actual symptom spotting, I have a cold sore AND a mouth ulcer at the same time, which means drinking and eating is currently an orgy of mild oral discomfort :P

I also have constipation, and my usual pre-af bowel state (that is NOT a sentence I ever thought I'd write!) is the runs. I;m obviously with child, right?

I'm so glad I can discuss these things here...

Ooo-ooooh those feet and toes, I tell you!
Poas woman!

Loving the symptom spotting :)

Now on the subject of peeing on sticks why do you think the SMEP says:
If AF has not arrived, take a home pregnancy test
First morning urine (FMU) does not always yield the best results, you may wish to try with your second morning urine (SMU) or an afternoon test after a 3-4 hour hold (no liquids)

Why not FMU? Surely that goes against all the combined wisdom of mumsnet?

You know what, my toes are itching. So I must be pregnant, even though I've probably not ovulated (yet).

That or it's my Victorian pauper's chilblains. I mean, who gets chilblains these days? ME, that's who.

Ok, I have just been to the loo and done a cervix check and there is a tiny bit of brownish stuff - so I may be out I'm going to hold of poas until thurs unless af turns up tomorrow (which I expect she will) - I just hate seeing only one line!

Now does anyone have any top tips for getting rid of cold sores and/or mouth ulcers? I currently smell like a mixture of zovirax and bonjela. It's alluring, I tell ya.

boris, I reckon that crowd make stuff up. They're fucking with us.

Ooooh - I have a sore throat. That combined with twinges in the lower abdomen, a constant feeling of needing to poo (TMI) and a beautiful scarf surely must mean I'm pregnant right?!

Bowie, student had steak and all the trimmings!!

Bean, sorry for temp drop. It sucks when it does that!

Mummy, thanks for that idea, think i might give it a try

I'm so tired today I could just go to sleep now. I've also had bleeding gums this morning, just randomly when I was out. And I just remembered I woke up with indigestion at about 4am. Also had a crazy dream that dp had proposed and woke up boiling hot again. I really should be pregnant with those symptoms! I hate the 2ww!

bowies you may be right.

Knit, fx af stays away.

Boris, loving the itchy toe symptom even before ov

Awww, knit, that doesn't sound good.

Spinning, I feel the same. Am so exhausted lately. I think it is lack of pancakes, so am going for the obvious cure.

gaaaa would it be worth poas if no af tomorrow morning? Surely if I was pg it would have shown up on day 25? Or am I talking nonsense? confused about hcg levels, that's me

They never made it sound this complicated in sex ed....i was under the impression that just LOOKING at a boy would get me knocked up!

Haha good idea nomio I'm making the traditional pancakes and some healthy pay ones for me

Sparkly, you back from your appointment yet? Impatiently waiting for an update.

Purdey, hope you didn't have to wait too long for bloods!

Knit, I know, in reality it's a bloody miracle anyone gets pregnant! When I was first with dp we had unprotected sex and I took the morning after pill......nearly fainted at the cost!!!

Knit, if you look at charts on FF you'll see that lots of ladies get later bfp's. Sometimes the egg implants later or the hormone takes longer to rise and therefore give a positive result. If af not here tomorrow I would poas

Beansprout, did you test today? It certainly looks as though AF is imminent with that plummet. If that's the case you have had a chemical, for sure

Bozzer, worth rumpying for sure.

Juney, I reckon FF are going to pinpoint ov as yesterday. We know you timed the boys perfectly, though, so fear not.

Aurora, at your posts. I do not know the answer to your question about pseudo-surges and cycles length. Charts I have seen where ov failed to occur were longer, I think.

I don't like peanut butter. That means I am the only one in the world.

I have to go to ikea tonight to pick up something for work.. YAWNSVILLE!

I'll make pancakes when I get home though fo sure.

I just peed on a fiver. :( WHYYYYY?! Needless to say it was a bfn. Shouldn't even be testing at this time of day, since AF is due around Friday or later. I thought I was being really good with resisting, but then I convinced myself that my pins and needles were a symptom.

Still, now I am down to one Boots own hpt and one digital clearblue (that I am saving for a confirmation test. So my choices are limited and that will help me to resist temptation in the next few days.

As I type, I can feel some lower back cramps that are suspiciously familiar...

purdey, I don't like peanut butter either. I just use it in stir frys to get a sort of satay effect (tis super yummy). Marmite is my toast adorner of choice.

I've read many authoritative studies pointing to bastaderone (an enzyme produced by the endocrine system) as being responsible for producing tiny little dwarves who sit on your cervix in the 2ww occasionally nipping the tissue. The dwarf is called 'Conception'. He can appear at 1dpo if you wish concentrate hard enough.

eskimo be strong, cycle buddy. AF due Saturday here. Let's agree to wait until at least Friday?