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Reinstating the gin deck from a previous bus for AF arrivals, and stocking up on pineapple juice and Brazil nuts, fx for lots of BFPs this month.

Mummy with you all the way! Last month on the 2ww I kept poking my boobs non stop - I've never had sore boobs in my life (poss cos they're so damn small!) so no idea what they feel like, so far the only achey boobs I've had are from where I kept jabbing them...

I've just given mine a good massage. It's hit and miss whether mine hurt after ov, some months v tender, some months not so much. Today they feel a little bit tight if I give them a good squidge but otherwise they aren't doing much.

Supposedly cramps muscles = low potassium. Does low potassium = implantation? clutches at straws

It's shit putting on weight. Last year I lost some with marathon training but I can't face putting myself through that again. I hate diets but slimming world is good so I might give that a try for a little while.

Also to add to the symptom list - very soft cervix - like my chin and cloudy stretchy cm - like I have had in both my pregnancy and non pregnancy cycles

Can't help starting to feel positive but also that I am setting myself up for a fall!

The nurse has bloody stuck a cotton swab on my arm with sodding superglue tape where the needle went in. I'm scared to rip it off

mummy my cervix was high but back to being hard like the tip of my nose this morning. I'm defo out. Your symptoms sound very promising though, I really hope you get your bfp this month.

DizzyN I hope your results bring some good news your way. Crampy calfs must be a sign . I've done sw before but not successfully I've gone to a few classes and quit but my heads really in it this time and DH wants to lose some weight to I lost 4 stone on ww after I had ds2 so I know I can do it. Ww leaves me hungry now that they've changed it though and plus all my friends do sw.

It can change though, I think mine was harder on BFP month, all my signs that month were not pointing towards pregnancy - my only month EVER I didn't test until 12DPO as didn't feel prgnant at all. Thanks Dizzy x

I have never figured out how to check my cervix. It's not over until the witch arrives mummy. Hope to see lots of BFPs this month.

I still feel really crampy but I felt like this the first month of ttc and I was even 3 days late that month so nine months on I don't hold much hope.

beaut that's great DH wants to do it too, you can spur each other on. When DP did it last he bought one of the SW cookbooks which i used to make us dinners so I ended up feeling a bit light too . I did SW properly myself years and years ago and shed a stone very quickly. I love the fact you can eat loads to fill up, I like my fruit and veg so I didn't find it too much of a chore.

mummy I've just been and checked mine again, on closer inspection it's now feeling low and squishier, I also found a lump of stretchy cm which looked like flu-snot. Sigh.

I've just decided I'm testing on Tuesday, 12dpo, spotting or no spotting. Want to join me?

Dizzy I wrote myself off day before BFP partly because cervix was high and hard!

DizzyN I had a snot like blob too! To be honest I would love to say I'll test Tuesday but as I'm staying with family I will have lots of wine evenings so will prob test every day from Saturday (big girls night out with lots of drinking) just in case. Can I make you test early too?!

beaut I think checking your cervix takes a bit of time to get used to. I still haven't figured mine out, it feels different at different times of day, and I can never tell if it's open or closed. I'm also convinced that if your body is tensed up & pelvic floor is tense the the cervix is automatically pulled upwards which makes it difficult to judge whether it is actually high or low. I've learned how to push mine down so that I can feel it by relaxing the pelvic floor and pushing- I suppose with the same muscles as you'd use to push out a baby?!!

Saturday is 9 dpo though, is that not too early? I only have two ics....

Beaut I have quite a low cervix so I can check mine quick easy. It is best to do it at the same time every day as Dizzy said it changes constantly! Just pop your middle finger up there and you'll find your cervix - easiest when sitting on the loo. This is also how I find my ewcm as it doesn't always find it into your knickers. So I pop a finger up and sweep around the cervix and then inspect the cm I find.

night I'm wishing I hadn't checked again now! I have an inconsistent cervix!

I would test Tuesday to but Af is due Sunday so I'm sure I won't make it to Tuesday. I only have one cb digital lurking in the cupboard as I gave up testing a few months ago. I know they aren't the most sensitive test either.

DizzyN Oh no don't waste them then oon twerly testing!! I have about 20

I have to squat down to reach mine as its too high when I'm sitting on the loo!

This was surprisingly helpful to me in checking cervical position might give you a giggle if nothing else

forums.thebump.com/discussion/12047288/the-cervix-feels-like-a-penis

I have been checking my cm it's so glamorous isn't it. Last month I had no cm in the days leading up to Af this month I have quite sticky thick cm. Again I've had that many times before and Af has still arrived. I think when I got pregnant before it was more of a creamy/cloudy cm the kind where you can sometimes feel it coming out. Sorry tmi

Ooh you're well stocked mummy! I'll see how I feel at the weekend, I could do one then and one on tues, if AF is coming I'll expect to see spotting around Thursday anyway so I won't need one after then.

Beaut there is no such thing as TMI on this thread!

Dizzy that sounds like a plan! and if you get BFNs but no spotting then you'll have to rush out for a frer anyway

I am loving all the symptom spotting this morning! I would love to join in, but haven't OVd yet!

I have put on weight lately too, and I hate it. I have been to the gym twice this week in an attempt to shift it, but I suspect it is going to take a long time.

What cd are you on now Nomio?