Thanks so much for your message - it helped me perservere through the pains. Heating my tummy seemed to work in the end, and the cramping is much better now. If this fast has taught me anything, it's that it's better to try and work with your body than against it! This was borne out yesterday when I passed the most spectacular mucoid plaque that I have ever seen myself do (I believe that it was encouraged by the spasms of my period cramps - if I had taken anti-spasmodic drugs it would probably still be inside me!), at a stage when I thought I had passed it all. So THANKS again!!