Afternoon ladies. You?ve been chatty again! I am really busy at work just now so just having a quick catch up. I started this at lunchtime but never got round to finishing. So this will be only commenting on posts up to lunch time, and I?ll reply to everyone else whenever I finally get out of the office 
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pout you do make me laugh. 
at ginormous bright pink nipples. Though the underlying point wasn?t so funny, of course. Bloody 2ww and its hysterical jokes. Oooh, I?ve never had cramping on 5DPO before, I must be pregnant. That was me last month. But guess what, I wasn?t.
Also at skeleton?s pram filled with snakes. Can you imagine the old dears in Marks and Spencer! There would be heart attacks all round. You could maybe make the snakes a sort of coat that had fake booties hanging off of them? Hope your holiday was to somewhere suitable hot and 
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(As an aside, does anyone else get irrationally annoyed when they hear the question ?oh, going anywhere nice?? when you say you are off on holiday. It?s such a bloody daft thing to say. One of these days I?m going to reply with ?No. I thought I?d punish myself for a year?s worth of hard work by going to spend a week in a prison in Skegness? . Of course I?m going somewhere nice! It?s a holiday, that?s what you do. Even if it?s just a short break somewhere local, presumably you chose it largely based on the fact you think it?d be nice 
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madness hope you cope with your Mum?s visit!
Izzy - any more news, has AF showed up? I think it?s very weird about the 18 month thing, what does your PCT say? Is that the right terminology, I?m in Scotland and it?s different I think?
I tend to stay away from the other boards on MN. Once in a while I read the Pregnancy one, but I have no idea what they are talking about anyway, and I find it a bit heart-breaking to be honest. I cope with not being PG by generally ignoring all things pregnancy related. Excluding of course wandering down the baby aisle in Sainsburys.
Miggly hope you have a nice holiday. Off anywhere nice? 
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Try not to panic about your SIL, purple. Just keep reminding yourself that there are not a limited amount of pregnancies to go around, and even if she gets there first, it doesn?t mean you can?t have a BFP as well. I agree with Pout about the test results though, I?m sure it?s just that they don?t allow the reception staff to interpret them, I?m sure they have to give him the results, but he probably needs to make an appointment.
popcorn when I went to the GP he was young-ish and had a bit of an idea, but actually I found it a bit more helpful that he wasn?t a total guru, because I could steer him in the direction I wanted him to go! He looked up the local guidelines and got started, with a nudge or two from me. Admittedly it?s not ideal, but then GP?s are generalists, and despite Dr Google probably driving them mad, it?s far better to go in feeling informed, knowing what questions to ask etc, and then just being referred to a specialist who deals with it day in day out. And as for the count, well 2% of a very high number may well be better than 4% of a low count. It?s still 1.2m sperm being normal (yes I actually got my calculator out to check!) which sounds like a lot to me, and it only takes one .
biscuits so sorry you are feeling low. I agree with the distraction technique, lots of activities with your DS sounds like a good plan. I hope the dreaded AF doesn?t turn up for you. I don?t temp so can?t comment on that; and I don?t want to fuel the craziness. I?ll just keep my fingers crossed for you :)
4DPO here. It?s not too soon for symptom spotting, surely?
Right, will catch up later when I've had 
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