Getting Pregnant

Every woman who’s been trying to conceive a child for longer than a few months will know instantly what the phrase “two week wait” means, even if they haven’t heard it before. And partners of women in this position will probably recognize, too, that the two weeks between ovulation and either a period arriving or a positive pregnancy test are an extremely long, trying two weeks.

I don’t know how nature worked out this way – that there’s pretty much no way of telling with any certainty or not if you’re pregnant until close to two weeks has passed by. Of course, there are pregnancy tests that claim to be able to confirm a pregnancy a week before your period is due, but the chances of them working are low enough that anyone who gets a negative result will still be thinking “It’s just too early to test”.

The only way I know of surviving this horror two week wait is by distracting myself as best as possible. This is exactly the same advice that the infertility counselor gave me, too. And of course how you do it varies from person to person, but if for nothing else than my own reminder, here’s a list of activities that have successfully helped me get a little further through the two week wait:

• Watching DVDs of my favorite (old) TV shows
• Saving a new and exciting book to read in this time (preferably something light and easy to read)
• Throwing myself into a household project – making mulberry jam was my last one
• Booking outings with friends to cafes and movies – preferably friends without babies
• Working extra hours at work, because time flies if I’m teaching
• Doing lots of extra exercise but not just simple walking, because there’s too much time to think
• Going on cleaning frenzies, like reorganizing the pantry or linen cupboard

Got any more ideas? Help keep me distracted by giving me some more suggestions in the comments.

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