The Dreaded Two-Week-Wait...

Whether you are trying to conceive or trying to avoid a pregnancy, the two weeks prior to your next period is the most stressful time of your cycle. I stopped my contraception in the middle of January. I got my first regular period on February 13. I don't believe that I ovulated in January. Then I experienced ovulation spotting on February 25, 13 days after the start of my new cycle. Unfortunately, we didn't have intercourse within a day before or after ovulation. I got my next period on March 11. I believe that I ovulated on the 13th day after March 11. This time, we put in effort to meet this small fertile period of a few days and had intercourse four days in a row, around the ovulation schedule. So now what?? The big "TWO-WEEK-WAIT." During this time, if the egg is fertilized, it will make a slow journey (6-12 days!) from the fallopian tube down to the uterus. If I am lucky, the egg will then embed itself into the uterus within the next two weeks. But if the egg was not fertilized, then I have the pleasure of getting my period at the end of that two weeks. But what is a woman to do during those two agonizing weeks of waiting?? Last month, I read every bit of information I could find on the internet about early pregnancy symptoms and at one point actually convinced myself that I was experiencing those symptoms. So when I got my period, I was extremely disappointed. So now I'm just going to keep myself busy and not stress over what happens at the end of the two weeks. Here are some of the tips I am following to cope with the wait, maybe they'll help you too.