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WOW~ I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING... EVERY WORD!!! I EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING, EVEN THOUGH I'VE NEVER BEEN PREGNANT. I LITERALLY HYPNOTIZED MYSELF TO THINK THAT I WAS ALREADY PREGNANT... THEN CAME THE HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT. SO MY PLAN THIS MONTH WAS TO REALLY STAY AWAY FROM THIS WEBSITE (EVEN UPDATING MY TRACKING CALENDAR) AND JUST LIVE MY NORMAL LIFE. LUCKILY, I'VE HAD SEVERAL JOB INTERVIEWS THIS PAST WEEK TO KEEP ME PREOCCUPIED. I'M NOW ON CD20 -- WHICH LEAVES ME ONLY 8 DAYS UNTIL I TEST. OR LIKE YOU SAID, I'LL PROBABLY JUST LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE AND HOPE THAT I'M LATE. MY BIGGEST WISH RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE A HEALTHY PREGNANCY. I HEARD SO MANY HORROR STORIES WITH MORNING SICKNESS, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STRESS ABOUT IT NOW~ IT'S REALLY "POINTLESS." LADIES OUT THERE, THIS IS A PRECIOUS JOURNEY FOR ALL OF US...

Yeah, unfortunately even interviews, work, existing kids etc...can be tough to keep your mind preoccupied enough not to think about it at all. My advice having gone thru it once and now going thru it again, is to just not even bother looking for symptoms. Just eat healthy, limit caffeine, dont use lube, take your vitamins, and hope and pray! Unfortunately you do have to track to know your most fertile days since just having sex on random days without considering your fertile days just wont result in a pregnancy. Unless you are having sex at least every other day of the month, you're covered lol.

Try not to stress yourself out. Best of luck to you in TTC!

Oh and btw, ignore the horror stories. Every pregnancy is different! Some people get terrible morning sickness, others dont at all. Personally, i just felt queasy over certain tastes and smells but i never actually threw up at all. The things that set me off were the smell and taste of toothpaste, coffee, and chicken. Eventually i evened out and was fine with everything again after a couple months....except toothpaste. Couldnt stand the mint and before i could even get the brush in my mouth i was gagging. I actually had to switch to kids strawberry flavored toothpaste temporarily til i discovered Tom's brand natural toothpaste and used the mango and strawberry flavored ones of those my entire pregnancy. My vices in pregnancy were mostly horrible heartburn the entire time, and breakouts at the beginning. Awful. Otherwise i loved being pregnant...loved my huge belly, my long shiny hair...my big boobs (finally) lol. Glowing skin came about 6 months for me once my terrible hormonal pimples cleared up. Dealt with that the first 4 months id say. I absolutely loved being pregnant and cant wait to be in that place again. So, keep the horror stories out of your mind. Enjoy every moment when it happens! :)