Waiting two weeks until you can take a pregnancy test can feel like torture, especially if you’ve been disappointed before. Here’s how to distract yourself.
Those two weeks you wait to find out if your well-timed sexual escapades paid off and you conceived seem to move at a snail’s pace, especially if you’ve been trying for a while.
In my first attempt to get pregnant, I had a positive test in just five months. But the second time around, a frustrating diagnosis of unexplainedthrew us for a loop. My husband and I tried for three years and two months before we were successful—that’s 41 cycles and 41 two-week waits. Each cycle started the same: I was optimistic, excited and positive. I knew what had to be done and when, and I focused on the ultimate goal of becoming pregnant. But as each day passed afterand no pregnancy symptoms presented themselves, I would start to feel frustrated, sad and mad. We were doing everything we could when we should—why wasn’t it working?
I spent those weeks feeling anxious, wanting time to fly by so I could get my results. Looking back, I wish I had been more present. If you are going through the two-week wait, here are 10 ways to make the most of your time without worrying.Go for lunch or get your friends together for a movie night, retro games night or book club—whatever will put a smile on your face and take your mind off things. It’s incredible what a few hours with your best friends can do for your state of mind.
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