Week 3?!?!

The start of a new month, meant the start of a new chance to conceive. We still weren't sure what we wanted, so we still went for "what ever happens, happens." Though the more I thought about it, I decided I was a little more towards waiting until next year to bring a child into the world. I wanted to know what Adam thought though too (as he's half of the problem, or solution, depending on how you're looking at it). So when I asked him, he said he was 50/50 split right down the middle. (For those of you that don't know Adam, this is a very typical response.) So I implored deeper, hoping he would want to wait too, "Are you even 1% more one way or the other?" Of course it took him a while to answer, but he said he was probably more towards having a baby than not. Now that threw me off, as I had been the one asking since before we were married, "When can we have one?" And he had been the one with some comment on how long I would have to wait. But, now the tables have turned. The more I stewed over his 1%, the more comfortable I became with the idea myself.

On about August 10th, I ovulated. Of course we wouldn't know until about August 22nd whether or not we should convert our space bedroom, consisting of a futon & Adam's bookshelf full of sci-fi books, into a nursery. Oh yes, and did I mention that we are leaving to go camping the day before we would know. We really do have impeccable timing when it comes to trips!
Strangely enough, I started getting some cramps on the 16th and 17th. Humm, I wonder if it really is this time, or if it's more of that hypochondriacy setting it, just like last month. But now today, my head feels all woozy and I just want to go back to bed. Though, part of that could be because I told Adam to wake me up (and make me get out of bed!) when he got home from work at 7am. I went to bed at 10:30pm or so last night, so I got eight hours, but who knows.

While I was up until 10:30pm last night, I was looking at a website that has a calendar week-by-week, of what your baby looks like and how it's growing, and what your body is doing. The one new thing that I did learn was that when they are counting how far along you are in your pregnancy, they start counting from the start of your last menstrual cycle. So they say you're two weeks pregnant, before you even conceive. Which puts me in week 3. I showed Adam the yellow bubbles that represented the cell mass that our baby would be (if we are indeed pregnant). I'm not sure he knew exactly what to make of it, but I could see a hint of pride & happiness in his little blob (though he denies it!).

I guess we'll ask the magical stick on Friday before we go camping, "who's going with us?"