Positive Pregnancy Test

If there is one thing I know about pregnancy, is that there are some things you just don't know until they happen to you.

Take a pregnancy test for example. Every time I have taken a pregnancy test, it has turned up negative. No matter how I try to say it is ok, or brush it off, I always feel at least a little bummed out - if not a lot.

So, I imagined that when the pregnancy test was positive, I would have some huge emotional reaction - crying, relief, happiness, worry, something.

But here I am an hour after my positive pregnancy test, and I am feeling - oddly unemotional.

Of course, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it...

Is it real?

Will it last? (I know that sounds depressing...) I am feeling crampy. Not bad crampy, but mild crampy, as though my period is going to come. In fact, the only reason I took the test is because Grant is leaving tomorrow, and if it is positive, I want to tell him in person. (Which, it, apparently, is positive.)

But I can't find too many websites that list "mild cramping" as a possible early sign of pregnancy. I found one that said "dull ache in lower pelvic region..." However, cramping is associated with miscarriage. I did find one website that had a bunch of quotes from women who described their earliest pregnancy symptoms, and three of them mentioned cramping as an early symptom.

Other symptoms? Not many. My nipples are a little sore, sort of like when I ovulate, - but I don't have overall breast tenderness. I have not been excessively tired. No food or smell aversions - thank goodness! No nausea.

So, tomorrow, I will call the doctor. Hopefully I can get in before I leave for Amsterdam!

Vital Stats: Last period was April 19.
However, I think I ovulated around May 23 - May 24. I took a pregnancy test on May 24 and it was negative.

If I am right about when I ovulated, the baby's due date will be Feb. 13 - Feb. 14.