Week 5 (or is it 6, or even 7?) - the perception of time when pregnant might be different than the time experienced not pregnant

Catchy title, huh? It's been 9 days since we found out. I've been through a few changes already. I was up 4 nights in a row needing the loo urgently. I had to fight my way around the bed and woke D up each time. So we've swapped sides of the bed. After one more interrupted sleep (but just me this time), my body obviously adjusted and I can sleep through the night again. I still have to go more often than I'd like during the day. I also had what felt like weeks of cramps but of course was only a few days. And that's the worst thing. Time is going by sooo slowly. I just want to be a little bit more pregnant. I have some apps on my phone that tell me the baby's development and my supposed symptoms. I feel like I've been reading the same ones for years and years.


But the cramps seem to have stopped now. And I don't feel sick. So then I worry that something is wrong. In fact, perhaps I'm not really pregnant. It is a phantom pregnancy, surely. I dreamed it up. So I bought more tests yesterday. 4 more - but they were cheapy ones from one of those cheap chemists. And, yup, two pink lines it is.

Having said that about no symptoms, I was priding myself on not feeling tired last week but am barely able to keep my eyes open at the moment.

And here's the other thing. Exactly how pregnant am I? Supposedly it's from the first day of your lmp (get with the lingo guys). So for the first two weeks of your 'pregnancy', you are not actually pregnant. So going by that info, I'm 6 weeks and 2 days, or in week 7. And in real terms, the embryo (for that is all it is at the moment) has only existed for 4 weeks. However, I'm a late starter and am convinced my embryo has only been in existence for 3 weeks. But in medical terms, this does not stop me being 6 weeks and 2 days pregnant. But all this makes it difficult to know which of the progressing photos of blobs on my apps my embryo actually looks like. So I'm taking a guess and am masquerading as a 5 weeker. Not that it matters one iota I don't suppose, and especially because time has ceased to move on.

And on a final point, it is sooo difficult to eat more than 5 fruit and veg a day as well as the right amount of protein and that omega stuff. And that's coming from a regular fruit muncher. It's costing a fortune already.