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The doctor explained it to me like this…
Your desire to NOT be pregnant is directly related to your pregnancy test result. Therefore, the more you want to be pregnant the more negative your test will be. I find this statement to be almost 100% true, since I spent three years really really really wanting to be pregnant and never was. But now, with two kids, one only eight months old, I really really really DO NOT want to be pregnant. Also, you have to take into account the “Vacation Factor”. The likelihood of women getting their period while on vacation is extremely high. Those percentages go up the more tropical the destination. So, relatives in Iowa, not so much. But a week in Cozumel will basically guarantee getting your period.
So what does all of this mean? Well, as I said before, I really really really DO NOT want to be pregnant. So that bumps up my chances of being pregnant. However, the possibility of one sneaking past the goalie is unlikely. If you don’t know, I had a LOT of help in getting pregnant with both my beautiful children. A LOT! So that works in my favor. I’d say with that factored in my chances go from 50% not pregnant up to 80% not pregnant.
However, I am leaving for vacation on Friday. Relatives in Arizona. So what is the likelihood of me getting my period while on vacation? Considering that I’m on day +38, I definitely should have gotten my period by now. I have had some patches of acne - which bodes well for me getting my period, however, I have not had any cramping or desire to binge, which means I probably am not going to be getting my period anytime soon. That knocks the 80% not pregnant down to 60% not pregnant.
I took a blood test/pregnancy test at the doctor today - results later this afternoon. He checked a couple of things and gave me an Rx for The Pill. He said if the pregnancy test comes back negative, start the pill on Sunday and let science take care of it. But, really how dependent on science is my uterus? I mean, if my uterus wanted to donate itself to science, give me the fucking release forms!
We also need to take into account the “Life just fucking with you factor”. This basically means that because I never ever once got pregnant on my own, and have had two kids via IVF, the chances of me “just happening” to get pregnant is basically zero. But with the “Life just fucking with you” factor, chances are that with two kids via IVF and being irresponsible with birth control the four times hubbin and I have had sex since the baby the 60% not pregnant number goes back down to 50% not pregnant.
With all that, I’m still sitting at 50-50. What kind of bullshit is that?