On Monday, the baby I nanny patted me on the belly and said 'mommy'. When I told my boss this, he said that kids sometimes know, and if there was a chance I could be. So I started panicking because my period was a week late. The rest of the day, my mom and boyfriend brought up baby-related topics and now I'm paranoid.

I've been sexually active and while careful, there have been a few times where there has been penatration without a condom, but no ejectulation. We always stop and put a condom on. For example, the weekend of March 25th through March 27th, me and my boyfriend went camping with a bunch of friends and we had sex without a condom but he stopped and put one on before he finished.

But now my period is late. I've been getting cramps like I get with my period, same place, but not as strong, just mildly uncomfortable. I've been a little moody. I feel bloated, tired, and nauseous. Meatballs that smelled fine last night made me want to puke this morning.

But I haven't actually puked. My breast aren't tender or swollen or sore. My period has always been kind of unregular. Like late or early by a week.

There has been some spotting. This last weekend (4/2-4/3) we had sex and it got a little rough, so the next morning I was sore and a little swollen down there, and there was some spotting. Not enough that I had to wear a pad or panty liner or anything but enough to notice when I went to the bathroom.

I'm freaking out. I told one of my best friends and she told me to give it a few more days and this weekend she'd go with me to get a pregnancy test and sit with me while I waited for the result.