I'm new and a little confused

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-04-2003
I'm new and a little confused
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Thu, 09-04-2003 - 4:39pm
Hi, I'm Val, 26, from CA. I've been following your board

for a while now wondering if there are people as anxious as

me for positive results. I guess there are MANY! The problem

is I'm not into your board lingo and don't know what some of

the abbr.'s stand for!!! Can anyone tell me!!!??? I would

appreciate it.

This is my 4th time TTC (got that one). At 20, I had a

miscarriage at 10 weeks. This year, I had an ectopic

which had to be surgically removed at nine weeks by

taking my whole right tube out 1st day of April. Then

in late June, 7 weeks pregnant, I had a ruptured ovarian

cyst which caused much bleeding and swelling and I

voluntarily terminated that pregnancy after seeing little

to no fetal growth through a period of ultrasounds.

Finally, I'm nursed back to health and my husband and I

are trying again. Ovulation for me is usually very painful

and I estimated it to be around Aug. 17th, which I figured

would give me a period by yesterday. The past week, I am

having morning sickness, frequent urination, constant

fatigue and hunger, bleeding gums, and breasts so painful

and swollen that I've gone up a whole bra size and have

stretch marks on them. The signs couldn't be more obvious

to me, but I've been taking tests every 3 days and they

are all negative. I'm starting to think there is something

seriously wrong with me. Does anyone know what could be

going on, or if Mifeprex / RU486, used to induce my last

miscarriage, can cause perhaps a hormone disorder!!???

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-10-2003
Thu, 09-04-2003 - 5:57pm
I will have to think to give you the list of abreviations....lol

BFP big fat positive

BFN big fat negative

CM cervical mucus

CP cervical position

AF aunt flow (your period)

O ovulation

DPO days past ovulation

EWCM egg white cervical mucus

m/c miscarrige

u/s ultrasound

BBT basal body temperature

bb's breasts

hmmm....lol you just use them once your used to them...thats a good start at least

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-06-2003
Thu, 09-04-2003 - 6:03pm
Val,

I wish i could answer all of your questions but I'll try. As far as your hormone disorder definately ask you DR. Abbrviation now I can do some of that for you....

TTC=Trying to concieve

CD=Cycle Day

AF=Aunt Flow,(period)

BD=Baby Dancing

DPO=Days past ovulation

DH=Dear Husband

DD=Dear Daughter

DS=Dear Son.

CM=Cervical Mucus

GL=Good Luck

HTH=Happy to Help

Thats all I can think of for now. if you have any ?'s please post. Are you charting your temps at all or your CM. You can also chart online at a website called FertilityFriend.com. then you can post your personal address and get advice on it.

GL,

Alexis

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-04-2003
Thu, 09-04-2003 - 6:15pm
I never thought CM was such an important topic. Right

now there is much, and it's clear to white. What does

this mean!? Temps were up on and for a week after the

day I thought to have O'd. Maybe I just miscalculated

I hope and I'm testing too early. Thank you for the

abbr.'s It's helping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm afraid to

go to the doctor so soon after recent bad experiences,

so I'm trying to get all the info I can from home and

do everything I can to plan for a healthy pregnancy.



Thank you for the link, I'll try to figure out how to use it!
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-28-2003
Thu, 09-04-2003 - 7:25pm
Here copy this list. It should be all of them. I am also a newbie and a friend gave this list to me.

Common Abbreviations

2WW

Two week wait (before testing, not always 2 weeks)

AF

Aunt Flo, your period.

BD

Baby Dance. Have intercourse for conception purposes.

BFN

Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test)

BFP

Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test)

CD

Cycle Day

CL

Coverline

CM

Cervical mucous, also known as cervical fluid. It is fluid produced by your cervix as you approach ovulation due to increased estrogen.

CP

Cervical Position

DH, DD, DS

Dear Husband, Dear Daughter, Dear Son

DPO

Days Past Ovulation

EDD

Estimated Due Date

EWCM

Eggwhite cervical mucous. See Eggwhite cervical fluid.

FSH

Follicle Stimulating Hormone

GnRH

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

HPT

Home pregnancy test. Measures levels of the hormone hcG which are produced in pregnancy.

HcG

Hormone detected by pregnancy tests. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin.

IUI

Intra-uterine insemination

IVF

In-vitro fertilization

LH

Luteinizing Hormone

LMP

Last menstrual period. The first day of your last period.

LOL

Laughing out loud

LP

Luteal Phase

LPD

Luteal Phase Defect

M/C

Miscarriage

O

Ovulation

OPK

Ovulation Prediction Kit. OPKs measure luteinizing hormone, the last hormone to peak before ovulation.

RE

Reproductive Endocrinologist- Fertility Specialist

TTC

Trying to conceive.