I'm new and a little confused
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| Thu, 09-04-2003 - 4:39pm |
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!!???

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
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
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!
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.