Today's Blog: "Failed Attempt at Product Review" or "Not Ovulating Yet"

CD17, BBT 97.9

Day 17 of cycle 1 with 50 mg of Clomid and still no sign of ovulation or LH surge. The original plan this week was to post a product review of the highest-rated OPK and the lowest-rated OPK in hopes that I would have some activity to report. The OPKs I have been using include Answer (lowest rated) and Clear Blue Easy (highest rated) to detect an LH Surge. Well, turns out they both come up negative each day, so I guess they both work!

It's very frustrating - I was so excited to start trying this week, and while the doctor is still optimistic that I will ovulate this cycle, she says that some people ovulate very late on Clomid, so it might still happen.

In the meantime, I wanted to post a list of TTC acronyms for my reference and for all of you. Thanks to the great website SheKnows.com for helping me decipher the many TTC Acronyms.



http://pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/pregnancy/baby/TTC-ABCs--Preconception-acronyms-1135.htm



TTC ABCs: Preconception acronyms



You've seen them in email or on message boards... but what do those little acronyms actually mean? Here are some acronyms 'net-savvy hopeful moms-to-be are using. Trying to conceive If you're TTC, you'll probably be looking for a CB while you're on the 2WW... and here's hoping that you don't get a BFN and AF arrives! What are we talking about? Here are some message board abbrevations hopeful moms (and dads) are using!



2WW: Two-week wait (until you can take a pregnancy test)

AF: Aunt Flo(w), your period (menses)

BBT: Basal Body Temperature

BD: Baby dance, sex

BFN: Big Fat Negative (test result)

BFP: Big Fat Positive (test result)

BMS: Baby-making sex

CB: Cycle Buddy (someone who shares the same menstrual cycle/ovulation dates)

CD: Cycle day

CF: Cervical fluid

CL: Corpus luteum

CM: Cervical mucus

CP: Cervical position

CY: Cycle

DI: Donor Insemination

DP: "Dancing" partner; spouse or significant other

DPO: Days past ovulation

DTD: Doing the dance, sex

EW: Eggwhite (re: consistency of cervical mucus)

FTTA: Fertile Thoughts To All

FMU: First morning urine

hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)

HPT: Home Pregnancy Test

IF: Infertility

IUI: Intra-uterine Insemination

IVF: In Vitro Fertilization

LH: luteinizing hormone

LMP: Last Menstrual Period

LP: Luteal phase

O: Ovulation

OPK: Ovulation predictor kit

PCOS (POS): Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

PG: Pregnancy, pregnant

S/A: Sperm/semen analysis

TCOYF: Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)

TTC: Trying to conceive