Hoping for a Chance: :Sigh:

Thursday, November 11, 2010

:Sigh:

I'm sorry I haven't been updating much. I hate to admit it, but I am in a real funk right now.

I hate break cycles. I really didn't want to take a cycle off and I am having a very hard time sitting out this month. I will start prometrium tomorrow in hopes that AF will show around Thanksgiving and we can finally move on.

I temped this cycle just in case we got lucky and I ovulated on my own, but it didn't happen. Honestly, I don't know which is worse, a failed cycle or knowing that we had no chance at all this cycle. There will be no Thanksgiving BFP or Christmas PG announcement for us again this year.

:sigh:

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sulfababyNovember 13, 2010 at 6:27 AM
*big huge hugs*
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Glossary of acronyms and terms

2ww- Two week wait, the 2 weeks after ovulation before testing for pregnancy

3dt and 5dt- 3 and 5 day transfer. This refers to how long after retrieval, transfer is done. Generally 3dt is done when there are fewer embryos to chose from, 5dt allows you to watch and see which embies are most likely to make it prior to transfer.

AF- Aunt Flo (period)

BBT- Basal body temparature, waking temperature used for charting

Beta- Beta HCG levels in the blood are used to determine pregnancy. Betas should double every 48-72 hours in the weeks following implantation. Once the level is over 2000, the doubling will slow down.

BFN- Big fat negative (negative HPT)

BFP- Big fat positive

CD- Cycle day (CD1 is first day of period)

Chart- Taking temparature every morning to look for a pattern of ovulation

CH- Crosshairs, lines that mark ovulation on fertility friend

DPO- Days past/post ovulation

ER- Egg retrieval. This consists of sticking a needle transvaginally and aspirating the follicles to get eggs directly from the ovaries

ET- Embryo transfer. The procedure is similar to IUI, but instead of sperm, embryo(s) are placed in the uterus. My clinic does this under ultrasound guidance so you can see the embies get put in.

FF- Fertility Friend, the software that I use to chart

IF- Infertility

IUI- Intrauterine insemination

IVF- In vitro fertilization

HCG- Human chorionic gonadotropin, hormone detected in pregnancy tests

HPT- Home pregnancy test

O- Ovulation

OPK- Ovulation predictor kit

PG- Pregnant

POAS- Pee on a stick, take a pregnancy test

Stims- Injectable medications that stimulate follicle production (follicle stimulating hormone +/- leutenizing hormone)

Trigger- Injection that triggers ovulation, usually HCG