Confused by terms/wording

[meepmoop]

Hi everyone,

We're desperately trying for number 2 but not a lot is happening right now so I think I need to start tracking my cycles more but I'm so confused.

There's lots of terms/abbreviations that I'm not sure on. Would anyone be able to give me a quick breakdown and summary please.

Thank you so much

Only advice I can suggest if your cycle is regular use a tracker on the internet, think clear blue have one, and it will tell you when your peak ovulation time is.... do it several times over those 3-4 days and keep things crossed.

Also something I read, not sure if it's true or myth but a man should "empty his load" on a fairly regular basis to keep it fresh and the best swimmers... so saving it up each month for that one hit means he may not have the best group ready to go iyswim

Get an app a period tracker app will predict ovulation, if you want to be more accurate you could look at bbt charting (basal body temperature) this is a method to confirm ovulation and pick up on pattern as well as recording your bodies fertile signs and signals ( I used fertility friend) there’s also ovulation tests as well to help detect the hormonal surge you get before ovulation. The best thing is to work out you typical cycle length first. Do you mean terms and abbreviations on MN conception or just in general xx

If you're meaning what I think you are, here is a wee breakdown on abbreviations etc you might come across here and other sites.
I copied and pasted this for you from a website online.

AF: Aunt Flo, menstruation

BBT: Basal body temperature

BC/BCP: Birth Control Pill

BD: Baby dance. This means having sex for conceptive purposes, or any other form of insemination such as IUI or IVF.

BFN: Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test)

BFP: Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test)

CD: Cycle day

CM: Cervical mucus.

CP: Chemical pregnancy (a very early miscarriage)

DPO: Days past ovulation

EWCM: Egg white cervical mucus, the most fertile kind.

FMU: First Morning Urine

FRER: First response early result pregnancy test

HPT: Home pregnancy test. Measures levels of the hormone HcG

HcG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. Hormone detected by pregnancy tests.

IUI: Intra-uterine insemination

IVF: In-vitro fertilization

LH: Luteinizing Hormone

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

LP: Luteal Phase

MC: Miscarriage

MFI: Male Factor Infertility

NTNP: Not Trying, Not Preventing

O: Ovulation

OPK: Ovulation Prediction Kit. OPKs measure luteinizing hormone, which surges about one day before ovulation.

PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

POAS: Pee on a stick

RE: Reproductive Endocrinologist

SA: Semen analysis

SMEP: Sperm Meets Egg Plan

TTC: Trying to Conceive

2WW/TWW: Two Week Wait, the roughly two week period between when you ovulate and when you’re supposed to get your period (and when you can take a pregnancy test)

Hope this helps you! x