Forum abbreviations

I don't know about you but I needed some time to decode and get used to the abbreviations what are in use on pregnancy related forums. Here is a few, feel free to add more to this list:

A&E = Accident and Emergency Department
AF = Aunt Flow (period)
BBT = Basal Body Temperature
BFN = Big Fat Negative
BFP = Big Fat Positive
BIL = Brother In Law
BP = Blood Pressure
CM = Cervical Mucus
D&C = Dilation and Curettage (surgical procedure)
DD = Dear/Dearest/Darling Daughter
DH = Dear/Dearest/Darling Husband
DS = Dear/Dearest/Darling Son
DPO = Days Past Ovulation
ECV = External Cephalic Version (turning a breech baby during pregnancy)
EDD = Estimated/Expected Date of Delivery
EPU = Early Pregnancy Unit
ERPC = Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception
EWCM = Egg White Cervical Mucus
FHB = Foetal Hearth Beat
FIL = Father In Law
FMU = First Morning Urine
HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
HCG = Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)
IF = Infertility
IVF = In Vitro Fertilisation
LMP = Last Menstrual Period
MC = Miscarriage
MIL = Mother In Law
MMC = Missed Miscarriage
MOH = My Other Half
O = Ovulation
OB = Obstetrician
OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit
POAS = Pee On A Stick
SIL = Sister in Law
SO = Significant Other
TTC = Trying To Conceive
US = Ultrasound (Sonography)
VBAC = Vaginal Birth After C-section

Back on track

My period has returned today, 30 days (one month sharp) after a 97 days short (or long in that matter) pregnancy (which was anembryonic) ending with a (missed) miscarriage at 13+6.

The doctor scared me with more blood and pain than usual for this first one. Heavier bleeding indeed but no pain at all. A bit of discomfort that's all it was today. I mentioned earlier that before I started the preparations (i.e. taking supplements) for my pregnancy I had serious cramps on the first day of my period, but the zinc in the conception vitamin formula helped to solve this problem and since (August 2010) my periods are virtually painless. So is this one.

In the past two or three days I was irritated (poor DH) and hungry all the time even right after dinner. I could only hope that I'm not pregnant right away as I want to wait two periods to give some time to my body to get the confidence and strength back.

I had no idea when should I expect the return of AF (Aunt Flow = period), so I calculated from my January LMP. According to these calculations it is 5 days earlier. How interesting, it kept the pattern!