On Friday I had an appointment with a new OB, Dr. Hope.  Some of you may have seen me freaking out on Twitter on Friday.  I've never been good at doctor's appointments.  Especially the ones where I have to take off all of my clothes.

Anyways, the appointment went really well.  I felt very comfortable and confident with Dr. Hope.  We went over our TTC history and a little family history.  Sadly, my mother hasn't been very open regarding her TTC history.  I just know it took them three years to get pregnant with my brother then another seven to get pregnant with me.  She also had an ectopic pregnancy in between.

I told him about the positive OPK that I got relatively early this month.  He thinks because of that that I might have a bit of a hormone issue.  Which he said would be quite simple to regulate with the right medications.

He was very open to putting me on meds right away as I'm very adamant about getting pregnant.  But he also suggested OPKing and having timed BD for another month or two, which is the route we've decided to go.  That way we know we are hitting the days right and his spermies are being saved up for the right time.  Then if that doesn't work then we will try medicine.  Before that though Hubs is going to get an SA, we just need to figure out where.

There is still the chance that I am pregnant now though.  I'm still keeping hope.  As of right now I am CD 28 and it's been 15 days since I got my + OPK.  I'm not positive what day I actually ovulated on.  So keep your fingers crossed!

This list is for one of my close friends who isn't TTC (trying to conceive).  She isn't really caught up on all the lingo, but it makes me happy that she's actually interested in learning.  This is for you, Terra.

This is no where near all of them, but they are the ones that I might use.

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)

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

CD: Cycle day

CF: Cervical fluid

CM: Cervical mucus

CP: Cervical position

CY: Cycle

DP: "Dancing" partner; spouse or significant other

DPO: Days past ovulation

EW: Eggwhite (re: consistency of cervical mucus)

FMU: First morning urine

HPT: Home Pregnancy Test

IF: Infertility

LP: Luteal phase

O: Ovulation

OPK: Ovulation predictor kit

PCOS (POS): Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

PG: Pregnancy, pregnant

TCOYF: Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)

TTC: Trying to conceive

Not many of you know that Hubs and I haven't been officially TTC (trying to concieve).  We've been using the "maybe it will just happen on it's own" method.

But, at dinner for our anniversary we finally had the offical discussion of when we should start TTC for real.  Hubs is worried about the world right now and he worries about bringing a child into an awful economy.  But that night, we decided that we just want to go for it.

Nothing will ever be perfect.  But we both know that we want kids.  So we've decided that now is that perfect time!

So there ya have it.  That's why I'm so positive this cycle.  We're finally ready to go for it.  To try making a baby.  To put some hard work and elbow grease into it.  And I've never been more excited.

Except for maybe on our wedding day.  Maybe. ;)