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Pulled from the cache. Cannot sticky the post myself. Due date spreadsheet is no longer included. Please QFP.

Welcome to September Birth Month Club!

Thank you to Elbug for putting this together (borrowed from August '14)

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 September '14 Glossary/Acronyms

A

AE – Alter(nate) Ego
AF – Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AI – Artificial Insemination
AMA – Advanced maternal age

AMNIO – Amniocentesis 
AO – Anovulatory
AP – Adoption Process
AR – Assisted Reproduction
ART – Assisted Reproductive Technology

A/S SCAN – Anomaly scan, done at18-21 weeks to check for structural anomalies in baby

AUG ’14 – August 2014 board
AW- Attention Wanted/Whore

B

BBs – Breasts

BBT – Basal Body Temperature
BC – Birth Control
BCP – Birth Control Pills
BD – Big Deed (baby making sex), also Baby Dance

BETA – another term for HCG
BF or BF’ing – Breastfeeding
BFN or BF0 – Big Fat Negative (home pregnancy test result)
BFP – Big Fat Positive (home pregnancy test result)
BIL – Brother-in-Law
BIO – The Nest Baby Community Bio
BM – Bowel Movement or Breast Milk
BMB – Birth Month Board
BOTB – Baby On The Brain (The Nest message board)

BPF  – Bump picture friday 
BRU – Babies R Us Store
BSC – Bat Shit Crazy
BW or B/W – Blood Work

C

C&P – Copy and Paste
CB – Cycle Buddy
CBEFM – Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor
CD – Cycle day
CDs – Cloth Diapers
CF – Cervical fluid
CH – Crosshairs (on Fertility Friend)
CIO – Cry It Out
CL – Corpus Luteum
CM – Cervical Mucus
CNM – Certified Nurse Midwife
Colpo – Colposcopy
CP – Cervical position
CP–  Clicky Poll
CPW–  Clicky Poll Wednesday

C-SECTION – caesarean section 
CVS – Chorionic Villae Sampling

D

D&C – Dilation and Curettage
DD – Dear/Darling Daughter or Designated Driver
DD – Dirty Delete
DC – Dear/Darling Child
D&E – Dilation & Evacuation
DH – Dear/Darling Husband
DI – Donor Insemination
DPO – Days past ovulation
DS – Dear/Darling Son

E

E2 – Estradiol
EBF- Exclusively Breastfed
EBM – Expressed Breast Milk
EDD – Estimated Due Date
EFF- Exclusively Formula Fed or Eco-Friendly Family (board)
ENDO – Endometriosis
EOD – Every other day
EP- Exclusively Pump
EPT – Early Pregnancy Test
ER/ ED – Emergency Room/ Emergency Department
ET – Embryo Transfer
ETA- Edited to add, or Edit to the Above
EWCM – Egg White Cervical Mucus

F

FBF – Fur Baby Friday (sharing your pet photos on Friday)
FC- Future Child(ren)
FET – Frozen Embryo Transfer
FF or FF’ing – Formula Feeding
FF – Fertility Friend (fertility charting website)

FFFC – Flame free Friday confessions
FFS – For F*cks Sake
FH – Fertile Ho (one who gets knocked up without trying)
FI – Fiance(e)
FM – Fertility Monitor
FWP – F*ck With Purpose (baby making sex)
FMU – First morning urine
FP – Follicular Phase
FRER – First Response Early Response
FSH – Follicle Stimulating Hormone
FTR – For the Record
FTTA – Fertile Thoughts To All
FX – Fingers crossed
F/U – Follow-up
FWIW- For What It’s Worth

G

GBCB/N/K – Goodbye Cruel Bump/Nest/Knot

GD – Gestational diabetes
GMA – Geriatric Maternal Age

GOTB – Get off the Board
GP – General Practitioner
GTKYFB- Get To Know Your Fellow Bumpie

H

H&H – Happy and Healthy

HCG – Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

HIO – Hump it out
HDBP – Hump day bump day
HOM – High Order Multiples
HPT – Home Pregnancy Test
HRT – Hormone Replacement Therapy
HSC – Hysteroscopy
HSG – Hysterosalpingogram
HTH- Hope That Helps

I

IB – Implantation Bleeding
IC – Incompetent Cervix, also CI – cervical insufficiency
IC (as in pg test) – immunochormatographic, cheap test in a small strip form. (eg Wondfos)
IBS – Irritable Bowel Syndrome
ICSI – Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IDK – I don’t know
IF – Infertility
IHO- In Honor Of
IM – Intramuscular
IMO- In My Opinion
IMHO- In My Humble/Honest Opinion
IR- Insulin Resistant
IRL- In Real Life
ITA- I Totally Agree
IUI – Intra-uterine Insemination
IVF – In Vitro Fertilization
IYKWIM – If You Know What I Mean

K

KU- Knocked Up
KTFU – Knocked the F*ck Up
KWIM – Know What I Mean?

L

LAP – Laparoscopy
LGBT – Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
LH – Luteinizing Hormone
LIP – Link in post
LMP – Last Menstrual Period
LO – Little one
LP – Luteal phase
LPD – Luteal Phase Defect

M

MC – Miscarriage
MF or MFI – Male Factor Infertility
MF – Mind Fetus (phantom pg symptoms)
MS – Morning Sickness
MTHFR – type of gene mutation
MUD- Made Up Drama

N

NAUG’14R – Not august 2014 board related

NAK – Nursing at the Keyboard
NBR – Not Baby/board Related
NFO – Not Finding Out (gender)
NFP – Natural Family Planning
NFT – No Further Text
NIP – Nursing In Public
NMS- Not My Style
NP – Nurse Practitioner
NTD – Neural Tube Defect

NT SCAN –  Nuchal translucency scan – done at 12 weeks, helps determine possible defects

(such as, but not limited to down syndrome)

N/V – Nausea/vomiting
NWT – New With Tag

O

O – Ovulation
OB – Obstetrician
OB/GYN – Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OC – Oral Contraceptives
OHSS – Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
OOT – Out Of Town
OP – Original Poster
OPK – Ovulation Predictor Kit
OPT – Ovulation Predictor Test
OTC – Over-the-counter
OV – Ovulation
OWT – Old Wives Tale

P

P4 – Progesterone
PA – Physician’s Assistant
PC – Post-Coital (after sex)
PCO, PCOD – Polycystic Ovary Disease
PCOS (POS) – Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PCP – Primary Care Physician
PCT – Post-Coital Test
PG – Pregnancy or Pregnant

PGAL – Pregnant after a loss
PI – Primary Infertility
PIAC – Pee In A cup
PID – Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PIH – Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
PIP – Picture in post
PIT – Pitocin
PITA – Pain in the ass
PM- Private Message
PMS – Premenstrual Syndrome
PNP- Pack and Play
PNV – Prenatal vitamin
POAS – Pee On A Stick
POMF – Pee on My Fingers
POTW- Picture Of The Week
Pough – Pee+Cough
PP- PostPartum or Previous Poster
PPH – Pink Puffy Heart

PREEMIE – Premature baby
PROM – Premature Rupture of Membranes
PSA – Public Service Announcement
PTL – Preterm labor
PZ – PregnantZilla (self-centered pregnant woman)

Q
QFP – Quoted for Proof/Posterity
QFT – Quoted for Truth

R

RE – Reproductive Endocrinologist
RPL – Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
RSA – Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

S

S/A – Sperm/semen analysis
SAHD – Stay At Home Dad
SAHM – Stay At Home Mom
SAHW – Stay At Home Wife
SAIFW – Success After Infertility Welcome
SHG – Sonohysterogram
SI – Secondary Infertility
Sniss – Sneeze+piss
SO- Significant Other
S/O – Speaking Of
SonoHSG – Sonohysterogram
STD – Short Term Disability
STTN– Sleeping Through The Night

SUA – Single umbilical artery

T

T&Ps – Thoughts and prayers

TAB- Taking a break
TCOYF – Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)
TI – Timed Intercourse
TIA – Thanks in Advance
TL – Tubal Ligation
TMI – Too Much Information
TR – Tubal Reversal
TRH – Thyroid Releasing Hormone
TSH – Thyroid Stimulate

U

UC – Unassisted Childbirth

UO – Unpopular opinions
US or u/s – Ultrasound
UTI – Urinary Tract Infection

V

V – Vasectomy
VBAC – Vaginal birth after caesarian
VR – Vasectomy Reversal

W

WAHM/D – Work at home mom/dad
WBC – White Blood Cells
WDYT- What Do You Think
WOHM/D – Work outside home mom/dad
WTEWE – What to Expect When You’re Expecting (book)
WTF – What the F*ck
WWYD- What Would You Do

X

XP- Cross Post (Posted on multiple boards)

SmileyGirl18

Thanks! I worked hard on that post. I am glad it will remain here.