Here is a list of abbreviations. I'll try to post a generic welcome announcement for the board as well.
Acronyms
Everyone soon realizes that we
speak in our own language, using acronyms. This can be confusing;
however, here are a few common ones for those new to the board... 2WW - Two Week Wait AF - Aunt Flo (menstruation) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age BD - Big Deed (baby making sex), also Baby Dance BCPS - Birth Control Pills BETA - another term for HCG, blood pregnancy testing BF or BF’ing - Breastfeeding BFN - Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test result) BFP - Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test result) CD - Cycle Day CM - Cervical Mucus D&C - Dilation and Curettage DD - Dear/Darling Daughter DE - Donor Eggs or Donor Embryos DH - Dear/Darling Husband DOR – Diminished Ovarian Reserve DPO - Days Past Ovulation DS - Dear/Darling Son EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus HCG - Hormone Detected by Pregnancy Tests. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. HPT - Home Pregnancy Test IRL - In Real Life IUI - Intra-Uterine Insemination IVF - In Vitro Fertilization FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer FMU - First Morning Urine FRER - First Response Early Response FX - Fingers Crossed GL - Good Luck IF - Infertility LMP - Last Menstrual Period LO - Little One MC - Miscarriage NTNP - Not Trying, Not Preventing O - Ovulation OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit PG - Pregnant, or pregnancy POAS - Pee on a Stick (taking a home pregnancy test) PP - Previous Poster RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist RPL - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss T&Ps - Thoughts and Prayers TTC - Trying To Conceive US or U/S - Ultrasound
Re: Abbreviation Dictionary
Married for 7 years, TTC for 4 years
dx: Diminished Ovarian Reserve
2 Clomid IUI's + 4 injectable IUI's= 5 BFNs and 1 mc
Acronyms
Everyone soon realizes that we speak in our own language, using acronyms. This can be confusing; however, here are a few common ones for those new to the board...2WW - Two Week Wait
AF - Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AMA - Advanced Maternal Age
BD - Big Deed (baby making sex), also Baby Dance
BCPS - Birth Control Pills
BETA - another term for HCG, blood pregnancy testing
BF or BF’ing - Breastfeeding
BFN - Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test result)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test result)
CD - Cycle Day
CM - Cervical Mucus
D&C - Dilation and Curettage
DD - Dear/Darling Daughter
DE - Donor Eggs or Donor Embryos
DH - Dear/Darling Husband
DOR – Diminished Ovarian Reserve
DPO - Days Past Ovulation
DS - Dear/Darling Son
EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus
HCG - Hormone Detected by Pregnancy Tests. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin.
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
IRL - In Real Life
IUI - Intra-Uterine Insemination
IVF - In Vitro Fertilization
FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer
FMU - First Morning Urine
FRER - First Response Early Response
FX - Fingers Crossed
GL - Good Luck
IF - Infertility
LMP - Last Menstrual Period
LO - Little One
MC - Miscarriage
NTNP - Not Trying, Not Preventing
O - Ovulation
OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit
PG - Pregnant, or pregnancy
POAS - Pee on a Stick (taking a home pregnancy test)
PP - Previous Poster
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist
RPL - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
T&Ps - Thoughts and Prayers
TTC - Trying To Conceive
US or U/S - Ultrasound
Married for 7 years, TTC for 4 years
dx: Diminished Ovarian Reserve
2 Clomid IUI's + 4 injectable IUI's= 5 BFNs and 1 mc