Infertility

Abbreviation Dictionary

Hi girls!
Can we please have an "abbreviations dictionary" here? There are so many and I have no clue what they are! I know:

BFP: Big fat positive
DH: Dear husband (I think??)
TTC: Trying to conceive

What else can ya give me? Thank you!!

Re: Abbreviation Dictionary

  • I'll try to find the old one and will post it if I do.   Additionally if the board would like, I can clean up the old announcements as well.


    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




  • 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




    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




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  • Thank you so much for providing this!!!
    Married: August 2012
    TTC #1: July 2015
    BFP 1: October 30, 2015; EDD: July 6, 2016- Team Pink
    TTC #2: September 2019

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