I am a Bump Newbie - 7 weeks along with my first - and I am still learning the ropes around here. I am noticing that in a lot of posts through out the website certain phrases are being represented by acronyms. I have managed to figure out TTC ( trying to conceive), but I have noticed many others, like a few women referring to their husbands or partners as DH or MH.. and there are number of other ones as well, a lot of them seem to be referring to medical conditions or procedures, but others are just used in describing personal experiences. Not only am I new to The Bump, but to message boards in general and I was just wondering if anyone could give me a crash course in the definitions for the most commonly used acronyms/abbreviations on this site?
Thanks in advance!
In the same boat. I googled TTC acronyms and found this list.
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) BMS: Baby-making sex CB: Cycle Buddy (someone who shares the same menstrual cycle/ovulation dates) CD: Cycle day CF: Cervical fluid CL: Corpus luteum CM: Cervical mucus CP: Cervical position CY: Cycle DI: Donor Insemination DP: "Dancing" partner; spouse or significant other DPO: Days past ovulation DTD: Doing the dance, sex EW: Eggwhite (re: consistency of cervical mucus) FTTA: Fertile Thoughts To All FMU: First morning urine hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone) HPT: Home Pregnancy Test IF: Infertility IUI: Intra-uterine Insemination IVF: In Vitro Fertilization LH: luteinizing hormone LMP: Last Menstrual Period LP: Luteal phase O: Ovulation OPK: Ovulation predictor kit PCOS (POS): Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome PG: Pregnancy, pregnant S/A: Sperm/semen analysis TCOYF: Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book) TTC: Trying to conceive
I am so glad I came acrossed this question . . . I really love this site it has helped a lot with dealing with my miscarriage and has helped answer many questions. But now I can understand even more now that I know what the abreviations mean lol. When I first joined I spent forever trying to figure out what was being said. So glad I found the glossary! Thanks for the help everyone!
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When I first joined, the first day I found a link to all the acronyms and now no where to be found. I was just searching other posts just to find out what BFP was...Big Fat Positive really??? LOL I just try to use Context Clues for everything else.... smh I struggle with the Acronyms as a Newbie! )
Re: This Newbie needs help with the acronyms and abbreviations!
Check out the Bump Board Glossary.
https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/blogs/nest_baby_editors/pages/the-bump-community-glossary.aspx
It's way down the Community list on the left hand side under 'my boards'.
In the same boat. I googled TTC acronyms and found this list.
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)
BMS: Baby-making sex
CB: Cycle Buddy (someone who shares the same menstrual cycle/ovulation dates)
CD: Cycle day
CF: Cervical fluid
CL: Corpus luteum
CM: Cervical mucus
CP: Cervical position
CY: Cycle
DI: Donor Insemination
DP: "Dancing" partner; spouse or significant other
DPO: Days past ovulation
DTD: Doing the dance, sex
EW: Eggwhite (re: consistency of cervical mucus)
FTTA: Fertile Thoughts To All
FMU: First morning urine
hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
IF: Infertility
IUI: Intra-uterine Insemination
IVF: In Vitro Fertilization
LH: luteinizing hormone
LMP: Last Menstrual Period
LP: Luteal phase
O: Ovulation
OPK: Ovulation predictor kit
PCOS (POS): Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG: Pregnancy, pregnant
S/A: Sperm/semen analysis
TCOYF: Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)
TTC: Trying to conceive
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