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This Newbie needs help with the acronyms and abbreviations!

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! :)
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Re: This Newbie needs help with the acronyms and abbreviations!

  • Check out the Bump Board Glossary. Smile

    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'.

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  • Thanks so much! I will feel much more message board savvy now Wink
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  • I think its "Ambsies" that has an "unofficiaL glossary" list where you'll find alot not posted on the regular glossary.
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  • 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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  • Great post!
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  • thanks for asking this question...i am new to all this too and this helps me a lot!
  • 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!
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