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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!
- 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! PEACE. LOVE. AND CUPCAKES
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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