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2WW - Two-week wait until time to take pregnancy test (approximately 14 days after ovulation)
a
AF - Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AI - Artificial Insemination
AO - Anovulatory
AP - Adoption Process
AR - Assisted Reproduction
ART - Assisted Reproductive Technology
b
BC - Birth Control
BCP - Birth Control Pills
BBT - Basal Body Temperature
BD - Big Deed (baby making sex)
BFN - Big Fat Negative (home pregnancy test result)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (home pregnancy test result)*Hoping for this!
BIL - Brother-in-Law
BOTB - Babies On The Brain
BW or B/W - Blood Work
c
CB - Cycle Buddy
CBEFM - Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor
CD - Cycle day
CL - Corpus Luteum
CM - Cervical Mucus
CNM - Certified Nurse Midwife
Colpo - Colposcopy
CP - Cervical position
d
D&C - Dilation & Curettage
DC - Dear/Darling Child
D&E - Dilation & Evacuation
DH - Dear/Darling Husband
DI - Donor Insemination
DPO - Days past ovulation
DS - Dear/Darling Son
e
E2 - Estradiol
EBF- Exclusively Breastfed
EDD - Estimated Due Date
EFF- Eco-Friendly Family
ENDO - Endometriosis
EP- Exclusively Pump
EPT - Early Pregnancy Test
ER - Emergency Room
ET - Embryo Transfer
f
FC- Future Child(ren)
FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer
FM - Fertility Monitor
FWP - F* With Purpose (baby making sex)
FMU - First morning urine
FP - Follicular Phase
FRER - First Response Early Response
FSH - Follicle Stimulating Hormone
F/U - Follow-up
FWIW- For What It’s Worth
g
GMA - Geriatric Maternal Age
GP - General Practitioner
h
HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HOM - High Order Multiples
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
HRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy
HSC - Hysteroscopy
HSG - Hysterosalpingogram
i
IB - Implantation Bleeding
IC - Incompetent Cervix
IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome
ICSI - Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IF - Infertility
IM - Intramuscular
IR- Insulin Resistant
IUI - Intra-uterine Insemination
IVF - In Vitro Fertilization
k
KU- Knocked Up
l
LAP - Laparoscopy
LH - Luteinizing Hormone
LIP - Link in post
LMP - Last Menstrual Period
LO - Little one
LP - Luteal phase
LPD - Luteal Phase Defect
m
MC - Miscarriage
MF - Male Factor Infertility
MS - Morning Sickness
n
NBR - Not Baby Related
NFO - Not Finding Out (gender)
NP - Nurse Practitioner
NTD - Neural Tube Defect
o
O - Ovulation
OB - Obstetrician
OB/GYN - Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OC - Oral Contraceptives
OHSS - Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit
OPT - Ovulation Predictor Test
OTC - Over-the-counter
OV - Ovulation
OWT - Old Wives Tale
p
P4 - Progesterone
PA - Physician's Assistant
PC - Post-Coital (after sex)
PCO, PCOD - Polycystic Ovary Disease
PCOS (POS) - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PCP - Primary Care Physician
PCT - Post-Coital Test
PG - Pregnancy or Pregnant
PI - Primary Infertility
PIAC - Pee In A cup
PID - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PIH - Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
PIO- Progesterone In Oil
PIP - Picture in post
PIT - Pitocin
PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome
PNV - Prenatal vitamin
POAS - Pee On A Stick
POTW- Picture Of The Week
PTL - Preterm labor
PZ - PregnantZilla (self-centered pregnant woman)* LOVE THIS.
r
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist
RPL - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
RLP- Round Ligament Pain
s
S/A - Sperm/semen analysis
SAHD - Stay At Home Dad
SAHM - Stay At Home Mom
SAHW - Stay At Home Wife
SAIFW - Success After Infertility Welcome
SHG - Sonohysterogram
SI - Secondary Infertility
SO- Significant Other
SonoHSG - Sonohysterogram
STD - Short Term Disability
STTN- Sleeping Through The Night
t
TI - Timed Intercourse
TL - Tubal Ligation
TMI - Too Much Information
TR - Tubal Reversal
TRH - Thyroid Releasing Hormone
TSH - Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
TTA - Trying to Avoid
TTC - Trying To Conceive
u
UC - Unassisted Childbirth
US or u/s - Ultrasound
UTI - Urinary Tract Infection
v
V - Vasectomy
VBAC - Vaginal birth after caesarian
VR - Vasectomy Reversal
w
WAHM/D - Work at home mom/dad
WOHM/D - Work outside home mom/dad
WWYD- What Would You Do
y
YI - Yeast infection
YKWIM- You Know What I Mean
