The Lingo

When I first joined the online world of trying to conceive (TTC) I was completely baffled by all the abbreviations so here is a list of the lingo to help you understand my blog and others like it…

• 2WW = Two Week Wait (the agonizing time between ovulation & pregnancy or period)
• AF = “Aunt Flo” aka your period
• BBT = Basal Body Temperature
• BC = Baby Centre
• BD = “baby dance” aka sex
• BFN = big fat negative (pregnancy test)
• BFP = big fat positive (pregnancy test)
• CBFM = Clear Blue Fertility Monitor
• CD = cycle day
• CL = corpus luteum
• CM = cervical mucus
• DD = dear daughter
• DH = dear husband
• DPO = days past ovulation
• DS = dear son
• DTD = did/doing the deed aka sex
• EDD = estimated due date
• EPO = evening primrose oil
• EWCM = egg-white cervical mucus (fertile mucus)
• ER = egg retrieval (used for IVF treatments)
• ET = egg transfer 
• HCG = human chorionic gonadotropin – the pregnancy hormone detected in HPT or blood test
• H&H = Happy & Healthy
• HPT = home pregnancy test
• HSG = hysterosalpingogram (type of procedure to look at “tubes” by injecting dye through the cervix)
• IMO = in my opinion
• IUI = intrauterine insemination
• IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
• LH = luteinizing hormone (detected in OPK’s, right before ovulation)
• LP = luteal phase, days between ovulation and AF/BFP
• OV = Ovulation
• OPK = ovulation predictor kit
• OT = off topic, i.e. topic not related to TTC
• PG = pregnancy/pregnant
• PMA = positive mental attitude
• POAS = pee on a stick (pregnancy test, OPK, etc.)  MANY women are POAS addicts, myself included!!
• SA = semen analysis
• SAHM = stay at home mum
• SI = Soya Isoflavones (nature’s Clomid)
• TMI = too much information
• TR = tubal reversal
• TTC = trying to conceive