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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


If there are any others that I’ve missed, or you feel should be added, please email me 

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