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