ForumSpeak for Moms and Dads

AF - Aunt Flo – Monthly Period

AI - Artificial Insemination

AMA - Advanced Maternal Age

AO - Anovulatory

AP - Adoption Process

AR - Assisted Reproduction

ART - Assisted Reproductive Technology

ASAP – As Soon As Possible

AYT – Are You There?

B

BBs – Breasts

BBL – Be Back Later

BC - Birth Control

BCP - Birth Control Pills

BBT - Basal Body Temperature

BD - Baby Dance (baby making sex)

BF or BF'ing – Breastfeeding

BF - Boyfriend

BFN or BF0 - Big Fat Negative (home pregnancy test result)

BFP - Big Fat Positive (home pregnancy test result)

BIL - Brother-in-Law

BM - Breast Milk

BMS – Baby Making Sex

BRB – Be Right Back

BTW – By The Way

BW or B/W - Blood Work

C

CB - Cycle Buddy

CBEFM - Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor

CD - Cycle Day

CDs - Cloth Diapers

CF - Cervical Fluid

CIO - Cry It Out

CM - Cervical Mucus

CNM - Certified Nurse Midwife

CP - Cervical Position

CS – Cesarean Section

CVS - Chorionic Villae Sampling

D

D&C - Dilation & Curettage

DD – Due Date

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

EBM - Expressed Breast Milk

EDD - Estimated Due Date

ENDO - Endometriosis

EPT - Early Pregnancy Test

ER - Emergency Room

ET - Embryo Transfer

EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus

F

FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer

FF or FF'ing - Formula Feeding

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

FTTA - Fertile Thoughts To All

FWIW – For What It's Worth

G

GF -Girl Friend

GMA - Geriatric Maternal Age

GP - General Practitioner

H

HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

H&H - Happy and Healthy

HOM - High Order Multiples

HPT - Home Pregnancy Test

HRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy

HSC - Hysteroscopy

HSG – Hysterosalpingogram

HTH – Hope This Helps

I

IB - Implantation Bleeding

IC - Incompetent Cervix

IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome

ICSI - Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

IF – Infertility

IKWYM – I Know What You Mean

IM - Intramuscular

IR- Insulin Resistant

ITA – I Totally Agree

IUI - Intra-uterine Insemination

IVF - In Vitro Fertilization

J

JMHO – Just My Humble Opinion

JK – Just Kidding

L

LAP - Laparoscopy

LH - Luteinizing Hormone

LMP - Last Menstrual Period

LP - Luteal phase

LPD - Luteal Phase Defect

M

MC - Miscarriage

MF - Male Factor Infertility

MS - Morning Sickness

N

NAK - Nursing at the Keyboard

NBR - Not Baby Related

NFO - Not Finding Out (gender)

NFP - Natural Family Planning

NIP - Nursing In Public

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

PIT - Pitocin

PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome

PNV - Prenatal vitamin

POAS - Pee On A Stick

POMF - Pee on My Fingers

Pough – Pee+Cough

POV – Point of View

PROM - Premature Rupture of Membranes

PTL - Preterm labor

PZ - PregnantZilla (self-centered pregnant woman)

R

RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist

RE – Rolling Eyes

RPL - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

RSA - Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

S

S/A - Sperm/semen analysis

SAHD - Stay At Home Dad

SAHM - Stay At Home Mom

SAHW - Stay At Home Wife

SD – Step Daughter

SHG - Sonohysterogram

SI - Secondary Infertility

Sniss – Sneeze+pee

SO – Significant Other

SonoHSG – Sonohysterogram

STBX – Soon to be EX

STD - Short Term Disability

T

TCOYF - Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)

TL - Tubal Ligation

TMI - To Much Information

TOM – Time of Month

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

WBC - White Blood Cells

WOHM/D - Work Outside Home Mom/dad

WTC -Waiting to Conceive

WWYD – What Would You Do?

Y

YI - Yeast infection

YW - You're Welcome