I realize I use a lot of acronyms in my posts and it is probably super annoying for someone who is not too familiar with all the jargon. So, here you go!
2WW: Two week wait (i.e.; the 2 weeks after you ovulate but before you get your period, when you are waiting to see if you're pregnant or not)
3T (or 3TC or T-TTC): Trouble Trying to Conceive (name of an online forum on The Bump)
AF: Aunt Flo / menstrual period
ART: Assisted Reproductive Technology
BBT: Basal body temperature/thermometer
B/C: Because
BCP: Birth Control Pills
BFN: Big fat negative (on a pregnancy test)
BFP: Big fat positive (on a pregnancy test)
BMB: Birth Month Board (online forum on The Bump where I chat with other pregnant mamas due in the same month)
B/W: Bloodwork
CD: Cycle day
CFNBC: Child free - not by choice
CM: Cervical mucus
Dx: Diagnosed / Diagnosis
EOD: Every other day (sex for timed intercourse)
ER: Egg Retrieval (part of IVF)
ET: Embryo Transfer (part of IVF)
EWCM: Eggwhite cervical mucus (the most fertile kind of CM)
FET: Frozen Embryo Transfer
FF: Fertility Friend (website I use to chart my temperatures, etc.)
FSH: Follicle-stimulating hormone (stimulates the ovaries to produce a mature egg)
FX: Fingers crossed
GL: Good luck
HPT: Home pregnancy test
HSG: Hysterosalpingogram (procedure to test if your fallopian tubes are blocked)
Hubs / Hubby: My husband
IDOB: My infertility support group on facebook (aka: my lifeline)
IF: Infertility
IR: Insulin resistant
IUI: Intrauterine insemination
IVF: In vitro fertilization
KU: Knocked up
LH: Luteinizing hormone
M/C: Miscarriage / Miscarried
Met: Metformin (a diabetes medicine also prescribed for patients with PCOS [usually the insulin resistant kind])
MFM: Maternal Fetal Medicine (a specialist who cares for women with complicated or high-risk pregnancies)
MFP: MyFitnessPal (online weight loss tracking program)
O: Ovulation / Ovulate
OB/GYN: Doctor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
OHSS: Ovarian HyperStimulation Syndrome
OPK: Ovulation prediction kit (shows how much Lutienizing hormone is in your system. A positive predicts that you are about to ovulate)
PAIF: Pregnant After Infertility
PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PCP: Primary care physician
PG: Pregnant
PGAL: Pregnant After a Loss
POAS: Pee on a stick (either an OPK or HPT)
PUPO: Pregnant Until/Unless Proven Otherwise (i.e., the state of your ute after embryo transfer in an IVF cycle)
RE: Reproductive Endocrinologist
Rx: Prescription
SA: Sperm analysis
SAIF: Success After Infertility (also the name of my SAIF support group on facebook)
SIF: Secondary Infertility (unable to get pregnant with a second child)
TB: The Bump (website where I participate in forums with other women TTC)
TFMR: Terminate (a pregnancy) For Medical Reasons
TI: Timed Intercourse
TTC: Trying to conceive
TTCAL: Trying to conceive after a loss
TTGP: Trying to get pregnant (also the name of an online forum on The Bump)
T-TTC (or 3T or 3TC): Trouble Trying to Conceive (also the name of an online forum on The Bump)
U/S: Ultrasound
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