TTC Abbreviations, Inquiring minds want to know.... Options

[wallyandbrenda]

For those new to TTC (trying to conceive) message boards.... thought this list of abbreviations might be helpful!

AF ... Aunt Flo (menstruation)
BBT ... Basal Body Temperature
BD...Baby Dancing (Love Making)
BCP ... Birth Control Pills
BFN...Big Fat Negative (Pregnancy Test Negative)
BFP...Big Fat Positive (Pregnancy Test Positive)
BOB...Baby on the Brain
B/W, b/w ... Blood Work
CB ... Cycle Buddy
CD ... Cycle Day
CM ... Cervical Mucus
D&C ... Dilation & Curettage
DH... Dear (or whatever other D word seems appropriate at the time) Husband
DI ... Donor Insemination
DPO ... Days Past Ovulation
DPIUI ... Days Past IUI
DTD ... Do The Deed or Did The Deed
ET ... Embryo Transfer
EW...Egg White Consistency (related to CM)
EWCM ... Egg White Cervical Mucous
FET ... Frozen Embryo Transfer
FSH ... Follicle Stimulating Hormone
GP ... General Practitioner
HPT ... Home Pregnancy Test
HSG ... Hysterosalpingogram
ICI ... Intra-cervical Insemination
IUI ... Intra-uterine Insemination
LAP ... Laparoscopy
LH ... Luteinizing Hormone
LMP ... Last Menstrual Period (start date)
LPD ... Luteal Phase Defect
MC, m/c, misc. ... Miscarriage
O ... Ovulation
OB/GYN ... Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OPK ... Ovulation Predictor Kit
PCO, PCOD ... Polycystic Ovary Disease
PCOS ... Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG ... Pregnant
PID ... Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PMS ... Pre-menstrual Syndrome
POAS ... Pee On A Stick
RE ... Reproductive Endocrinologist
RI ... Reproductive Immunologist
SA ... Semen or Sperm Analysis
TTC ... Trying to Conceive
US, u/s ... Ultrasound
V ... Vasectomy
VE ... Vasoepididymostomy
VR ... Vasectomy Reversal
VV ... Vasovasostomy

[Kenzie]

Thanks for posting this. It helps to keep all of us on the same page.

[nicoleh9107]

Thanks I was trying to figure out what some of those meant until I saw this thread. This really helps.