Abbreviations

I decided to go ahead and compile a list of all the abbreviations you may come across in my blog. No, these are not just my own shorthand but rather very widely accepted abbreviations in the TTC/pregnancy blogging world mainly from the US, UK and Australia. If you are reading my own TTC blog, then you probably have some sort of connection to TTC already and are familiar with these. But if you are my poor husband who I have forced to become my first blog follower, then you may need this post to refer back to from time to time. Also, Mom - if you are reading this, I apologize for a few F words. I know you hate those, but don't they always say you should "write in your own voice"?

ABBREVIATION LIST/GLOSSARY OF TERMS

AF - Aunt Flo (period)BBs - Boobs
BBT - Basal Body Temperature
BCP (or OCP) - Birth Control Pills
BD - Baby Dance (youknowwhat..)
BFP - Big *Fat* Positive
BFN - Big *Fat* Negative
CD# - Cycle Day
CM - Cervical Mucus
DH - Dear Husband (In this case, Matt.)
DF - Dear Fiance
DS - Dear Son
DD - Dear Daughter
#DPO - Days Post/Past Ovulation #DP#DT (ex 7dp5dt)- Days Post 3 or 5 Day Transfer (more on this later with IVF)
DTD - Doing/Did the Deed
EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus (the fertile kind you get when you are ovulating)
FML - Fuck My Life
FRER - First Response Early Result (commonly thought to be the best early result test on the market)
hCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (detected in HPTs)HPT - Home Pregnancy TestHSG - Hysterosalpingogram (study to find out if your tubes are blocked)
IB - Implantation Bleeding (light bleeding experienced by some women when the egg implants)
IC - Intercourse or Internet Cheapies (very inexpensive HPTs that you buy online in bulk, used as kind of a throw away test when you want to test over and over)
IF - Infertility
IUI - Intrauterine Insemination
IVF - In Vitro Fertilization LH - Luteinizing Hormone (detected in OPKs, surges just prior to ovulation)
LO - Little One (your baby, probably won't be using this for a while but I can always hope, right?)LP - Luteal Phase (the two week wait)
LPD - Luteal Phase Defect (when your LP is too short usually)
MC - Miscarriage
MMC - Missed MiscarriageO - Ovulation
OPK - Ovulation Predictor KitPCOS - Polycystic Ovarian SyndromePG - Pregnant
POAS - Pee On A Stick
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist (not a term we use much here, but it has become kind of an umbrella term for TTC bloggers to refer to their fertility specialists)
SMEP - Sperm Meets Egg Plan (a commonly used/praised method or timeline for having sex around your fertile period)
TTC - Trying to Conceive
TWW - Two Week Wait (the hellish two weeks between ovulation and starting your period/getting a BFP)
1WW - One Week Wait (halfway there, the worst is yet to come)
UI - Unexplained Infertility US - Ultrasound
There are countless more, but most of the ones I will be using are probably included on this list. I will update if I start to incorporate any others. And yes, there WILL be a test later.