Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Acronym City

One last post for today.
Please excuse the past and future acronym usage. I have become accustomed to this terminology since joining TheBump.com  last May. 
Here is the Glossary if you get lost:


a
AF - Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AO - Anovulatory

b
BBT - Basal Body Temperature
BD - Big Deed (baby making sex)
BFN - Big Fat Negative (home pregnancy test result)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (home pregnancy test result)
BW or B/W - Blood Work

c
CD - Cycle day
CL - Corpus Luteum
CM - Cervical Mucus
CP - Cervical position

d
D&C - Dilation & Curettage
D&E - Dilation & Evacuation
DH - Dear Husband
DPO - Days past ovulation

e
EDD - Estimated Due Date
EPT - Early Pregnancy Test
EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus   (or just EW)

f
FMU - First morning urine
FP - Follicular Phase
FRER - First Response Early Response

h
HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test


i
IB - Implantation Bleeding


k
KU- Knocked Up  

l
LAP - Laparoscopy
LH - Luteinizing Hormone
LMP - Last Menstrual Period
LP - Luteal phase
LPD - Luteal Phase Defect

m
MC - Miscarriage

MS - Morning Sickness

o
O - Ovulation
OB/GYN - Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit

p
P4 - Progesterone
PIT - Pitocin

PNV - Prenatal vitamin
POAS - Pee On A Stick

s
S/A - Sperm/semen analysis

SMU- Second Morning Urine

t
TTA - Trying to Avoid
TTC - Trying To Conceive

u
US or u/s - Ultrasound

v
VBAC - Vaginal birth after caesarian


w
WCM- Watery Cervial Mucus (or Just W)

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