Trying to Conceive Acronyms
2ww- Two Week Wait; luteal phase- 14 days after ovulation
AF- Aunt Flo; menstruation- period
AH- Assisted Hatching
AHI- At-home Insemination
AO-Anovulation
AOA- Anti-Ovarian Antibody
ART- Assisted Reproductive Technology
Baby Aspirin- children’s aspirin only contains 81 mg of aspirin; believed to help with fertility
BBT- Basal Body Temperature
BCP- Birth Control Pills
BD- Baby Dance
Beta- Blood test for PG
BFN- Big Fat Negative
BFP- Big Fat Positive
BMS- Baby Making Sex
C#- Cycle Number
CB- Cycle Buddy
CF- Cervical Fluid
CD- Cycle Day
CL- Corpus Luteum
CM- Cervical Mucus
CNM- Certified Nurse Midwife
CP- Cervical Position
CYE- Check Your Email
DB- Discussion Boards
DD- Dear Daughter
DH- Dear Husband
DI- Donor Insemination
DP- Dancing Partner, Spouse or Significant Other
DPO- Days Past Ovulation
DPR- Days Past Retrieval
DPT- Days Past Transfer
DTD- Doing the Dance, Baby Dance, Sex
Dx- Diagnosis
EC- Embryo Cryo;Freezing
EDD-Estimated Due Date
EPO- Evening Primrose Oil; known to help women produce better ” egg white CM”
ER- Egg Retrieval
ET- Egg Transfer
EWCM- Egg-white Cervical Mucus
FET- Frozen Embryo Transfer
FHR- Fetal Heart Rate
FP- Follicular Phase
FSH- Follicle Stimulating Hormone
FTTA- Fertile Thoughts To All
hCG- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin; detected in Home Pregnancy Tests
hMG- Human Menopausal Gonadotropin
HPT- Home Pregnancy Tests
HSG- Hysterosalpingogram; x-ray
ICI- Intra-cervical Insemination
ICSI- Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IF- Infertility
IUI- Intrauterine Insemination
IVF- In Vitro Fertilization
LH- Luteinizing Hormone; detected in the Ovulation Predictor Kits
LMP- Last Menstrual Period
LP- Luteal Phase, the days between Ovulation and Aunt Flo
LSP- Low Sperm Count
MC- Miscarriage; M/C also
OB/GYN – Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OV or O- Ovulation
OPK- Ovulation Predictor Kit
PCO- Polycystic Ovaries
PCOD- Polycystic Ovary Disease
PCOS- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
PID- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
POAS- Pee On A Stick
PG- Pregnant
PNV- Prenatal Vitamin
RE- Reproductive Endocrinologist; doctor who specializes in fertility problems
SA- Semen Analysis
SAHM- Stay-At-Home Mom
SO- Significant Other
SOD- Sex on Demand
TCOYF- Taking Charge of Your Fertility
TR-Tubal Reversal
TTC- Trying to Conceive
V- Vasectomy
VR- Vasectomy Reversal
WNL- Within Normal Limits
YI- Yeast Infection
ZIFT – Zygote Intra-fallopian Transfer
