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TtownAnne
March 17th, 2005, 03:20 PM
Trying to Conceive/Pregnancy

AF ~ Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
BB's ~ Breasts
BBT ~ Basal Body Temperature
BCP ~ Birth Control Pills
BD ~ Baby Dancing (making love)
BFP ~ Big Fat Positive (HPT result)
BFN ~ Big Fat Negative (HPT result)
CB ~ Cycle Buddy
CD ~ Cycle Day (first day of menstrual period = CD1, and so on)
CM ~ Cervical Mucus
CP ~ Cervical Position
DPO ~ Days Past Ovulation
DTD ~ Do The Deed or Did The Deed
EDD ~ Expected Due Date
E/P ~ Ectopic Pregnancy
EWCM ~ Egg White Cervical Mucus
FMU ~ First Morning Urine
FRE ~ First Response Early (Home Pregnancy Test)
GD ~ Gestational Diabetes
GTC ~ Going To Conceive
HB ~ Heartbeat
HPT ~ Home Pregnancy Test
LP ~ Luteal Phase
LPD ~ Luteal Phase Defect
LV ~ Labor Vibes
M/C ~ Miscarriage
M/S ~ Morning sickness
O ~ Ovulation
OLV ~ Open Legs Vibes (wishing luck for baby to have legs open so parents can know the baby's sex at "the" ultrasound)
OPK ~ Ovulation Predictor Kit
OPT ~ Ovulation Predictor Test
OTL ~ Open to Life
POAS ~ Pee on a Stick
PG ~ Pregnant
PMS ~ Premenstrual Syndrome
Spot ~ AF's little friend OR could also be implantation bleeding
TAB ~ Taking a Break
TL ~ Tubal Ligation
TLR ~ Tubal Ligation Reversal
TOC ~ Thinking of (about) Conceiving
TTC ~ Trying to Conceive
TCOYF ~ Book Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement by Toni Weschler.
U/S ~ Ultrasound
VBAC ~ Vaginal Birth After Cesarian
WTT ~ Waiting to Try (to conceive)
2WW ~ 2 Weeks Waiting (the two weeks after ovulation when you wait to test for pregnancy)

Humorous, Comments, and other random stuff

BRU ~ Babies R Us
ETA ~ Edited to Add
FWIW ~ For What It’s Worth
HTH! ~ Hope that helps
IMO ~ In my opinion
IIRC ~ If I remember correctly
j/k ~ Just kidding
JMHO ~ Just My Humble Opinion
JMO ~ Just My Opinion
KWIM? ~ Know What I Mean?
LMM ~ Losing My Mind
LOL ~ Laughing Out Loud
PITA ~ Pain in the Ass
RAOK ~ Random Act of Kindness
ROFL ~ Rolling on the Floor Laughing
TIA ~ Thanks in Advance
TRU ~ Toys R Us
TY or t/y ~ Thank you
YMMV - your mileage may vary


Family Names
BIL ~ Brother-in-Law
DB ~ Dear or Darling Boyfriend
DD ~ Dear Daughter
DF ~ Dear Fiancé
DH ~ Dear Husband
DS ~ Dear Son
DW ~ Dear Wife
FH ~ Future Husband
FIL ~ Father-in-Law
MIL ~ Mother-in-Law
SAHD ~ Stay-at-home dad
SAHM ~ Stay-at-home mom
SIL ~ Sister-in-Law
WM ~ Working Mom
WAHM ~ Work at Home Mom
WOHM ~ Working outside the home mom


Breastfeeding

BF~ Breastfeeding
BM ~ Breastmilk
EBF ~ Extended Breast feeding (over one year)
EBM ~ Expressed Breast Milk
FTT ~ Failure to Thrive
NAK ~ Nursing at Keyboard



Infertility

FET ~ Frozen Embryo Transfer
FP ~ Follicular Phase
HSG ~ Hysterosalpingogram
IF ~ Infertility
IUI ~ Intrauterine Insemination
IVF ~ In-Vitro Fertilization
PCOS ~ Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
RE ~ Reproductive Endocrinologist
SA ~ Sperm/Semen Analysis


Buy/Sell/Trade

NWT ~ New with tags
NWOT ~ New without tags
EUC ~ Excellent used condition
LN ~ Like New
PP ~ Paypal

Karri
March 17th, 2005, 03:31 PM
anne.....why is BRU (babies r us) in breastfeeding? :lol:

TtownAnne
March 17th, 2005, 03:33 PM
I just moved it, Quickdraw! :lol:

Lette
March 17th, 2005, 03:37 PM
:lol2:

Great list Anne! :up:

kmblc3
March 15th, 2006, 07:40 PM
Anyone know what FTT means? I saw it being used in the BF section and I just cant figure it out :scratch:

Jenn
March 15th, 2006, 07:40 PM
FTT = Failure To Thrive

Melissa
March 16th, 2006, 08:45 AM
I would like to suggest an catergory for abbreviations, for the Buy/Sell/Trade threads.

EUC, NWOT, NWT, etc... I'm still trying to figure out all of them.

Thanks!

TtownAnne
March 16th, 2006, 08:57 AM
Added up through Melissa - I tried to think of all the general ones used in B/S/T. If I forgot something or you think of something else, let me know.