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Calypso
December 20th, 2003, 04:00 AM
If there are any others I've missed, just let me know and I'll add them to the list. :)

AF ~ Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
BB's ~ Breasts
BBT ~ Basal Body Temperature
BCP ~ Birth Control Pills
BD ~ Baby Dancing (making love)
BF~ Breastfeeding
BFP ~ Big Fat Positive (HPT result)
BFN ~ Big Fat Negative (HPT result)
BIL ~ Brother-in-Law
BM ~ Breastmilk
BRU ~ Babies R Us
CB ~ Cycle Buddy
CD ~ Cycle Day (first day of menstrual period = CD1, and so on)
CF ~ Same as CM
CM ~ Cervical Mucus
CP ~ Cervical Position
DB ~ Dear or Darling Boyfriend
DD ~ Dear Daughter
DF ~ Dear Fiancé
DH ~ Dear Husband
DPO ~ Days Past Ovulation
DS ~ Dear Son
DTD ~ Do The Deed or Did The Deed
DW ~ Dear Wife
EBF ~ Extended Breast feeding (over one year)
EBM ~ Expressed Breast Milk
EDD ~ Expected Due Date
E/P ~ Ectopic Pregnancy
EWCM ~ Egg White Cervical Mucus
FET ~ Frozen Embryo Transfer
FH ~ Future Husband
FIL ~ Father-in-Law
FMU ~ First Morning Urine
FP ~ Follicular Phase
FRE ~ First Response Early (Home Pregnancy Test)
GD ~ Gestational Diabetes
GTC ~ Going To Conceive
HB ~ Heartbeat
HPT ~ Home Pregnancy Test
HSG ~ Hysterosalpingogram
HTH! ~ Hope that helps
IF ~ Infertility
IMO ~ In my opinion
IUI ~ Intrauterine Insemination
IVF ~ In-Vitro Fertilization
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
LP ~ Luteal Phase
LPD ~ Luteal Phase Defect
LV ~ Labor Vibes
MIL ~ Mother-in-Law
M/C ~ Miscarriage
M/S ~ Morning sickness
NAK ~ Nursing at Keyboard
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
PCOS ~ Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG ~ Pregnant
PMS ~ Premenstrual Syndrome
PITA ~ Pain in the Ass
RAK ~ Random Act of Kindness
RE ~ Reproductive Endocrinologist
ROFL ~ Rolling on the Floor Laughing
SAHM ~ Stay at Home Mom
SA ~ Sperm/Semen Analysis
SIL ~ Sister-in-Law
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.
t/y ~ thank you
2WW ~ 2 Weeks Waiting (the two weeks after ovulation when you wait to test for pregnancy)
U/S ~ Ultrasound
VBAC ~ Vaginal Birth After Cesarian
WTT ~ Waiting to Try (to conceive)
WM ~ Working Mom
WAHM ~ Work at Home Mom

Christay
January 9th, 2004, 12:27 AM
Thank you so much for these codes. I thought I was never going to figure them all out.

Christay =)

BeckyAnn
April 30th, 2004, 01:40 PM
can I ask what these abbreviations mean?

FMU
FRE

I don't think I've heard them before, and if I have, I'm not thinking clearly. Thanks so much!

Becca

Nocona
April 30th, 2004, 01:50 PM
FMU = first morning urine
FRE = First Response Early (or Easy, can't remember). It's a brand of home pregancy tests.

BeckyAnn
April 30th, 2004, 01:59 PM
Thanks, Nocona... I don't think I'm fully awake today. LOL

Becca

~Deborah~
March 14th, 2005, 10:03 AM
MILF????? What the heck is it???? I am going out of my mind trying to figure it out:tearhair:.

Nocona
March 14th, 2005, 10:24 AM
:lol: It's from American Pie - Mother I'd Like to Fook

~Deborah~
March 14th, 2005, 10:27 AM
:doh: There ya go...I knew I saw it somewhere other then on the baby forums :lol:.

Lynn
March 14th, 2005, 12:44 PM
WTH :lol: does IIRC mean?

sheila
March 14th, 2005, 01:13 PM
IIRC = If I recall correctly

I need to go through these and organize them themeaticallly... TTC/Pregnancy/General etc.

Any volunteers? :lol:

Nichole
March 14th, 2005, 01:15 PM
I could probably do it, Sheila. (not until tomorrow, though - I'm supposed to be "working" today.... shhhh :lol: )

TtownAnne
March 14th, 2005, 01:17 PM
I'll help if you want.

Nichole
March 16th, 2005, 03:41 PM
I was going to organize these a bit better, but I don't have mod capabilities in this forum so I'm powerless. :lol:

TtownAnne
March 16th, 2005, 04:15 PM
I'm working on it, had to stop because naptime ended..... hopefully will cut/paste it tonight!

Nichole
March 16th, 2005, 04:17 PM
Cool! :aok:

Stacey
March 17th, 2005, 11:31 AM
Here are two that people sometimes have trouble figuring out:
ETA
FWIW

And SAHD isn't on there. I think it should be. We have a few of them around here.

sheila
March 17th, 2005, 11:35 AM
I'm working on it, had to stop because naptime ended..... hopefully will cut/paste it tonight!

When you do get it finished, please post it as a new thread. Then I can unsticky the old and we can have your miling face next to the abbreviations. :aok:

And thanks so much for doing this!

Nichole
March 17th, 2005, 11:53 AM
The list is also missing
WOHM
TIA (thanks in advance)

sheila
March 17th, 2005, 12:08 PM
Are there any we should leave off?