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Common Terms and Abbreviations for Getting Pregnant
Are you perplexed by the array of acronyms on preconception message boards and websites? If you are trying to conceive and want to be up to date on what other hopeful mothers are discussing, here is a comprehensive list of terms you’ll need to know.| AF | – Aunt Flo(w). Your period (menstruation) |
| BD | – Baby Dance. Intercourse, sex |
| BFN | – Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test result) |
| BFP | – Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test result) |
| BMS | – Baby-Making Sex |
| CB | – Cycle Buddy. Someone who has the same monthly cycle/ovulation dates as you |
| CD | – Cycle Day |
| CF | – Cervical Fluid |
| CL | – Corpus Luteum. A cyst responsible for making the hormone progesterone that prepares the uterus for pregnancy |
| CM | – Cervical Mucus |
| CP | – Cervical Position |
| CY | – Cycle |
| DI | – Donor Insemination |
| DP | – Dancing Partner. Spouse or significant other |
| DPO | – Days Past Ovulation |
| DTD | – Doing The Dance. Sex |
| EW | – Egg White. Consistency of cervical mucus |
| FTTA | – Fertile Thoughts To All |
| FMU | – First Morning Urine |
| hCG | – Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. Pregnancy hormone |
| IF | – Infertility |
| IUI | – Intra-Uterine Insemination |
| IVF | – In Vitro Fertilization |
| LH | – Luteinizing Hormone |
| LMP | – Last Menstrual Period |
| LP | – Luteal Phase |
| O | – Ovulation |
| OPK | – Ovulation Predictor Kit |
| PCOS (POS) | – Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome |
| PG | – Pregnancy, pregnant |
| PT | – Pregnancy Test |
| S/A | – Sperm or semen analysis |
| TTC | – Trying To Conceive |
| 2WW | – Two Week Wait (time until you can take a pregnancy test) |
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