TTC Acronyms

Just like the military world has its list of acronyms so does the wonderful world of TTC. Here is a short list of some that will be used in this forum. I will add more from time to time.

2WW: Two-week wait (until you can take a pregnancy test)
AF: Aunt Flo(w), your period (menses)
BBT: Basal Body Temperature
BD: Baby dance, sex
BFN: Big Fat Negative (test result)
BFP: Big Fat Positive (test result)
CB: Cycle Buddy (someone who shares the same menstrual cycle/ovulation dates)
CD: Cycle day
CF: Cervical fluid
CL: Corpus luteum
CM: Cervical mucus
CP: Cervical position
CY: Cycle
DPO: Days past ovulation
DTD: Doing the dance, Doing the deed
EW: Eggwhite (re: consistency of cervical mucus)
FMU: First morning urine
FWP: F--k with purpose
hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
IF: Infertility
IUI: Intra-uterine Insemination
IVF: In Vitro Fertilization
KU: Knocked Up
LMP: Last Menstrual Period
LP: Luteal phase
O: Ovulation
OPK: Ovulation predictor kit
PCOS (POS): Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG: Pregnancy, pregnant
S/A: Sperm/semen analysis
TCOYF: Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)
TTC: Trying to conceive

Love it!!!

I'm glad this is posted because I would have been SO lost!

this is awesome, gina! thanks for posting this!

Wow Gina! I would have never known any of these things! I'm glad you posted this because even though I'm not TTC it will be nice to be able to support the girls who are cuz I will have a little guide to help me understand and not have to ask every five seconds, "what does that mean?" lol

thank you!! cause I was just about to ask what the crap bding was lol!! the only one on that list i dont like....

PCOS..it can kiss my butt!

rebecca.menge wrote:

thank you!! cause I was just about to ask what the crap bding was lol!! the only one on that list i dont like....

PCOS..it can kiss my butt!

lol I prefer BD to FWP. I think BD is too stinking cute lol. I also have PCOS and it sucks. But its good to know you can get pregnant if you have PCOS. I was able to get pregnant without meds the first go round. Sadly I got an infection of the placenta and had to deliver our baby girl early. We are now on meds to get pregnant again.

taking charge of your fertility is the most awesome book ever. Glad to see it posted.

I have PCOS.

Yea I still dont follow with all the acronyms. Guess I wont be posting on these

A doctor misdiagnosed me with PCOS and gave me birth control pills that apparently help instead I was ill every month etc it was brutal then wouldn't listen when I kept saying something isn't right here.

It took me going to a GYN to actually be heard, but it was a long road. There seems to be new studies around it though, so maybe there's a lot of hope where there wasn't none- my sister though has been diagnosed with it but for her its not horrible she does not want children at all.

Maybe we could post some articles and stuff around it. Help inform everyone.

FWP? That's one I haven't heard before. I'm with Gina, I prefer BD or DTD. On a side note: I always thought DTD was Do The Deed But I never had an acronym dictionary either!

Amy wrote:

FWP? That's one I haven't heard before. I'm with Gina, I prefer BD or DTD. On a side note: I always thought DTD was Do The Deed But I never had an acronym dictionary either!

yeah I don't like FWP I think it sounds dirty when it comes to baby making lol. I thought DTD was doing the deed too...I will add that up there. I looked through it really fast when I found it online and copied it but apparently I missed that lol.

PCOS sucks!

I used to (and still do to some extent) have really irregular periods and my GYN kept saying it was probably PCOS though that was my only symptom. That diagnosis just didn't feel right to me and eventually I got a sonogram because I was having pelvic pain. Turns out it was NOTHING and I don't even have anything close to a cyst on either ovary . Seriously, some doctors think they know your body better than you!