This is an alphabetical listing of common abbreviations used in this forum. Thanks for the idea PamelaBee, and for sending me the web address I could cut and paste from.!! I think this will be helpful to all, but especially our newcomers! Let me know if you notice anything missing and I will happily add it on.
AF: Aunt Flo - Your menstrual period.
BD: Baby Dancing - Having sex.
BBs: Breasts, boobs.
BBT: Basal Body Temperature - Your temperature taken first thing in the morning before any activity and after at least three hours of uninterrupted sleep.
BCP: Birth Control Pills.
BFN: BIG FAT NEGATIVE.
BFP: BIG FAT POSITIVE.
BG: Buddy Group.
BH: Braxton Hicks Contractions.
BIL: Brother-In-Law.
CD: Cycle day - The first day of your period is cycle day 1.
CM: Cervical Mucus changes throughout the cycle, becoming of a thinner, clearer consistency as ovulation approaches. It is most easily found when you are using the restroom and wipe with white toilet paper. You probably notice CM on the toilet paper. A very good time to check is after a bowel movement, because that action pushes CM to the vaginal opening. The rubbery, gummy type usually precedes EWCM (see below). Place the mucus between two fingers, and separate the fingers to detect how stretchy and fertile your CM is becoming. Some women who do not have noticeable CM do "reach for it," meaning they insert two fingers into the vagina to detect CM at the cervical opening.
D&C: Dilation & Curettage.
D&E: Dilation & Evacuation.
DB: Dear or Darling Boyfriend.
DD: Dear Daughter.
DF: Dear Fiancé.
DH: Dear Husband (sometimes Designated Hitter, as in sperm donor).
DPO: Days Past Ovulation
DS: Dear Son.
DSD: Dear Step-Daughter.
DSS: Dear Step-Son.
DTD: Do The Deed or Did The Deed.
EDD: Estimated date of delivery (due date).
EFR/FRER/FRE: First Response Early Results Pregnancy Test.
EWCM: Egg White Cervical Mucus
FIL: Father-In-Law.
FMU: First morning urine.
FP: Follicular Phase - The first half of your cycle from the first day of your period to ovulation; it is the variable time of the cycle.
FSH: Follicle Stimulating Hormone.
HCG: Human chorionic gonadotropin, the hormone that pregnancy tests detect.
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test.
IUI: Intrauterine Insemination.
IVF: In-vitro fertilization.
LH: Luteinizing Hormone.
LMP: Last Menstrual Period. (Start Date)
LP: Luteal Phase -
LPD: Luteal Phase Defect
M/S: Morning sickness.
MC, m/c: Miscarriage.
O: Ovulation.
OB/GYN: Obstetrician/Gynecologist.
OPK: Ovulation Predictor Kit.
OPT: Ovulation Predictor Test.
PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome -
PM: Private Message -
PMS: Premenstrual Syndrome.
POAS: Urinate on a Stick (use a home pregnancy test.)
RE: Reproductive Endocrinologist.
RI: Reproductive Immunologist.
SAHD: Stay at home dad.
SAHM: Stay at home mom.
SAHW: Stay at home wife.
2ww: "2 week wait" and is the time from ovulation to the next expected period. It is usually used to refer to waiting to see if a period has been missed and thus, pregnancy has been achieved.