IVF in vitro fertilization
IUI intra uterine insemination
TWW Two week wait (two weeks after Ovualtion)
POAS pee on a stick
HCG the prego hormone
BFP Big Fat Positive (prego test)
HSG It's some sorta testing they check your falopian tubes for blockage
CM Cervical mucus
BMI ??
You can find most of abbreviations at:
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/acronyms.html
Welcome to the forum!!
~2 ww … 2 week wait
~AF… Aunt Flo (ie: period)
~BBT … Basal Body Temperature
~BD … Baby Dancing (sex)
~BCP … Birth Control Pills
~BFP … Big Fat Positive
~BFN … Big Fat Negative
~CD ... Cycle Day
~CF ... Cervical Fluid
~CM ... Cervical Mucus
~DH … Dear Husband
~DI ... Donor Insemination
~DPO ... Days Post-ovulation
~EPT ... Early Pregnancy Test
~ET ... Embryo Transfer
~EWCM ... Egg White Cervical Mucus
~FMU … First Morning Urine
~GL … Good Luck
~GP ... General Practitioner
~HCg ... Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
~HPT ... Home Pregnancy Test
~IVF ... In Vitro Fertilization
~LMP ... Last Menstrual Period (start date)
~~LP ... Luteal Phase
~m/c.... Miscarriage
~NP ... Nurse Practitioner
~O … Ovulation. Variants: Oed, Oing
~OB... Obstetrician/Gynecologist
~OPK ... Ovulation Predictor Kit
~PG ... Pregnant
~PI ... Primary Infertility
~PMS ... Pre-menstrual Syndrome
~POF ... Premature Ovarian Failure
~POAS … Pee On a Stick
~Rx ... Prescription
~SA ... Semen Analysis
~SI ... Secondary Infertility
~STD ... Sexually Transmitted Disease
~TTC … Trying To Conceive
~u/s ... Ultrasound
~UTI ... Urinary Tract Infection
hi iam here 4 u&will tell u what iknow from these
IVF:invitro fertilization which means the took your ovum out&inject sperm in it then return it after fertilization to b embeded i your uterus
IUI:intra uterine insemenization which means they took the seminal fluid,prepare it then inject it with catheter in uterus.
TWW:two weeks waiting(time after ovulation till AF shows or pregnancy)
HCG:human chorionic gonadotropin ,it is hormone secreted when u r pegnant,it is either detected in serum(blood) or urine.
BFP:means u get posive pregancy test
BFN:u get negative pregnancy test
PCOS:polycystic ovary syndrome,i have it,it means ovary makes many follicles but no 1 of them mature so no ovulation&in better cases weak or late ovulation(like me)
hoping to b benifiting for u&u r welcomed here with us.i'll b always here 4 u.
BMI is Body Mass Index...it is a number that is a better indicator of health than weight alone.
There are also 'health pages' that have abbreviations for you...
Good luck!