Abbreviation Translation!

[atomic sagebrush]

If you are a newer member and you feel like you suddenly landed in a vat of alphabet soup, this thread may help you! (Thanks to my old friend Maureen for compiling the original list that this is based on.)

FAMILY

DH – Dear husband or darling husband

DP, SO Dancing Partner or Significant Other . Usually means unmarried partner.

DD, DS = Darling Daughter or Son

DSD or DSD = Darling Stepdaughter or Stepson

DN = Niece or nephew

MIL, FIL, BIL, SIL = The in-laws: mother, father, brother, sister

SAHM, SAHD = Stay at home mom or dad

WAHM, WAHD = work at home mom or dad

LO - little ones

FOAF - Friend of a friend - meaning you heard a story about someone somewhere but it's not someone you actually know firsthand.

SEX AND CONCEPTION

TTC = Trying to conceive (trying to get pregnant)

BD = Baby Dancing (sex to get pregnant)

DTD = Did The Deed or Doing The Dance (had sex, either to get pregnant or just for recreational purposes)

Pg = Pregnant

BC, BCP = Birth control, Birth control pill

TPFS - Three Primary Fertility Signs - http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...osition-and-CM)

HT - High Tech

MS - Microsort OR Morning Sickness

IVF/PGD - InVitro Fertilization and Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

OHW - One Hit Wonder - someone who gets pregnant their first round of high tech or first month swaying

Monthly Cycle and Gross Bodily Functions

VJJ - Vajayjay or vagina

O = Ovulation or orgasm (orgasm is usually “big O”) You typically can tell from context which O is the O in question.

O + or - = ovulation plus (after) or minus (before) a certain number of days

AF = Aunt Flo (“flow”) = menstruation, getting your period

CD = cycle day. The day you start your period is cycle day 1.

CD plus a number = the day of your cycle you are on.

CB = Cycle Buddy. Person in the same part of cycle as yourself.

DPO = Days Past Ovulation

DBO - Days Before Ovulation

CM or CF = cervical mucus or cervical fluid, the fluid that normally comes out of the vagina during the fertile part of your cycle

EWCM = Egg White Cervical Mucus. The most fertile CM; clear and slippery like egg white.

CP = cervical position

SHOW - Soft, high, open, and wet - describes your cervix at ovulation.

BBT = Basal Body Temperature. Method for detecting ovulation.

OPK = Ovulation Prediction Kit (pos is positive, neg is negative)

POAS = Pee on a stick (to test for pregnancy or ovulation)

TCOYF = Taking Charge of Your Fertility book

FF - Fertility Friends - a website where you can chart your cycle

SMEP = Sperm Meets Egg Plan Sperm Meets Egg Plan

MFP = My Fitness Pal, a site where you can chart your diet and nutrition info

BM - bowel movement

Pregnancy Testing

2WW = Two week wait. After trying to get pregnant, waiting to test.

HPT = Home Pregnancy Test

BFP = Big Fat Positive (positive pregnancy test)

BFN = Big Fat Negative (negative pregnancy test)

hCG = Human chorionic gonodotropin. Substance detected by pregnancy tests.

Beta = blood test for pregnancy

FMU - First morning urine...when you take an early pregnancy test you should always use your first morning urine because it's more concentrated.

POAS - Pee on a stick (take a pregnancy test)

PUPO - Pregnant until proven otherwise...you haven't gotten a BFP or a BFN, but until you do, you're not doing anything that might jeopardize a potential pregnancy.

Pregnancy and Nursing

EDD = Estimated Due Date

U/S = Ultrasound

CVS = Chorionic Villae Sampling. Test during pregnancy to check baby’s chromosomes; also determines sex.

BF = Breast feeding

BB = boobies (breasts)

MC or m/c = Miscarriage

Expressions

24-7 - doing something 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

KWIM = Know what I mean?

IYKYWIM - I know you know what I mean - when you're talking to someone you know has experienced the same situation

BTW = By the way

IRL = In Real Life

FWIW - For what it's worth

OMG - Oh my Gosh!

GD = Gender Disappointment OR Gender Dreaming website!

PP = Previous poster. Someone who commented earlier on the current thread and I can't remember their username right now.

OP - Original poster. The person who started the thread.

GMTA = Great minds think alike

H&H = Happy and healthy (usually used to wish someone success in pregnancy)

HTH = Hope that helps!

ITA = I totally agree

IMHO = In my humble opinion (or IMO in my opinion)

LOL = Laughing out loud

ROFL = Rolling on floor laughing

LMAO = Laughing my ass off!

TTFN = Ta ta for now

AFAIK = As far as I know

BTDT = Been there, done that

DHAC = Don’t have a clue

FWIW = For what it’s worth

OT = Off Topic

IK,R - I know, right??

PITA = Pain in the ass

GL - Good Luck

KUP - Keep us posted!

TY and TIA - Thank you and Thanks in advance

KFX, FX and TX - Keeping fingers crossed, fingers crossed, and toes crossed

WTH or WTF - What the heck or what the F...

FML - F... my life, a statement of intense frustration

P and PT - prayers and positive thoughts

FB - Facebook

Swaying

TBM = “Turkey Baster Method” = self insemination

O+12 = 12 hours after ovulation

RE = Reproductive endocrinologist. Certification for fertility doctor. Not all fertility doctors are RE's.

J&D - Jump and Dump

MSU = Modified Swim-Up - an at home high tech method that we don't do on this site but I can answer basic questions and help you find someone who does.

EGS - Extreme gender swaying - at home high tech, we don't do that on this site but I can answer basic questions and help you find someone who does

BS - Baking soda

BSD = Baking Soda Drink or Douche

BSF = Baking Soda Finger

ASG - Alka-Selzer Gold

COT - Cream of Tartar (drink for blue swayers)

ACV - Apple Cider Vinegar

V-8 - This means V-8 juice which you may or may not have in your country. It's tomato juice with other vegetable juices mixed in and is great for conceiving boys.

High or low T - high or low testosterone. Also raise or lower T. T is testosterone levels. (note - HT means "high tech")

BGL - Blood glucose levels (I need to start using this one more!!) or blood sugar (BS).

NYF and BY - Nutritional Yeast Flakes and Brewer's yeast.

Prog Cream - progesterone cream

UHT milk - shelf-stable milk that does not need refrigeration

FGD - French Gender Diet

IGD - InGender Diet

EOD - every other day (having sex every other day)

MINERALS, HERBS, and VITAMINS

Supps - supplements, generic term for all the pills you're popping

AF-O, O-AF - Some supplements should only be taken from menstruation (AF) through ovulation (O) because they are not safe for a potential conception. Other things are started after ovulation and stopped at menstruation.

EPO - Evening primrose oil

SP - Saw Palmetto

TT - tribulus terrestris

FUR - False Unicorn Root

CLO and FO - Cod liver oil and fish oil

Soy Iso - Soy isoflavones

RL and RLT - Raspberry Leaf, Raspberry Leaf Tea

PT - Peppermint Tea
Ca - Calcium
Na - Sodium
K - potassium
Mg - Magnesium

[atomic sagebrush]

What else am I missing here guys???

[skrimpy]

CLO for cod liver oil, FO for Fish oil - though usually that one is written out. Also, not an acronym but I have noticed that most of us use "Supp" or "supps" to abbreviate for supplements! Wouldn't want that to get confused with a suppository okay so maybe I'm the only one who thinks like that

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you! I added those!

[Out of the Blue]

Thanks so much for compiling these abbreviations...While I know a lot of these, there are still many I don't know.

[atomic sagebrush]

Are there any that I have forgotten?? Let me know!

[Yuzu]

The only one Ican think of right now is LO (little one). Great list!

[Hobbermittens]

Glad I found this list!

[kaseybaby]

What does HT mean?

[atomic sagebrush]

High tech.