Hi everyone,

Here is a list of abbreviations/acronyms used on the site. Please feel free to add any we have missed!


2WW - 2 week wait (wait after ovulation when TTC)

AC - Assisted Conception

AF - Aunt Flo (periods)

AFAIK - as far as I know

AI - Assisted or Artificial Insemination

AID - Artificial Insemination with Donor Sperm

AIH - Artificial Insemination with Husband's or Partner's sperm

AIO's - All In One's - Cloth Nappies

AI2's - All In Two's - Cloth Nappies

AP - Attachment Parenting

ART - Assisted Reproductive Technolgy

BBT - Basal Body temperature

BCP - Birth Control Pill

BD - Baby Dancing (sex)

BG - Buddy Group

BF - Breast Feeding

BFN - Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test)

BFP - Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test)

B/T - Blood Test

BTW - By The Way

BW - Blood Week (periods)

CC - Controlled Crying

CCC - Child Care Center

CD - Cycle Day

CHN - Child Health Nurse

CIO - Cry it out

CM - Cervical Mucus

CP - Cloth Pads

CVS - Chorionic Villus Sampling

DC - Daycare

D&C - Dilation & Curette

DFS / DFD - Dear Foster Son / Dear Foster Daughter

DGS / DGD - Dear Grandson / Dear Granddaughter

DH, DS, DD, DF, DB, DP - Dear Husband, Dear Son, Dear Daughter, Dear Fiance, Dear Boyfriend, Dear Partner

DSD, DSS - Dear Step Daughter, Dear Step Son

DI - Donor Insemination

DPO - Days Past Ovulation

EBM - Expressed Breastmilk

ECHN - Early Childhood Health Nurse

ED - Egg Donation

Em D - Embryo Donation

Endo - Endometriosis

EP - Ectopic Pregnancy (also EPS Ectopic Pregnancy Syndrome)

ER - Egg Retrival

ET - Embryo Transfer

ETA - Edited To Add

EW or EWCM - Egg White or Egg White Cervical Mucus (description of cervical mucus at ovulation time)

FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer (or fertilised egg transfer)

FSH - Follicle Stimulating Hormone

FWIW - For What It's Worth

FYI - For Your Information

*g* - Grin

GIFT - Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer

GD - Gestational Diabetes

GYN - Gynaecolgist

HPT - Home Pregnancy Test

HTH - Hope This Helps

ICA - Inter Country Adoption

ICSI - Intracytoplasmic Sperm Insertion

IKWYM - I Know What You Mean

IMO - In My Opinion

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IPS - Imagine Pregnancy Symptoms

IUI - Intrauterine Insemination

IVF - In Vitro Fertilisation

IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean

JMHO - Just My Mumble Opinion

LAP - Laparoscopy

LOL - Laughing Out Loud

MCN - Modern Cloth Nappy

MF - Male Factor

MIL, FIL, BIL, SIL - Mother, Father, Brother, Sister-In-Law

M/C - Miscarriage

M/S - Morning sickness

NMS - Not My Style

O - Ovulation

OB - Obstetrician

OHSS - Ovarian Hyper Stimualtion Syndrome

OI - Ovulation Induction

OP - Original Post / Original Poster

OPK - Ovulation Predictor Test Kit

OPU - Ovum (Egg) Pick Up

OSFA - One Size Fits All - to do with MCN

OT - Off Topic

OTT - Over The Top

PCO - Poly Cystic Ovaries

PCOS - Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome

PG - Pregnant

PGD - Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis

POAS - Pee On A Stick (do a home pregnancy test)

POF - Premature Ovarian Failure

POV - Point of view

PMSL - Pi$$ Myself Laughing

PTTK - Part Time Thread Killers

RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist (Fertility specialist)

ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A$$ Off

SA - Semen Analysis

SAHD - Stay At Home Dad

SAHM - Stay At Home Mum

SCSA - Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay (test to check for DNA breakage in sperm)

SD - Step Daughter

SS - Step Son

SO - Significant Other

TBH - To Be Honest

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TMI - To Much Information

TTC - Trying To Conceive

TTFN - Ta Ta For Now

TTYL - Talk to you later

UTD - Up The Duff

U/S - Ultrasound

WAHM - Work At Home Mum


TYPING IN ALL CAPITALS SIGNIFIES YELLING/SCREAMING

I was just about to post a question asking for this, lucky i did a search 1st!! Thanks so much Shellby

AFM - As for me
PUPO - Pregnant until proven otherwise

does anyone know what ASW is?

...

What about TWOH - typing with one hand?

A few girls are using AFM at the moment.... am I just being dumb but what does this mean? They are mostly talking about this when they speak about their pregnancies.....

As for me

Ah thank you, this explains a lot. What about DTD?

hi just wondering what "NT" means in relation to ultrasounds??
thanks

DTD = doing the deed

NT is most likely referring to the nuchal translucency scan that can be done around 12/13 weeks.

Thank you so much for this it has been copied and pasted into word so I can understand what is going on!!! Thanks again

Can someone please tell me what EFS means when used at the very end of a post? I can't even begin to guess.

Thanks

Seriously, how can you have left ASW off there? This is EB!

Edited for spelling

I did not find:

LO, BM, HTFU, SOH, YAAB, FMD?

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but I think:
LO - little one
BM - I am not really sure. Biological mother? Breast milk?
HTFU - harden the **** up
SOH - no idea
YAAB - youse are all b**ches
FMD - no idea

ETA: Ohhh. Loved one for LO makes sense. Thanks **Mel**

Loved One

Birth Mother/Breast Milk (up to you to figure out context )

Hurry the **** Up

Sense of Humour

Youse (sic) are all b**ches

**** me dead

ETA: HTH

(hope this helps)

Thank you!