TTC Lingo
If you've visited our Trying To Conceive Boards or are reading up on conception, you may be wondering what all those abbreviations mean. Here are some of the most common terms.
AFAunt flo (menstruation)
AHI At home insemination
AI Artificial insemination
BB Breasts
BBT Basal body temperature
BCP Birth control pills
BD Baby dance (sex)
BMS Baby making sex
BW Blood work
CD cycle day
CF Cervical fluid
CM Cervical mucus
COW Curse of womanhood (menstruation)
CP Cervical position
D+C Dilation + curettage
DE Donor Egg
DPO Days post ovulation
EDD Estimated delivery date
Endo Endometriosis
EPT Early pregnancy test
EWCM Egg white cervical mucus
FHR Fetal heart rate
FSH Follicle stimulating hormone
FTTA Fertile thoughts to all
GD Gestational diabetes
HCG Human chorionic gunadotropin
HPT Home pregnancy test
IF Infertility
IVF In vitro fertilization
MC Last menstrual cycle
LMP Last menstrual period
LO Love olympics (sex)
LP Luteal phase
LPD Luteal phase defect
MC Miscarriage
M/S Morning sickness
O Ovulation
OPK Ovulation predictor kit
P4 Progesterone
PG Pregnant
PID Pelvic inflammatory disease
PMS Pre-menstrual syndrome
SA Semen analysis
TTC Trying to conceive
US Ultrasound
UTI Urinary tract infection
If you've visited our Trying To Conceive Boards or are reading up on conception, you may be wondering what all those abbreviations mean. Here are some of the most common terms.
AFAunt flo (menstruation)
AHI At home insemination
AI Artificial insemination
BB Breasts
BBT Basal body temperature
BCP Birth control pills
BD Baby dance (sex)
BMS Baby making sex
BW Blood work
CD cycle day
CF Cervical fluid
CM Cervical mucus
COW Curse of womanhood (menstruation)
CP Cervical position
D+C Dilation + curettage
DE Donor Egg
DPO Days post ovulation
EDD Estimated delivery date
Endo Endometriosis
EPT Early pregnancy test
EWCM Egg white cervical mucus
FHR Fetal heart rate
FSH Follicle stimulating hormone
FTTA Fertile thoughts to all
GD Gestational diabetes
HCG Human chorionic gunadotropin
HPT Home pregnancy test
IF Infertility
IVF In vitro fertilization
MC Last menstrual cycle
LMP Last menstrual period
LO Love olympics (sex)
LP Luteal phase
LPD Luteal phase defect
MC Miscarriage
M/S Morning sickness
O Ovulation
OPK Ovulation predictor kit
P4 Progesterone
PG Pregnant
PID Pelvic inflammatory disease
PMS Pre-menstrual syndrome
SA Semen analysis
TTC Trying to conceive
US Ultrasound
UTI Urinary tract infection
