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| Tue, 09-15-2009 - 9:52pm |
Hi all. I'm Mary, and am in the middle of my first month of trying for our first child. Not doing anything fancy, just screwing like bunnies since about 7 days past the start of my period. No clue if or when anything is happening, though I've been trying to follow my cervical mucus -- which, being the anxious person that I am, may be stressing me out more than helping.
I'm actually writing to ask you all for translations of all the crazy acronyms you use! I would love to be more involved in this board, and thought I could get a whole lot of good advice here....but I can't read anything because I don't know what it means!
Thanks, and see you around on here...


ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS:
AF ... Aunt Flo (period)
AFNW ... Aunt Flo Not Wanted
AFSA ... Aunt Flo Stay Away
AI ... Artificial Insemination
BBT ... Basal Body Temperature
BD...Baby Dancing (Love Making)
BCP ... Birth Control Pills
BFP ... Big fat positive (positive hpt)
BFN ... Big fat negative (negative hpt)
CB ... Cycle Buddy
CD ... Cycle Day
CF ... Cervical Fluid
CM ... Cervical Mucus
D&C ... Dilation & Curettage
DPO ... Days Post-ovulation
Endo ... Endometriosis
EPT ... Early Pregnancy Test
EPO ... Evening Primrose Oil
EW...Egg White Consistency (related to CM)
FMU ... First Morning Urine
FRE ... First Response Early (a popular HPT)
FSH ... Follicle Stimulating Hormone
GP ... General Practitioner
HCG ... Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HSG ... Hysterosalpingogram, a test where saline is used to examine the faloptian tubes & uterus
HPT ... Home Pregnancy Test
IUI ... Intra-uterine Insemination
IVF ... In Vitro Fertilization
IPS … Imaginary Pregnancy Symptoms
LAP ... Laparoscopy
LH ... Luteinizing Hormone
LMP ... Last Menstrual Period (start date)
LPD ... Luteal Phase Defect
MC, m/c, misc. ... Miscarriage
O ... Ovulation
OB/GYN ... Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OPK ... Ovulation Predictor Kit
OPT ... Ovulation Predictor Test
PCO, PCOD ... Polycystic Ovary Disease
PCOS ... Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG ... Pregnant
PMS ... Pre-menstrual Syndrome
POAS ... Pee On A Stick (OPK or HPT)
RE ... Reproductive Endocrinologist
RPS ... Real Pregnancy Symptom
Rx ... Prescription
SA ... Semen Analysis
SI ... Secondary Infertility
STD ... Sexually Transmitted Disease
Surro ... short for "surrogate"
TMI … Too Much Information
TSH ... Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
TX or Tx ... Transfer, usually referring to IVF
US, u/s ... Ultrasound
UTI ... Urinary Tract Infection
THIS AND SO MUCH MORE CAN BE FOUND AT: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-pptrying&msg=222768.22&ctx=0
HTH!!!
Hugs, Mika & Liam

Hi Mary!
WOW...Thanks so much for sharing!!!Love this!!
Cintia