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| Mon, 07-23-2007 - 8:33am |
Here's the board abbeviations I could find for anyone who's newer or just needs another look. There was a post I've seen with more information on it about much more than just the abbreviations but I guess it wasn't on this particular board. But if you read the posts, you'll get just about everything you need.
Alaina
Board Abbreviations
AF Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AFK Away from keyboard
BF Boyfriend
BIL Brother-in-law
BRB Be right back
BTDT Been there done that
BTW By the way
CTS Consider the source
DD Dear daughter
DH Dear (or darn) husband
DS Dear son
DSD Dear stepdaughter
DSS Dear stepson
DW Dear (or darn) wife
F/U Follow up
F2F Face-to-face
FAQ Frequently asked question
FIL Father-in-law
FWIW For what it's worth
GF Girlfriend
GMTA Great minds think alike
HTH Hope that helps
IMO In my opinion
IRL In real life
ISP Internet service provider
ITA I totally agree
J/K Just kidding
LOL Laugh out loud
(m) More
MIL Mother-in-law
NP No problem
NT No text
OIC Oh I see
OMG Oh my gosh
OT Off topic
OTOH On the other hand
OW/OM Other woman/other man
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
SAHD Stay-at-home dad
SAHM Stay-at-home mom
SIL Sister-in-law
SO Significant other
STBX Soon to be ex
TIA Thanks in advance
TMI Too much information
TPTB The powers that be
TTC Trying to conceive
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTYL Talk to you later
TY Thank you
URL Web page address
W/B Welcome back
W/O Without
WAHD Work-at-home dad
WAHM Work-at-home mom
WOHM Work-out-of-home mom
WTG Way to go
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YW You're welcome
here`s a smaller list...(DPO-Days past ovulation)(BFP-Big Fat Positive)HTH!
ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS - Explanation
2ww Two Week Wait - Luteal Phase - 14 days after ovulation
AF Aunt Flo, menstruation, period
AFK Away from keyboard/keys
AH Assisted Hatching
ASYLUM TTC Asylum, need to check in?
BABY ASPIRIN a/k/a children's aspirin which contains only 81mg of aspirin used to quiet immune system
BBT Basal Body Temperature
BD Baby Dance, Sex
Beta Blood test for PG
BFN Big Fat Negative (Pregnancy Tests)
BFP Big Fat Positive (Pregnancy Test)
BRB Be right back
BTW By the way
CB Cycle Buddy - Same cycle day as yourself!
CD Cycle Day
CL Corpus Luteum
CM Cervical Mucus
CP Cervical Position
CYE Check your email
DB Discussion Boards - they are a wealth of information!
DD Dear Daughter
DH Dear Husband
DP Dancing Partner; spouse, or significant other
DPO Days Past Ovulation
DB Dear Boyfriend
DS Dear Son
DTD Doing The Dance, BD, sex
DUST Baby Dust ~*~*~*~*~*~ on us TTCers
EC Embryo Cyro/Freezing
EDD Estimated Due Date
EPO Evening Primrose Oil
EWCM Egg-White Cervical Mucus
ER Egg Retrieval
ET Egg transfer (can be used as 5dpet
to mean 5 days past egg transfer)
F2F Face to face
GMTA Great minds think alike
hCG Human Chorionic Gonadotropin - detected in HPTs
H&H Happy and Healthy
HPT Home Pregnancy Test
HSG Hysterosalpingogram - x-ray
ICSI Microfertilization
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IUI Intrauterine Insemination
IVF In Vitro Fertilization
KEGELS The muscle used to stop the flow of urine.
Very important to keep it toned by flex & hold.
Referred to as doing your Kegels
LH Luteinizing Hormone - detected in OPKs
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LP Luteal Phase, days between ov & AF
(m) More text in the body of message
(nt) No Text in body of message - used when writing short messages on the discussion board
O or OV Ovulation
OPK Ovulation Predictor Kit
PG Pregnancy, pregnant
PNV Prenatal Vitamin
RE Reproductive Endocronolgist - doctor who specializes in fertility problems
RSN Real soon now
SA Semen Analysis
SAHM Stay at Home Mom
ROBI A term used which refers to Robitussin or Guaifenesin Syrup (expectorant) used to thin CM
ROFL Rolling on the Floor Laughing
SO Significant Other
SOD Sex on Demand
TCOYF “Taking Charge of Your Fertility” by Toni Weschler
Train This usually occurs after ovulation when you jump on the Obssession Train! Chooo Chooo!!
TR Tubal Reversal
TTC Trying To Conceive
TTFN Ta ta for now
YI Yeast Infection

Thank you for this info. I'm new to the board and received an e-mail and after reading it a few times, I did not understand what AF meant. I was racking my brain trying to figure it out, but to no avail I had to e-mail her back to ask what is was...feeling silly...but I had to..
Thanks-this will definitely come in handy.