In the beginning of this journey I was thoroughly confused with all of the lingo that my fellow TTCers were using on the message boards. What in the world was AF...what was BDing and how did it all relate to trying to make a baby. When we started this journey we assumed that making a baby would be as easy as turning on some mood music and doing what it is that married people do. But oh no! If it was that easy then there would be no need for TTC blog right? So to ease up the confusion, here's a whole list of what all the two and three letter words that you are most definitely going to see. Its much easier to type acronyms than it is to type out the entire word.
So see below!
- 2WW: Two-week wait (until you can take a pregnancy test)
- AF: Aunt Flo(w), your period (menses)
- BBT: Basal Body Temperature
- BD: Baby dance, sex
- BFN: Big Fat Negative (test result)
- BFP: Big Fat Positive (test result)
- BMS: Baby-making sex
- CD: Cycle day
- CF: Cervical fluid
- CM: Cervical mucus
- CP: Cervical position
- DPO: Days past ovulation
- DTD: Doing the dance, sex
- EW: Eggwhite (re: consistency of cervical mucus)
- FMU: First morning urine
- hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)
- HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
- LH: luteinizing hormone
- LMP: Last Menstrual Period
- LP: Luteal phase
- O: Ovulation
- OPK: Ovulation predictor kit
- TTC: Trying to conceive
Now there are LOTS more acronyms but I won't list them just yet unless they start to apply to our particular situation.
For a little comical relief....I saw this shirt online and it tells the truth! Anyone on this journey knows that TTC sucks....BUT....the outcome in the end is what we all want which is a healthy, bouncy, and most definitely cute little one.
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