Posted by Karen on July 17, 2003 at 12:10:09:
In Reply to: Trying to get pregant! posted by Tracie on July 17, 2003 at 11:57:40:
: Well we have only been trying for a week or so but i am already getting so excited. I hope I get pregant as fast as I did be4. Well I will let you guys know the heads up when it comes around. by the way what is dh mean and af?
Hey good luck ttc let us know how u get on. On the DH and AF thing I thought Id post them all for u. Here u go:
Main ones
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
CB: Cycle Buddy (someone who shares the same menstrual cycle/ovulation dates)
CD: Cycle day
CF: Cervical fluid
CL: Corpus luteum
CM: Cervical mucus
CP: Cervical position
CY: Cycle
DI: Donor Insemination
DP: "Dancing" partner; spouse or significant other
DPO: Days past ovulation
DTD: Doing the dance, sex
EW: Eggwhite (re: consistency of cervical mucus)
FTTA: Fertile Thoughts To All
FMU: First morning urine
hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
IF: Infertility
IUI: Intra-uterine Insemination
IVF: In Vitro Fertilization
LH: luteinizing hormone
LMP: Last Menstrual Period
LP: Luteal phase
O: Ovulation
OPK: Ovulation predictor kit
PCOS (POS): Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG: Pregnancy, pregnant
S/A: Sperm/semen analysis
TCOYF: Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)
TTC: Trying to conceive
Some you might see here:
AFK: Away from keyboard
AP: Attachment parenting
BF: Breastfed or breastfeeding
BM: Breast milk or bowel movement (depends on context)
BTDT: Been there, done that
BTW: By the way...
DH, DS, DD, DW: Dear husband, dear son, dear daughter, dear wife
FSOT: For sale or trade
FWIW: For what it's worth
FYI: For your information
HTH: Hope that helps
IME: In My Experience
IMHO: In my humble opinion
IMNSHO: In my not so humble opinion
IMO: In my opinion
IOW: In other words
J/K: Just kidding
KWIM: Know what I mean?
KWYM: I know what you mean
LMAO: Laughing my (rear) off
LMK: Let me know
LOL: Laughing out loud
MIL, FIL, DIL, SIL: mother/father/daughter/son or sister-in-law
OHT: One-handed typing
OT: Off topic
OTOH: On the other hand
PITA: Pain in the (rear)
ROFLMAO: Rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO: Rolling on the floor laughing my (rear) off
SAHM: Stay-at-home mom
SO: Significant other
TDM: Too darn many
TIA: Thanks in advance
TIC: Tongue in cheek
TTC: Trying to conceive
TTYL: Talk to you later
WAHM: Work-at-home mom
WOHM: Work-outside-home mom
WRT: With regards to
WTB: Want to buy
YMMV: Your mileage may vary (i.e. you may get different results)
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