You and your baby abbreviations

Hey guys, here is a list of the abbreviations you are likely to come across on this board. Please feel free to add anymore and I'll update this first post.

AF - Aunt Flo / period
AI - Artificial insemination
BBT - Basal body temperature
BF - Breastfeed, or Boyfriend
BC - Because, or Birth control, or Before children
BCPs - Birth control pills
BD - Baby dance (sex)
BH - Braxton Hicks contractions
BIL - Brother-in-law
BM - Breast milk, or Bowel movement
BP - Blood pressure
BFP - Big fat positive
BFN - Big fat negative
CD - Cycle day
CF - Cervical fluid
CM - Cervical mucus
CVS - Chorionic villus sampling
DPO - Days past ovulation
EBF - Extended breastfeeding
EBM - Expressed breast milk
EDD - Estimated due date, or expected date of delivery
EWCM - Egg white cervical mucus
FF - Formula feeding
FIL - Father in law
FT - Full time
FYI - For your information
HPT - Home pregnancy test
HV - Health visitor
ICSI - Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
IUI - Intrauterine insemination
IVF - In vitro fertilisation
L&D - Labour and delivery
LP - Luteal phase
MC - Miscarriage
MIL - Mother-in-law
ML - Maternity leave
MW - Midwife
NTS - Nuchal translucency scan
O - Ovulation
O'd - Ovulated
PG - Pregnant
PND - Postnatal depression
POAS - pee on a stick
PROM - Premature rupture of membranes
SD - Sperm donor
SIL - Sister-in-law
TTC - Trying to conceive
UTI - Urinary tract infection
VBAC - Vaginal birth after caesarean section



[Modified by: Web Master on 06 October 2009 10:16:34 ]


[Modified by: MrsAmy449 on 06 October 2009 12:24:54 ]


[Modified by: webeditor on 06 October 2009 14:59:49 ]

Wowsers - I still don't understand some of these even written in full! It's a whole new world...

Thanks Webmaster!

There's POAS too - pee on a stick (as in testing, either for pregnancy or ovulation)

Updated.

Cool they made it into a sticky x

UPSI - Unprotected sexual intercourse

Cool, I can't update my thread because it unstickys it and I've had the webmaster sticky it twice now!

oh that list terrifies me and I'm not near trying for babies yet! All sounds scary!

Main abbreviations List
I will update this list, not the top one.

AF - Aunt Flo / period
AI - Artificial insemination
BBT - Basal body temperature
BF - Breastfeed, or Boyfriend
BC - Because, or Birth control, or Before children
BCPs - Birth control pills
BD - Baby dance (sex)
BH - Braxton Hicks contractions
BIL - Brother-in-law
BM - Breast milk, or Bowel movement
BP - Blood pressure
BFP - Big fat positive
BFN - Big fat negative
CD - Cycle day
CF - Cervical fluid
CM - Cervical mucus
CVS - Chorionic villus sampling
DPO - Days past ovulation
EBF - Extended breastfeeding
EBM - Expressed breast milk
EDD - Estimated due date, or expected date of delivery
EWCM - Egg white cervical mucus
FF - Formula feeding
FIL - Father in law
FT - Full time
FYI - For your information
HPT - Home pregnancy test
HV - Health visitor
ICSI - Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
IUI - Intrauterine insemination
IVF - In vitro fertilisation
L&D - Labour and delivery
LP - Luteal phase
MC - Miscarriage
MIL - Mother-in-law
ML - Maternity leave
MW - Midwife
NTS - Nuchal translucency scan
O - Ovulation
O'd - Ovulated
PG - Pregnant
PND - Postnatal depression
POAS - pee on a stick
PROM - Premature rupture of membranes
SD - Sperm donor
SIL - Sister-in-law
TMI - Too much information
TTC - Trying to conceive
UPSI - Unprotected sexual intercourse
UTI - Urinary tract infection
VBAC - Vaginal birth after caesarean section
2WW - Two week wait


[Modified by: MrsAmy449 on October 14, 2009 06:11 PM]



[Modified by: MrsAmy449 on October 14, 2009 06:14 PM]

What does 2ww mean? I've seen that about...

Hey, It stand for two week wait. I think anyway, I had to look it up! I've added it to the main list.

Thanks, MrsAmy449!

Whats PMA?

Positive Mental Attitude?