Common Abbreviations

I have been a part of sites that comonly use abbreviations and I have gotten used to using them. To make it easier on some who are not familiar with them, here is a list of the common ones I will most likely use in my blog.

2WW - 2 Week Wait-time from Ovulation to when period should arrive
AF - Aunt Flo AKA menstruation/period
BBT - Basal Body Temperature
BCP's - Birth Control Pills
BD - Baby-dancing, or sex intended for conception.
BF - Breastfeed, or boyfriend
BFN/BFP - Big Fat Negative/Positive, on a home pregnancy test
BIL - Brother-in-Law
BM - Breast Milk, or bowel movement
BT - Blood Test
BTDT - Been There, Done That
BTW - By The Way
CD - Cycle Day
CF - Cervical Fluid
CIO - Cry It Out
CM - Cervical Mucus
CP - Cervical Position
CS or C/S - Cesarean Section
D&C - Dilation and Curettage; a procedure done to scrape out the uterus, after a miscarriage
DD - Dear Daughter
DH - Dear Husband

DPO - Days Past Ovulation
DW - Dear wife
EBF - Extended breastfeeding Or Exclusive Breastfeeding
EBM - Expressed Breast Milk
EDD - Estimated Due Date 

EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus

FC - Fingers Crossed

FF - Formula feeding OR Fertility Friend (a charting site)
FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer
FIL - Father-in-law
FMU - First Morning Urine
FT - Full Time
FTR - For The Record
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
HTH - Hope This Helps
HSG - Hysterosalpingogram: The x-ray "dye test" good for showing the shape of the uterine cavity and whether or not the oviducts are open.
IB - Implantation Bleeding
IC - Incompetent Cervix
IMHO - In My Honest Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IRL - In Real Life
IUI - Intrauterine Insemination
IVF - In Vitro Fertilization
JJ or J/J - Just Joking
JK or J/K - Just Kidding
JMHO - Just My Humble/ Honest Opinion
KWIM - Know What I Mean
L&D - Labor and Delivery
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LMP - Last Menstrual Period
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LP - Luteal Phase-the time from ovulation to menses

MC or M/C - Miscarriage
MIL - mother-in-law
NP - No Problem

NPC- Natural Progesterone Cream
OMG - oh my gosh, or oh my god
OPK - Ovulation Prediction Kit
OT - off topic
PG - Pregnant, or pregnancy
POC - Process of Conceiving

PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PPD - Postpartum depression
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist
ROFL - rolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAO - rolling on floor laughing my Ass off
SA or s/a - sperm analysis
SAHD - stay-at-home dad
SAHM - stay-at-home mom
SAHP - stay-at-home parent
SD - sperm donor
SO - significant other
SIL - sister-in-law
TCOYF - Taking Charge of Your Fertility, the guide to preconception
TIA - thanks in advance
TMI - Too Much Information
TTC - Trying to Conceive
US or U/S - Ultrasound
VBAC - Vaginal Birth After Cesarean section
WAH - work at home
WOH - work out of the home