Welcome to the BabyFit Message Boards! Throughout the forums you will find people using common acronyms or codes as a shortened way to communicate a common word or phrase. Here is an alphabetical list of the most commonly used shortcuts. Use this as a quick reference as you navigate the boards.
2WW: 2-week waiting time from ovulation to the start of menstruation (or to a sign of pregnancy when menstruation is late)
A: "Aunt Flo" (menstruation, period)
AP: attachment parenting
BB or BBS: Internet bulletin board(s)
BBL: be back later
BBT: basal body temperature
BCPS: birth control pills
BD: Baby dancing (sex intended for conception)
BF: breastfeed(ing), or boyfriend
BFN/BFP: big fat negative/positive on a home pregnancy test
BIL: brother: in: law
BM: breast milk, or bowel movement
BOB: "battery-operated boyfriend"
BRB: be right back
BT: blood test
BTDT: been there, done that
BTW: by the way
BUMP: noting that you are "bumping" a message board thread to the top of the page
CD: cycle day
CF: cervical fluid
CIO: cry it out
Circ: circumcise
CM: cervical mucus
CP: cervical position
CWIM: see what I mean
CS or C/S: Cesarean section
D&C: dilation and curettage
DC: daycare
DD: dear daughter
DF: dear fiance
DH: dear husband
DS: dear son
DSD: dear stepdaughter
DSS: dear stepson
DPO: days past ovulation
DW: dear wife
EBF: extended breastfeeding, or exclusive(ly) breastfeeding
EBM: expressed breast milk
EDD: estimated due date
EWCM: egg white cervical mucus
ETA: edited to add
ETC: expecting to conceive
FF: formula feeding
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
HCP: health care provider
HPT: home pregnancy test
HTH: hope this helps
HSG: hysterosalpingogram
IB: implantation bleeding
IC: incompetent cervix
IMHO: in my humble 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 "butt" off
LMP: last menstrual/monthly period
LO: little one
LOL: laughing out loud
LP: luteal phase
MC or M/C: miscarriage
MIL: mother-in-law
ML: maternity leave
MM: mother's milk
MYOB: mind your own business
NMS: not my style
NMSAA: not my style at all
NP: no problem
OMG: oh my gosh, or oh my god
OPK: ovulation prediction kit
OT: off topic
PG: pregnant, or pregnancy
POC: process of conceiving
PPD: postpartum depression
RE: reproductive endocrinologist
ROFL: rolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAO: rolling on floor laughing my "butt" 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
TTCCK: trying to conceive cool kids
US or U/S: ultrasound
VBAC: vaginal birth after Cesarean section
WAH: work at home
WHO: work out of the home
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