A little help with the lingo pls.....
Ok - May sound stupid, but can you pls translate the following for me...
TTC (I guess this is Trying to concieve)
AF
BD
BFD
And any other abbreviations?
Fank yoooo !! x
TTC (I guess this is Trying to concieve)
AF
BD
BFD
And any other abbreviations?
Fank yoooo !! x
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i'm not great myself and i know there is a link to another post on here which lists all the abbreviations, but i don't know where it is, sorry!
i'll tell you what i know:
af - aunt flow (i think)
bd - baby dancing
bfp - big fat positive
bfn - big fat negative
cm - cervical mucus
cd - cycle day (eg cd15 = cycle day 15)
i'll add more as i remember if nobody posts the link!
oh - other half
dh - dear husband
dd - dear daughter
ds - dear son
pma - positive mental attitude (i think)
ewcm - egg white cervical mucus (nice)
tmi - too much info
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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 sect
don't worry, you'll be as obsessed as the rest of us in no time xx
xxx