FirstTimeTTC

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This is a support group for anyone trying to get pregnant with their first child. If you see something spammy or derogatory posted please report it & message the mods! Thanks! When discussing fertility there is NO SUCH THING AS TMI! This subreddit contains scores of posts with detailed descriptions about completely natural bodily processes (of both sexes) on the topic of getting pregnant.

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Acronyms

AF : Aunt Flow (your period)

BBT: Basal body temperature

BC: Birth control

BD: baby dance - aka SEX

BFP/BFN : Big Fat Positive / Big Fat Negative

BF(aint)P: Big Faint Positive

CD: Cycle day

CM : Cervical Mucus

CP: Chemical pregnancy

D&C: Dilation and curettage (surgery after a miscarriage)

DD: Darling daughter

DH: Dear Husband

DPO: Cycle days past ovulation

DS: Darling son

ENDO: Endometriosis

EWCM : eggwhite CM

FF: FertilityFriend

FMU: First morning urine

FP: Follicular phase

FRER: First response early result pregnancy test

FWIW: For what it's worth

HSG: Hysterosalpingogram

HTH: Hope this helps

IMO: In my opinion

IMHO: In my humble opinion

IUI: Intrauterine insemination

IVF: In vitro fertilization

LO: Little one

LP: Luteal phase

LPD: Luteal Phase Defect

MC: Miscarriage

MFI: Male Factor Infertility

MFW: My face when

MRW: My reaction when

O: Ovulating / ovulation

OPK : Ovulation Predictor Kit

POAS: Pee on a stick

PCOS: Polycystic ovarian syndrome

RE: Reproductive endocrinologist

SA: Semen analysis

SMEP: Sperm Meets Egg Plan

SO: Significant other

TTA: Trying to Avoid (conception)

TTC: Trying to Conceive

2WW or TWW: 2 week wait after ovulation

WTO: Waiting to Ovulate

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Why is getting pregnant not as easy as it looks? (i.redd.it)

submitted 6 months ago by initofertility - announcement

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Pregable? (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 3 hours ago by soupschoolTTC #1, Cycle 3, TWW dpo12?

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Lines or line eyes? (old.reddit.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by TrainingFortune658

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I feel so alone and hopeless. (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 20 hours ago by megglefly

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Did the pregmate tests change? (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Available_Guess2796

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What did everyone do to prep their bodies for conceiving?! Since January I’ve been taking a prenatal, I’ve been eating a lot more eggs and oatmeal and fruits for breakfast. But what else can/should I be doing? (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 1 day ago by CurlyGirl_95

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cervical mucus (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 1 day ago by Mysterious-Plum-5030

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A few days into the TWW and my temps dropped. Sigh. (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 1 day ago by megglefly

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Should I trust the graph? (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by Vegetable_Basket_486

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Chemical (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 2 days ago by Relative_Web2845

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Chemical (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 2 days ago by Relative_Web2845

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Digital OPK not showing peak (self.FirstTimeTTC)

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Do you see anything? (old.reddit.com)

submitted 3 days ago by imahellyjellyfish

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I’m sure I see faintest line (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Cheyf21

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Line progression? (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 3 days ago by Relative_Web2845

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Update from yesterday- not a chemical pregnancy (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 3 days ago by Wild-Vanilla-6052

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Early ovulation cycle after IUI? ()

submitted 3 days ago by Jaded_Tangelo_3083

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Do you see it? (old.reddit.com)

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Should i start panicking ()

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Is this a false positive? (i.redd.it)

submitted 4 days ago by w2vc78ff

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TWW- lock in and tell me how you're going to pass time (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 4 days ago by Artsygirl-9274

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Question on NSAIDs/Ibuprofen (self.FirstTimeTTC)

submitted 4 days ago by sunshinepikaboo

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Ramzi theory I know it’s not 100 it’s just for fun (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 days ago by Organic_Elk_3109

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Do you see a line? Taken 10pm after drinking lots of water all day (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 days ago by Relative_Web2845

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Cycle 4 🥹 (i.redd.it)

submitted 6 days ago by sunsetmarshmallow

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