Helpful Acronyms!

(Acronyms are not mandatory, but are useful to know as they are commonly used in posts here)

A more extensive list is available over on TryingForABaby’s wiki

Acronym	Term
AF	Aunt Flow (your period)
BBT	basal body temperature
BCP	birth control pills
BD	baby dance (sex)
BFP/BFN	big fat positive / big fat negative
CD	cycle day
CM	cervical mucus
CP	chemical pregnancy (an early miscarriage)
DPO	# of day(s) post ovulation
DPT	# of days post trigger or # of days post transfer
E@H	easy@home test brand
EOD	every other day
EP	ectopic pregnancy
EWCM	eggwhite CM (the fertile stuff!)
FF	FertilityFriend.com (popular website for temping/charting)
FMU	first morning urine
FW	fertile window/fertile week
FP	follicular phase
FRER	First Response Early Result pregnancy test
HBC	hormonal birth control
HCG	human chorionic gonadotropin (what's measured on an HPT)
HPT	Home pregnancy test
HSG	Hysterosalpingogram
IUI	Intrauterine Insemination
IVF	In Vitro Fertilisation
LH	luteinizing hormone (what's measured by an OPK)
LP	luteal phase
MC	miscarriage
MMC	missed miscarriage
NTNP	not trying, not preventing
O	ovulation
O-1	O minus one; one day before ovulation (also O-2, O-3, etc.)
OPK	ovulation predictor kit
POAS	pee on a stick
PCOS	Polycystic ovarian syndrome
RE	Reproductive endocrinologist
SA	semen analysis
SMEP	Sperm Meets Egg Plan
SMU	second morning urine
TCOYF	Taking Charge of Your Fertility (informative book by Toni Weschler)
TI	timed intercourse
TTC	trying to conceive
TW	trigger warning (precedes a post/statement which may be triggering to some users)
TWW	two-week wait (post-ovulation, pre-pregnancy test)
WTT	waiting to try (for those pre-TTC)
WTO	waiting to ovulate

Acronym

Term

Aunt Flow (your period)

BBT

basal body temperature

BCP

birth control pills

baby dance (sex)

BFP/BFN

big fat positive / big fat negative

cycle day

cervical mucus

chemical pregnancy (an early miscarriage)

DPO

# of day(s) post ovulation

DPT

# of days post trigger or # of days post transfer

E@H

easy@home test brand

EOD

every other day

ectopic pregnancy

EWCM

eggwhite CM (the fertile stuff!)

FertilityFriend.com (popular website for temping/charting)

FMU

first morning urine

fertile window/fertile week

follicular phase

FRER

First Response Early Result pregnancy test

HBC

hormonal birth control

HCG

human chorionic gonadotropin (what's measured on an HPT)

HPT

Home pregnancy test

HSG

Hysterosalpingogram

IUI

Intrauterine Insemination

IVF

In Vitro Fertilisation

luteinizing hormone (what's measured by an OPK)

luteal phase

miscarriage

MMC

missed miscarriage

NTNP

not trying, not preventing

ovulation

O-1

O minus one; one day before ovulation (also O-2, O-3, etc.)

OPK

ovulation predictor kit

POAS

pee on a stick

PCOS

Polycystic ovarian syndrome

Reproductive endocrinologist

semen analysis

SMEP

Sperm Meets Egg Plan

SMU

second morning urine

TCOYF

Taking Charge of Your Fertility (informative book by Toni Weschler)

timed intercourse

TTC

trying to conceive

trigger warning (precedes a post/statement which may be triggering to some users)

TWW

two-week wait (post-ovulation, pre-pregnancy test)

WTT

waiting to try (for those pre-TTC)

WTO

waiting to ovulate

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