Chat Room Lingo
TTC=trying to conceive
AF=aunt flo (your period)
POAS=pee on a stick (home pregnancy test)
IF=infertility
DH=dear husband
BFP=big fat positive (pregnancy test)
BFN=big fat negative (pregnancy test)
U/S=ultrasound
B/W or BW=bloodwork
RE=reproductive endocronologist
DPO=days past ovulation
2ww=2 week wait (between fertilization/ovulation and the pregnancy test)
IVF=in-vitro fertilization
IUI=intrauterine insemination
ICSI=intracytoplasmic sperm injection (placing sperm directly into the mature egg
performed by an embryologist during IVF)
Beta=blood drawn HcG test to determine pregnancy
HPT=home pregnancy test
OPK=ovulation predictor kit
ED=egg donor
SD=sperm donor
MF=motility issues (sperm)
FSH=follicle stimulating hormone
ART=advanced reproductive technologies
ET=egg transfer
ER=egg retrieval
PIO=progesterone in oil (injection)
IM=intramuscular (injection method)
SQ or SC=subcutaneous (injection method)
MIL=mother in-law
FIL=fater in-law
SIL=sister in-law
BIL=brother in-law