I feel like the acronyms that come with infertility are a language on their own! Just visit any infertility facebook page, online forum, or reproductive endocrinologist's office and you'll hear what you believe is jargon! Here are some common ones below (common to this population anyway haha):
2WW
AF
AH
AI
ART
BA
BBT
BCP
BD
Beta
BFN
BFP
B/W
CD
CM
DE
DH
DPO
DPR
DPT
DW
Dx
ENDO
ER
ET
Frostie
FSH
HCG
HPT
HSG
IUI
IVF
MS
MF
O
OPT
Prog
PCOS
PG
PI
POAS
RE
RX
SA
S/B
SI
TTC
*******Here is what they mean*********
2WW- Two week waitAF- aunt flo (cycle)
AH- Assisted Hatching
AI- Artificial Insemination
ART- Assisted Reproductive Technology
BA- Baby aspirin
BBT- Basal Body Temperature
BCP- Birth control Pill
BD- Baby dance
Beta- HCG pregnancy test
BFN- Big fat negative
BFP- Big fat positive
B/W- Blood work
CD- Cycle day
CM- Cervical mucus
DE- Donor Eggs
DH- Dear husband
DPO- Days past ovulation
DPR- Days past retrieval
DPT- Days past transfer
DW- Dear wife
Dx- Diagnosis
ENDO- Endometriosis
ER- Egg retrieval
ET- Egg transfer
Frostie- frozen embryo
FSH- Follicle stimulating hormone
HCG- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (I had to look this one up since I only say HCG haha)
HPT- Home pregnancy test
HSG- Hysterosalipinogram
IUI- Intra-uterine insemination
IVF- In Vitro Fertilization
MS- Miscarriage
MF- Male factor
O- Ovulation
OPT- Ovulation predictor test
Prog- Progesterone
PCOS- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG- Pregnant
PI- Primary infertility
POAS- Pee on a stick
RE- Reproductive Endocrinologist
RX- Prescription
SA- Seman analysis
S/B- Still birth
SI- Secondary infertility
TTC- Trying to conceive
It's a crazy world that I'm learning to navigate, but it is all for good reasons. :)
-Mom
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