Acronyms

For those of you who are new to The Bump or if you need a refresher, here is a list of common acronyms used:

A
AE – Alter(nate) ego
AF – Aunt flo (menstruation)
AI – Artificial insemination
AMA – Advanced maternal age
AO – Anovulatory
AP – Adoption process
AR – Assisted reproduction
ART – Assisted reproductive technology
A/S – Anatomy scan
AW – Attention wanted/whore

B
BBs – Breasts
BBT – Basal body temperature
BC – Birth control
BCP – Birth control pills
BD – Big deed/Baby dance (baby making sex)
BF or BF’ing – Breastfeeding
BFN or BF0 – Big fat negative (home pregnancy test result)
BFP – Big fat positive (home pregnancy test result)
BIL – Brother-in-law
BLUMP – Bloat bump
BM – Bowel movement or Breast milk
BMB – Birth month board
BOTB – Babies on the brain
BRU – Babies R Us store
BSC – Bat shit crazy
BTDT – Been there done that
BW or B/W – Blood work

C
C&P – Copy and paste
CB – Cycle buddy
CBEFM – Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor
CD – Cycle day or Cloth diapers
CF – Cervical fluid
CFNBC – Child free not by choice
CH – Crosshairs (on your fertility friend charts)
CIO – Cry it out
CL – Corpus luteum
CM – Cervical mucus
CNM – Certified nurse midwife
Colpo – Colposcopy
CP – Cervical position or Chemical pregnancy or Clicky poll
CVS – Chorionic villae sampling

D
D&C – Dilation and curettage
DD – Dear/Darling daughter or Designated driver or Dirty delete
DC – Dear/Darling child
D&E – Dilation and evacuation
DH – Dear/Darling husband
DI – Donor insemination
DP – Dear/Darling partner
DPO – Days past ovulation
DS – Dear/Darling son
DW – Dear/Darling wife

E
E2 – Estradiol
EBF – Exclusively breastfed
EBM – Expressed breast milk
EDD – Estimated due date
EFF – Exclusively formula fed or Eco-friendly family
ENDO – Endometriosis
EP – Exclusively pump
EPT – Early Pregnancy Test
ER – Emergency room
ET – Embryo transfer
ETA – Edited to add or Edit to the above
EWCM – Egg white cervical mucus

F
FC – Future child(ren)
FET – Frozen embryo transfer
FF or FF’ing – Formula feeding
FF – Fertility Friend
FFFC – Flame Free Friday Confessions
FFS – For f*ck sake
FI – Fiance(e)
FM – Fertility monitor
FWP – F*ck with purpose (baby making sex)
FMU – First morning urine
FP – Follicular phase
FRER – First Response Early Response
FSH – Follicle stimulating hormone
FTFY – Fixed that for you
FTR – For the record
FTTA – Fertile thoughts to all
F/U – Follow-up
FWIW – For what it’s worth
FX – Fingers crossed

G
GBCB – Goodbye cruel Bump
GD – Gestational diabetes
GMA – Geriatric maternal age
GP – General practitioner
GTKY – Get to know you
GTKYFB – Get to know your fellow Bumpie

H
H&H – Happy & healthy
HCG – Human chorionic gonadotropin
HDBD – Hump day bump day
HIO – Hump it out
HOM – High order multiples
HPT – Home pregnancy test
HRT – Hormone replacement therapy
HSC – Hysteroscopy
HSG – Hysterosalpingogram
HTH – Hope that helps

I
IB – Implantation bleeding
IC – Incompetent cervix or Immunochromatographic pregnancy test (eg Wondfos)
IBS – Irritable bowel syndrome
ICSI – Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
IDK – I don’t know
IF – Infertility
IHO – In honor of
IM – Intramuscular
IMO – In my opinion
IMHO – In my humble/honest opinion
IR – Insulin resistant
IRL – In real life
ITA – I totally agree
IUI – Intra-uterine insemination
IVF – In vitro fertilization
IYKWIM – If you know what I mean

K
KU – Knocked up
KTFU – Knocked the f*ck up
KWIM – Know what I mean?

L
LAP – Laparoscopy
LB – Labor buddy
LGBT – Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
LH – Luteinizing hormone
LIP – Link in post
LMP – Last menstrual period
LO – Little one
LP – Luteal phase
LPD – Luteal phase defect

M
MC – Miscarriage
MFI – Male factor infertility
MS – Morning sickness
MUD – Made up drama

N
NAK – Nursing at the keyboard
NBR – Not baby/board related
NFO – Not finding out (gender)
NFP – Natural family planning
NFT – No further text
NIP – Nursing in public
NMS – Not my style
NP – Nurse practitioner
NTD – Neural tube defect
NT Scan – Nuchal translucency scan
NWT – New with tag

O
O – Ovulation
OB – Obstetrician
OB/GYN – Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OC – Oral contraceptives
OHSS – Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
OP – Original poster
OPK – Ovulation predictor kit
OPT – Ovulation predictor test
OTC – Over-the-counter
OV – Ovulation
OWT – Old wives tale

P
P4 – Progesterone
PA – Physician’s assistant
PC – Post-coital (after sex)
PCO, PCOD – Polycystic ovary disease
PCOS (POS) – Polycystic ovarian syndrome
PCP – Primary care physician
PCT – Post-coital test
PG – Pregnancy or Pregnant
PGAL – Pregnant after loss
PI – Primary infertility
PIAC – Pee in a cup
PID – Pelvic inflammatory disease
PIH – Pregnancy induced hypertension
PIP – Picture in post
PIT – Pitocin
PITA – Pain in the ass
PM – Private message
PMS – Premenstrual syndrome
PNP – Pack and play
PNV – Prenatal vitamin
POAS – Pee on a stick
POMF – Pee on my fingers
POTW – Picture of the week
Pough – Pee + Cough
PP – Postpartum or Previous poster
PROM – Premature rupture of membranes
PTL – Preterm labor
PZ – PregnantZilla (self-centered pregnant woman)

Q
QFP – Quoted for proof/posterity
QFT – Quoted for truth

R
RE – Reproductive endocrinologist
RLP – Round ligament pain
RPL – Recurrent pregnancy loss
RSA – Recurrent spontaneous abortion

S
SA – Sperm/semen analysis
SAHM/D – Stay at home mom/dad
SAHW – Stay at home wife
SAIFW – Success after infertility welcome
SHG – Sonohysterogram
SI – Secondary infertility
Sniss – Sneeze + pee
SO – Significant other
S/O – Speaking of
SonoHSG – Sonohysterogram
STD – Short term disability
STTN – Sleeping through the night

T
T&P – Thoughts and prayers
TCOYF – Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)
TI – Timed intercourse
TIA – Thanks in advance
TL – Tubal ligation
TMI – Too much information
TOS – Terms of service (the rules to posting/TB)
TR – Tubal reversal
TRH – Thyroid releasing hormone
TSH – Thyroid stimulating hormone
TTA – Trying to avoid
TTC – Trying to conceive

U
UC – Unassisted childbirth
UO – Unpopular opinion
US or U/S – Ultrasound
UTI – Urinary tract infection

V
V – Vasectomy
VBAC – Vaginal birth after caesarian
VR – Vasectomy reversal

W
WAHM/D – Work at home mom/dad
WBC – White blood cells
WDYT – What do you think
WOHM/D – Work outside home mom/dad
WTEWE – What to Expect When You’re Expecting (book)
WT(A)F – What the (actual) f*ck
WWYD – What would you do

X
XP – Cross post (Posted on multiple boards)

Y
YGM – You’ve got mail
YGPM – You’ve got a private message
YI – Yeast infection
YKWIM – You know what I mean
YWIA – You’re welcome in advance

**List is adapted from other 2015 BMB blogs