Fertility Abbreviations...Some will crack you up and some you may have to still look up.

Okay...when I first got into researching and reading message boards about fertility related stuff I was clueless to what everyone was talking about.  You know how people text things like "OMG"...well in the fertility world there is practically a language made up of abbreviations. 

Here are some of them:

2WW = 2-Week Waiting (After you ovulate before you can take a pregnancy test.)


AF = Aunt Flo (menstruation) - I think this one is hilarious
AH, AZH = Assisted Hatching

AHI = At-home Insemination

AI = Artificial Insemination

AIH = Artificial Insemination from Husband

AO = Anovulation

ART = Assisted Reproductive Technology

B2 = Baby Two

BA = Baby Aspirin

BBT = Basal Body Temperature

BCP = Birth Control Pills

BD = Baby Dance (sex)...Seriously are you kidding me? Hahahahaha!

BFN = Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test)

BFP = Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test)

BG = Blood Glucose

BMS = Baby-making Sex

BSE = Breast Self-Exam

BW, b/w = Bloodwork

C# = Cycle Number

CB = Cycle Buddy
CCCT, CCT = Clomiphene Citrate Challenge Test (Clomid Challenge Test)

CD = Cycle Day

CF = Cervical Fluid

CM = Cervical Mucus

CNM = Certified Nurse Midwife

COH = Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation

COW = Curse of Womanhood (menstruation)

CP = Cervical Position

D&C = Dilation & Curettage

D&E = Dilation & Evacuation

DE = Donor Eggs

DES = Diethylstilbestrol (a synthetic estrogen)

DI = Donor Insemination

DOR = Diminished Ovarian Reserve

DPO = Days Post-Ovulation

DPR = Days Post-Retrieval (of eggs)

DPT = Days Post-Transfer (of embryos)

DP3DT = Days Post 3-Day Transfer

DP3DT = Days Post 5-Day Transfer

Dx = Diagnosis

EB, EMB = Endometrial Biopsy

EDD = Estimated Due Date

ENDO = Endometriosis

EPT = Early Pregnancy Test

ET = Embryo Transfer

EW, EWCM = Eggwhite Cervical Mucus (thid is how you want it to be during ovulation)

FBG = Fasting Blood Glucose

FI = Fasting Insulin

FET = Frozen Embryo Transfer

FF = Fertility Friend


FM = Fertile Mucus or Fertility Monitor

FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone

FTTA = Fertile Thoughts To All

FV = Fertile Vibes

GD = Gestational Diabetes

GIFT = Gamete Intra-fallopian Transfer

GnRH = Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone

hCG, HCG = Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

HPT = Home Pregnancy Test

HSC = Hysteroscopy

HSG = Hysterosalpingogram

ICSI = Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (injecting the sperm into the egg for fertilization)

IF = Infertility

IR = Insulin Resistant

ITI = Intra-tubal Insemination

IUI = Intra-uterine Insemination

IVF = In Vitro Fertilization

LAP = Laparoscopy

LH = Luteinizing Hormone

LMP = Last Menstrual Period (start date)

LO = Love Olympics (sex)...I'm still cracking up over baby dance, but this is funny too.

LP = Luteal Phase (after ovulation before next cycle startes)

LPD = Luteal Phase Defect

LSP = Low Sperm Count

MC, m/c, misc. = Miscarriage

MF = Male Factor

MIFT = Micro Injection Fallopian Transfer

O, OV = Ovulation

OD = Ovulatory Dysfunction

OPK Ovulation Predictor Kit

PCAO= Polycystic Appearing Ovaries

PCO = Polycystic Ovaries

PCOS = Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

PG = Pregnant

PMS = Pre-menstrual Syndrome

POF = Premature Ovarian Failure

RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist

SA = Semen Analysis
TET = Tubal Embryo Transfer

TL = Tubal Ligation

TTC = Trying to Conceive

US, u/s = Ultrasound

UTI = Urinary Tract Infection

V = Vasectomy

VR = Vasectomy Reversal

ZIFT = Zygote Intra-fallopian Transfer

There you have it. Now if any of you are ever on a fertility message board you will not be completely lost like I was.