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Common abreviations used in fertility support groups & TTC circles
Posted By admin On 21/05/2009 @ 08:28 am In Fertility Support, Fertility Site, fertility Abreviations, Fertility Forums, Fertility Sites | 2 Comments
Thought this might be a useful round up of common shorthand terms used online in fertility forums & fertility groups. If you have any more please post in comments
Lets start with some easy ones:
TTC=Trying To Conceive
LMP= Last Menstrual Period
BBT= Basal body temperature
AF =Aunt Flo (your period)
PG= Pregnant
2WW= 2 week wait (ie the time from ovulation to when your period is due)
POAS= Peeing On A Stick (commonly used in fertility groups )
BFN= Big fat negative
BFP= Big fat positive
SA= Sperm analysis
Now for some more medical fertility abbrevaitions:
IVF = In Vitro Fertilisation
AI =Artificial insemination
AIH Artificial insemination with husbands sperm
AID Artificial insemination with donor sperm
AR=Assisted Reproduction
ART=Assisted Reproduction Technology
U/S=Ultra Sound scan
HCG= Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (the pregnancy hormone that pregnancy tests detect)
LH= Luteinising Hormone (the LH surge occurs just before ovulation and is the hormone trigger to release the egg-this is the hormone that urine ovulation tests detect)
FSH=Follicle Stimulating Hormone (hormone that causes the egg follicle to develop)
CM= Cervical mucus
EWCM= Eggwhite cervical mucus (fertile mucus)
PCOS=PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome
PGD=Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (this means they take the eggs and test them for genetic disorders and only implant the healthly ones through IVF)
CVS Chorionic villae sampling
CVS= Chorionic Villus Sampling
ENDO= Endometriosis
If you know any more please post them in comments
2 Comments To "Common abreviations used in fertility support groups & TTC circles"
#1 Comment By Kerry On 21/05/2009 @ 21/05/2009
<p>I had real difficulty with these abreviations when I first went online-kept having to ask everyone-lol</p>
<p>Here are a few more<br />
LAP IS laparoscopy<br />
m/c is miscarriage<br />
EDD is expected date of delivery</p>
<p>cant think of any more right now</p>
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