For today’s lesson: acronyms!
When fertility treatments make you feel like you’re being schooled, here’s your cheat cheat to help you in your online support groups and in other reading materials on the subject.
Godspeed!
- #
2WW: Two week wait
12dp3dt : 12 days past 3 day transfer
12dp5dt: 12 days past 5 day transfer
- A
AAS: All about Surrogacy
ACA : Anticardiolipin Antibodies
ACOG: American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynocologists
AF: Aunt Flo = period arriving / bleeding starting
AH: Assisted Hatching
AHR: Assisted Human Reproduction
AI: Artificial Insemination
ANA: Antinuclear Antibodies
AP: Adoptive Parents
ART: Assisted Reproductive Technologies
AZH: Assisted Hatching
- B
BBT: Basal Body Temperature
BCP: Birth Control Pill
Beta: hCG level blood test
BH: Braxton hicks
BFP/BFN : Big Fat Positive/Negative
BMI: Body Mass Index
BTW: By the Way
BTDT: Been there done that
B/W: Bloodwork
- C
CB: Cycle Buddy
CCCT: Clomiphene Citrate Challenge Test (Clomid Challenge)
CF: Cervical Fluid
CM: Cervical Mucus
CMV: Cytomegalovirus
CNM: Certified Nurse Midwife
CVS: Chorionic Villus Sampling
COH: Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation
CD: Cycle Day
- D
D&C: Dilation & Curettage
D&E: Dilation & Evacuation
DE: Donor Egg
DET: Double Embryo Transfer
DH/DW/DS/DD: Dear Husband/Wife/Son/Daughter
DPO: Days Post Ovulation
DPR: Days Post-Retrieval
DP3DT: Days Post 3-Day Transfer
DP5DT: Days Post 5-Day Transfer
DPT: Days Post Transfer
Dx :Diagnosis
- E
E2: Estrodial
EBM : Expressed Breast milk
ED: Egg Donor
EDD:Estimated Due Date
ELV: Easy Labor Vibes
EPT: Early Pregnancy Test
ER: Egg Retrieval
ET: Embryo transfer
- F
FSH: Follical Stimulating Hormone
FET: Frozen Embryo Transfer
FGS: Former Gestational Surrogate
FHR: Fetal Heart Rate
FIF: Former Intended Father
FIM: Former Intended Mother
FIP: Former Intended Parents
FMU: First Morning Urine
FRER: First Response Early Result
- G
GC:Gestational Carrier
GD: Gestational Diabetes
GIFT:Gamete intra-fallopian tube transfer
GS :Gestational Surrogate
GTT: Glucose Tolerance Test
- H
hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadfotropin
HI: Home insemination
HOM: High order multiples
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
HSC: Hysteroscopy
HSG: Hysterosalpingogram
- I
ICI: Intra-cervical Insemination
ICSI: Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IF: Intended Father
IM: Intended Mother
Im: intramuscular injection
IMO/IMHO: In my opinion/In my humble opinion
Indy/Independent-Working with out an agency
Insems:Inseminations
IP: Intended Parent
IUI :Intra-UterineInsemination
ITI:Intra-tubal Insemination
IVF :In Vitro Fertilization
IVIg: Intra-venous immunoglobulin therapy
IVM: In Vitro Maturation
- J
JMO/JMHO: Just my opinion/Just my humble opinion
- K
KWIM: Know what I mean
- L
LAP :Laproscopy
LMP :Last Menstrual Period
LH: Luteinizing Hormone
LP : Luteal Phase
LPD : Luteal Phase Defect
- M
M/C: Miscarriage
MFI: Male Factor Infertility
- O
O: Ovulation
OB: Obstetrician
OB/GYN: Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OPK: Ovulation Predictor Kit
OPT: Ovulation Predictor Test
OHSS: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
- P
P4: Progesterone
PCO: Polycystic Ovarian Disease
PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG: Pregnant
PCP: Primary Care Physician
PGD: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
PGS: Preimplantation Genetic Screening
PID Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PIO: Progesterone in Oil
PIP: Potential Intended Parent
PIF: Potential Intended Father
PIM: Potential Intended Mother
PMS: Pre-menstrual Syndrome
POAS: Pee on a stick – home pregnancy test
POF: Premature Ovarian Failure
PUPO :Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise
PROM: Premature Rupture of membranes
PTL: Preterm Labor
PBO:Pre-Birth Order
- R
RE: Reproductive Endocrinologist
Rx: Prescription
- S
SA: Sperm/Semen Analysis
SART:Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology
SM :Surrogate Mom
SMO: Surromomsonline.com
SG: SurroGuru
SCH: Sub-Chorionic Hemorrhage/Hematoma
SET: Single Embryo Transfer
SHG: Sonohysterogram
STD: Short term disability or Sexually transmitted disease
SubQ: subcutaneous injection
- T
TCM: Traditional Chinese Medicine
TDI :Therapeutic Donor Insemination
TET: Tubal Embryo Transfer
TR : Tubal Reversal
TS: Traditional Surrogate
TTC: Trying To Conceive
- U
U/S: Ultrasound
- V
Vag Rockets: Progesterone capsules
VBAC: Vaginal birth after cesarean
VBA2C: Vaginal Birth after 2 cesareans
