Here are a few acronyms I use (having first saw many of them used in other infertility sites and thought it was another language!).
2WW |
Two-week wait, the time from ovulation to when AF is due to show (also at the end of the two-week wait a pregnancy test can be done) |
3DT |
3 day transfer (length of time the embryo has been maturing in Petri dish when it is transferred to the uterus) |
5DT |
5 day transfer (length of time the embryo has been maturing in Petri dish when it is transferred to the uterus) |
AF |
Aunty Flow (menstrual cycle) |
BT |
Blood test |
BBT |
Basal body temperature |
BCP |
Birth control pill |
BFN |
Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test result) |
BFP |
Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test result) |
CD |
Cycle day, CD1 is the first day of menses |
CM |
Cervical Mucus (also known as Cervical Fluid) |
Cryo |
Cryopreservation, referring to the freezing of embryos for future use in IVF |
DH |
Devoted Husband |
DP3DT |
Days Past 3 Day Transfer |
DP5DT |
Days Past 5 Day Transfer |
DPO |
Days Past Ovulation (the countdown to testing for pregnancy) |
DPT |
Days Past Transfer |
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EFREC |
Edinburgh Fertility and Reproductive Endocrine Centre |
ER |
Egg retrieval |
ET |
Embryo transfer |
FSH |
Follicle Stimulating Hormone. Blood test used to determine possible ovarian failure. |
HCG |
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, the hormone emitted by human placenta, is what pregnancy tests measure. |
HOS |
High, Open and Soft (Cervix) |
HPT |
Home pregnancy test |
IF |
Infertility or infertile |
IVF |
In Vitro Fertilisation |
LAP |
Laparoscopic procedure |
LH |
Luteinizing hormone |
Little France |
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France Crescent |
LOL |
Laugh Out Loud |
OMG |
Oh My God! |
OPK |
Ovulation predictor kit |
OV |
Ovulation |
PIO |
Progesterone In Oil (Injection) |
POAS |
Pee on a Stick (ie taking a home pregnancy test) |
PT |
Pregnancy test |
RIE |
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
TMI |
Too much information |
TTC |
Trying to conceive |
TVUS |
Trans Vaginal Ultrasound (probe used to view ovaries, uterus etc internally) |
US |
Ultrasound |