When she's talking about conception or pregnancy there's a whole load of different terms and acronyms you'll probably want to know if you want half a chance of figuring out what the hell's going on. You could of course always ask her, but that wouldn't be right would it. We're men, we don't need to ask for help or directions!
I'd love to take the credit for the following list, but I can't. It has been unashamedly 'borrowed' from Bubhub. Bubhub is a fantastic site that contains everything you'll ever want to know (and sometimes a bit more than you want to know!) about conception, pregnancy, child birth and raising your bub. There's even a little place for dad's (see link on the right hand side), but beware of the girls - they can't keep their noses out!
Be warned, this is a bloody long list. It's almost like the women need to come up with their own language (more on "pregnant woman's English" in the next post!)
- AC - Assisted Conception
- AF - Aunt Flo (periods)
- AI - Assisted or Artificial Insemination
- AID - Artificial Insemination with Donor Sperm
- AIH - Artificial Insemination with husband's or partner's sperm
- AP - Attachment Parenting
- ART - Assisted Reproductive Technology
- BBT - Basal Body temperature
- BD - baby dancing (sex)
- BFN - big fat negative (pregnancy test)
- BFP - big fat positive (pregnancy test)
- BTW - by the way
- BW - blood week (periods)
- CC - Controlled Crying
- CD - cycle day
- CIO - Cry it out
- CM - cervical mucus
- CVS - Chorionic Villus Sampling
- DH, DW, DP, DS, DD, DF, DB, - dear husband, dear wife, dear partner, dear son, dear daughter, dear fianc?, dear boyfriend
- DSD, DSS - dear step daughter, dear step son
- DI - Donor Insemination
- DPO - days past ovulation
- DXP - Dear ex partner - for those who still have a close and caring relationship with their former partner/parent of their children
- EA - egg allergy
- EBM - expressed breast milk
- EP - Ectopic Pregnancy
- ER - Egg Retrieval
- ET - Embryo Transfer
- ETA - Edited To Add
- EW or EWCM - Egg White or Egg White Cervical Mucus (description of cervical mucus at ovulation time)
- FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer (or fertilised egg transfer)
- FSH - Follicle Stimulating Hormone
- GIFT - Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer
- GD - Gestational Diabetes
- GYN - gynaecologistG
- HPT - home pregnancy test
- ICSI - Intracytoplasmic Sperm Insertion
- IMO - in my opinion
- IUI - Intrauterine Insemination
- IVF - In Vitro Fertilisation
- LI - lactose intolerance
- MIL, FIL, BIL, SIL - mother, father, brother, sister-in-law
- M/C - miscarriage
- M/S - morning sickness
- O - Ovulation
- OB - Obstetrician
- OHSS - Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome
- OI - Ovulation Induction
- OPK - ovulation predictor test kit
- OPU - Ovum (Egg) Pick Up
- PA - peanut allergy
- PG - pregnant
- PCOS - Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome
- POAS - Pee On A Stick
- POF - Premature Ovarian Failure
- SAHM - stay at home mum
- S/B - Still birth
- SD - step daughter
- SS - step son
- SO - significant other
- TTC - trying to conceive
- UTD - Up the duff
- U/S - Ultrasound
- WAHM - work at home mum
- 2WW - 2 week wait (wait after ovulation when TTC)
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