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- ACA = Anti-Cardiolipin Antibodies
- ACOG = AmericanCollegeof Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- ACTH = Adrenal Corticotropic Hormone
- AF = Aunt Flo (menstruation, menstrual period)
- AFAIK As Far as I Know
- AFK Away From Keyboard
- AFNW = Aunt Flo Not Wanted
- AH, AZH = Assisted Hatching
- AI = Artificial Insemination
- AIIC As If I Care
- AISI As I See It
- AKA Also Known As
- ANA = Anti-Nuclear Antibodies
- ANFAWFOS And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
- AO: Annovulatory
- APA = Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies
- APTT = Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
- ART = Assisted Reproductive Technology
- ASA = Anti-Sperm Antibody
- ASAFP As Soon As Freakin' Possible
- ASAP As Soon As Possible
- ASRM = American Society of Reproductive Medicine
- ATA = Anti-Thyroid Antibody
- AVA = Anti-Ovarian Antibody
- AYF All Your Fault
- BA: Baby Aspirin
- Babydust: Fairy dust, good luck getting pregnant
- BAIK Boy Am I Confused
- BAK Back At Keyboard
- BB's: Breasts
- BBT = Basal Body Temperature
- BBT: Basal Body Temperature
- BC: Birth Control
- BCP = Birth Control Pills
- BCP: Birth Control Pills
- BD = Baby Dancing (Love Making) @ also means twice daily for taking medications.
- BF Boy Friend
- BFN = Bloody f%^*$#g negative (refering to a negative pregnancy test)
- BFN Bye For Now
- BFN: Big Fat Negative (test result)
- BFP = Bloody f%^*$#g positive (refering to a positive pregnancy test)
- BFP: Big Fat Positive (test result)
- BIL: Brother-in-Law
- BMS = Baby-Making Sex
- BNF Big Name Fan
- BNI Batteries Not Included
- BOC But Of Course
- BOF Birds of a Feather (Special Interest Group)
- BOS Big Orange Switch (Panic Button)
- BOT Back on Topic
- BRB Be Right Back
- BRS Big Red Switch (Panic Button)
- BS Bulls*
- BSEG Big S* Eating A Grin
- BTDT Been There, Done That
- BTDT: Been There Done That
- BTFM Beats the Funk out of Me
- BTFT Been There, Fixed That
- BTW By the way
- BTW: By The Way
- BUGS Bloody User Generated Symptoms
- BW or B/W: Blood Work
- C&B Crash & Burn
- CAH = Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- CASA = Computer-Assisted Semen Analysis
- CATCH Come Again? That Can't Help!
- CB: Cycle Buddy (someone who shares the same menstrual cycle/ovulation dates)
- CCCT= Clomiphene Citrate Challenge Test(Clomid Challenge)
- CD = Cycle Day
- CE Creative Editing
- CF = Cervical Fluid
- Chromo = Chromopertubation
- CIAO Goodbye
- CL: Corpus luteum
- CM = Cervical Mucus
- CMV = Cytomegalovirus
- CNM = Certified Nurse Midwife
- COTFLGOHAHA Crawling on the Floor Laughing Guts Out and Having a Heart Attack
- CP: Cervical position
- CSY Can't Stop Yawning
- CU Cracking Up
- CUL Catch You Later (Goodbye)
- CUL8R See You Later
- CVS = Chorionic Villi Sampling
- CWYL Chat With You Later
- CY: Cycle
- CYA Cover Your Ass
- CYA See Ya
- D&C = Dilation and Curettage
- D&C Duck & Cover
- D&E = Dilation and Evacuation
- DBA Doing Business As
- DBN Doing Business Not
- DD: Dear/Darling Daughter
- DE = Donor Eggs
- DES = Diethylstilbestrol (a synthetic estrogen)
- DH: Dear/Darling Husband
- DI = Donor Insemination
- DIAFYO Did I Ask For Your Opinion
- DILLIGAFF Do I look Like I give a Flying Figment?
- DIPI = Direct Intra-Peritoneal Insemination
- DITUIHIBMSL Did I Tell You I Hate IBMs Lately
- DITUILIBMSL Did I Tell You I Love IBMs Lately
- DNPM Damn Near P*ed Myself
- DOST = Direct Oocyte-Sperm Transfer
- DP = Dear Partner
- DP: "Dancing" partner; spouse or significant other
- DPO = Days Post-Ovulation
- DS: Dear/Darling Son
- DSOP = Dear Significant Other Person
- DTD: Doing the dance, sex
- DUCWIC Do You See What I See?
- DUCWIM Do You See What I Mean?
- DUHWIH Do You Hear What I Hear?
- DW = Dear Wife
- DW: Dear/Darling Wife
- Dx = Diagnosis
- E2 = Estradiol
- E2: Estradiol
- E2EG Ear to Ear Grin
- EB, EMB = Endometrial Biopsy
- EDD: Estimated Due Date
- Endo = Endometriosis
- EOD End of Discussion
- EOL End of Lecture
- EPO: Evening Primrose Oil
- EPT: Early Pregnancy Test
- ESAD Eat S* And Die
- ESAL Eat S* And Live
- ET: Embryo Transfer
- ETA = Embryo Toxicity Assay
- ETF = Embryo Toxic Factor
- ETLA Enhanced TLA
- EW=Egg White Consistency (refering to CM)
- EWCM: Eggwhite cervical mucus
- FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
- FET: Frozen Embryo Transfer
- FIGMO Forget It, I've Got My Orders
- FIIN F* if I Know
- FIL: Father-in-Law
- FITB Fill In the Blank
- FM Fine Magic
- FM: Fertility Monitor
- FMU: First morning urine
- FOAD F* off and Die
- FOAF Friend of a Friend
- FOAFOAG Father of a Friend of a Girlfriend
- FOAG Father of a Girlfriend
- FOT Full of Tripe
- FP: Follicular Phase
- FRE: First Response Early
- FRZ Freakin' Religious Zealot
- FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone
- FTASB Faster than a Speeding Bullet
- FTL Faster than Light
- FTTA = Fertile Thoughts to All
- FUA Frequently Used Acronyms
- FUBAR Fouled Up (!) Beyond All Recognition (or Repair)
- FUMTU F*ed up More Than Usual
- FUR: False Unicorn Root
- FWIW For what it's worth
- FYA For Your Action
- FYEO For Your Eyes Only
- FYI For Your Information
- FYO For Your Opinion
- GASP Go Away, Silly Person!
- GCT = Glucose Challenge Test
- GD&R Grinning, Ducking and Running
- GD&RVVF Grinning, Ducking and Running Very Very Fast
- GF Girl Friend
- GF: Girlfriend
- GGN Gotta Go Now
- GIFT = Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer
- GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
- GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That
- GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
- GnRH = Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
- GOMF Get Outta My Face
- GP = General Practitioner
- GRUIT Get Reay yoU Impudent Thing
- GTFOOMF Get the F* Out of My Face
- GTT = Glucose Tolerance Test
- H&H: Happy and Healthy
- HAND Have A Nice Day
- hCG = Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)
- HCG = Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
- HEPA = Hamster Egg Penetration Assay
- HHO1/2K Ha Ha Only Half Kidding
- HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding
- HMG = Human Menopausal Gonadotropin
- HOMPR Hang On, Mobile Phone's Ringing
- HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- HRT = Hormone Replacement Therapy
- HRT = Hormone Replacement Therapy
- HSC = Hysteroscopy
- HSG = Hysterosalpingogram
- HSG = Hysterosalpingogram
- HTH Hope This Helps
- HWS(PEST) Husband Wants Sex (Please Excuse Slow Typing)
- Hx = History
- IAC In Any Case
- IAE In Any Event
- IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer, also IANA... such as CPA
- IANALBIPOOTV I Am Not A Lawyer, But I Play One On TV
- IARTPFWTSIOWIM I am Repeating this Parrot fashion without the slightest idea of what it Means
- IBC Inadequate But Cute
- IBM Inadequate But Marketable
- ICI = Intra-Cervical Insemination
- ICSI = Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- ICSI = Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- ICUR I See You Are
- IDGABTT It Don't Get Any Better Than This
- IDGAD I Don't Give a Damn
- IDGAS I Don't Give a S*
- IDTS I Don't Think So
- IF = Infertility
- IIRC If I Remember Correctly
- IITYWTMWYBMAD If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me A Drink?
- IITYWTMWYKM If I Tell You What This Means, Will You Kiss ME?
- ILIWTPCT I Love It When the Plan Comes Together
- ILSHIBAMF I Laughed so Hard I Broke All my Furniture
- IM = Intramuscular
- IM = Intramuscular (injections)
- IMBO In My Biased Opinion
- IMCO In My Considered Opinion
- IMHO In My Humble Opinion
- IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
- IMO = In My Humble Opinion
- IMO In My Opinion
- IMVHO In My Very Humble Opinion
- INF - Infertility
- INPO In No Particular Order
- Internet Acronyms
- IOR = Immature Oocyte Retrieval
- IOW In other words
- IRL In Real Life
- ITI = Intra-tubal Insemination
- IUD Insert Usual Disclaimers
- IUGR = Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
- IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
- IVIg = Intravenous Immunoglobulin
- IYKWIM = If You Know What I Mean
- JK Just Kidding
- KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
- KMA Kiss my A*
- KWIM = Know What I Mean
- KWIM Know What I Mean?
- L8R Later
- LAD = Leukocyte Antibody Detection Assay
- LAGNAF Lets All Get Naked and Fool Around
- LAP = Laparoscopy
- LH = Luteinizing Hormone
- LIT = Leukocyte Immunization Therapy
- LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause
- LMFAO Laughing My F* A* Off
- LMP = Last Menstrual Period (start date)
- LMTTA Leave Me the F* Alone
- LO = Love Olympics (Love Making)
- LOL = Laughing Out Loud
- LOL Laughing Out Loud
- LP = Luteal phase
- LPD = Luteal Phase Defect
- LTIP Laughing Til I Puke
- LUF = Luteinized Unruptured Follicle
- M
- MC, m/c, misc. = Miscarriage
- MCBTY(SN) My Computer is Better than Yours (So Nyerrr)
- MESA = Microsurgical Epididymal Sperm Aspiration
- MF = Male Factor
- MFG More Friendly Garbage
- MFM = Maternal-Fetal Medicine (High Risk Ob)
- MHDC(A) My Hard Drive Crashed (Again)
- MMIF My Mouth Is Full
- MS = Morning Sickness
- MYOB Mind Your Own Business
- NAA! Not Another Acronym!
- NBD No Big Deal
- NERD National Establishment for Real Dorks
- NEST = Non-surgical Embryonic Selective Thinning
- NFA No Flaming Allowed
- NFW No F*ing Way
- NIMBY Not in My Back Yard
- NJTH Not Just Thinking Here
- NK = Natural Killer Cells (CD56+)
- NO = No Ovulation
- NOMS Not on MY System
- NORIF = Non-Stimulated Oocyte Retrieval in (office) Fertilization
- NP = Nurse Practitioner
- NRN No Reply Necessary
- NSA = Non-Surgical Sperm Aspiration
- NST = Non-Stress Test
- NTL Nevertheless
- NUNP No Users, No Problems
- O = Ovulation
- OATUS On a Totally Unrelated Subject
- OAUS On a Related Subject
- OB = Obstetrician
- OB/GYN = Obstetrician/Gynecologist
- OC = Oral Contraceptives
- OCT = Oxytocin Challenge Test
- OD = Once daily.
- OHSS = Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
- OIC Oh, I See
- OMG = Oh My Gosh
- ONNA Oh No, Not Again
- ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again
- OOSOOM Out of Sight, Out of Mind
- OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment
- OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit
- OT = Off Topic
- OTC = Over-the-counter
- OTC Over the Counter
- OTFM Only the Facts, Mam
- OTOH On the other hand
- OTTOMH Off the Top of My Head
- OTTOMHAROOB Off the Top of My Head and Rolling Out of Bounds
- OTW On the Whole
- OWTTE Or Words to that Effect
- P4 = Progesterone
- PA = Physician's Assistant
- PBKAC Problem Between Keyboard and Chair
- PC = Post-Coital
- PCO, PCOD = Polycystic Ovary Disease
- PCOS = Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- PCP = Primary Care Physician
- PCT = Post-Coital Test
- PESA = Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration
- PFM Pure Freaking Magic
- PG = Pregnant
- PGD = Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
- PI = Primary Infertility
- PID = Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- PIO = Progesterone In Oil
- PITA Pain In The Ass
- PLI = Paternal Leukocyte Immunization
- PMETC Pardon Me, etc.
- PMS = Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
- PMYMHMMFSWGAD Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me for Someone Who Gives A Damn
- POAS = Pee On A Stick
- POF = Premature Ovarian Failure
- POQ P* Off Quickly
- POQADCB P* Off Quickly and Don't Come back
- POV Point of View
- PUPO Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise
- PPP Petty Pet Peeve
- PROM = Premature Rupture of Membranes
- PTMM Please Tell Me More
- RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist (Infertility specialist)
- R-hFSH = Recombinant Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone
- RI = Reproductive Immunologist
- ROFFNAR Rolling on the Floor for no Apparent Reason
- ROFL Rolling on Floor Laughing
- ROFLMAO Rolling on Floor Laughing My Ass Off
- ROFLOL Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud
- ROFLOLBAG Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud Busting a Gut
- ROFPML Rolling on the Floor P*ing Myself Laughing
- ROS = Reactive Oxygen Species
- ROTBA Reality on the Blink Again
- RPL = Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
- RSA = Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion
- RSN Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
- RTFI Read the Friendly Instructions
- RTFM Read the Freakin' manual!
- RTFMA Read the Manual, Sir!
- Rx = Prescription
- S/A = Sperm/semen analysis
- SA = Semen Analysis
- SAHD = Stay At Home Dad
- SAHM = Stay At Home Mom
- SAR Some Assembly Required
- SART = Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology
- SBCN Sitting Behind the Computer, Naked
- SHG = Sonohysterogram
- SHM S* Happens, Mate
- SI = Secondary Infertility
- SICS Sitting in Chair Snickering
- SIIN S* if I Know
- SIL = Sister-in-Law
- SITD Still in the dark
- SLE = Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- SNAFU SituationNormal: All Fouled (!) Up
- SO = Significant Other
- SO Significant Other
- SOE Silly/Stupid Operator Error
- SOL Still Out of Luck (or something thereabouts <g>)
- Sono HSG = Sonohysterogram
- SOP Standard Operational Procedure
- SPA = Sperm Penetration Assay
- STD = Sexually Transmitted Disease
- SUZI = Sub-Zonal Insertion
- TANJ There Aint No Justice -- Niven
- TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free lunch
- TCB Taking Care of Business
- TDMATBICPLY This Doesn't Mean A Thing But It Confuses People Like You
- TeBG = Testosterone-Estradiol-Binding Globulin
- TESE = Testicular Sperm Extraction
- TET = Tubal Embryo Transfer
- TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally
- TIA = Thanks in advance
- TIA Thanks In Advance (also AtDhVaAnNkCsE)
- TIC Tongue in cheek
- TINALO This is Not a Legal Opinion
- TINAR This is Not a Recommendation
- TINWIS That is Not What I Said
- TL = Tubal Ligation
- TLA Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
- TM Trust Me
- TMI = To Much Information
- TNOTVS There's Nothing on Television, so...
- TORCH = Toxoplasmosis, Other, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, and Herpes test
- TPS(S) This Program Sucks, (Severely)
- TPTB The Powers That Be
- TR = Tubal Reversal
- TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks
- TRH = Thyroid Releasing Hormone
- TSH = Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
- TSOHF Total Sense of Humor Failure
- TTBOMK To the Best of My Knowledge
- TTC = Trying to Conceive
- TTFN Ta Ta for Now
- TTM To The Moderator
- TTYL = Talk To Ya Later
- TTYL Talk To You Later
- TTYRS Talk To You Real Soon
- TUFD The User File Died
- TUFT = Trans-Uterine Fallopian Transfer
- Tx = Treatment
- US, u/s = Ultrasound or ultrasonography
- UTI = Urinary Tract Infection
- V = Vasectomy
- VETLA Very Enhanced TLA
- VR = Vasectomy Reversal
- Vege = Vegetarian
- WAB What, Another Bill
- WAMKSAM Why are My Kitties (Kids) Staring at Me
- WB Welcome Back
- WBC = White Blood Cells
- WBS Write Back Soon
- WDYMBT What do You Mean by That
- WIBAMU Well, I'll be a Monkey's Uncle
- WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out with Soap
- WTF What the F*?
- WTG Way To Go
- WTH What the H*?
- WYLABOCTGWTR Would You Like a Bowl of Cream to go with That Remark?
- WYLASOMWTC Would You Like a Saucer of Milk with that Comment?
- WYPIWYG What You Printed Is What You've Got
- WYSIAWYG What You See is Almost What You Get
- WYSINWNWYG What You See Is No Where Near What You Get
- WYSINWYG What You See Is NOT What You Get
- WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
- WYTYSYDG What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get
- YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message
- YHGASPL You Have Got A Serious Problem, Lad!
- YI = Yeat Infection
- YMMV Your Mileage may vary
- YSS You Suck Severely
- YSWUS Yea, Sure Whatever You Say!
- YWSYLS You win some, you lose some
- ZIFT = Zygote Intra-Fallopian Transfer
