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TTC groups: what the abbreviations mean

TTC stands for trying to conceive. That is your first lesson in fertility treatment lingo! Some of the other abbreviations are:

BFN / ^BFN^ = Big Fat Negative

AF / Aunt Flo = Menstrual cycle

BFP / ^BFP^ = Big Fat Positive

BMS = Baby Making Sex

DE = Donor Egg

DH = Dear/Darling Husband

DN = Dear Niece/ Nephew

DP = Dear Partner

DW = Dear Wife

DD = Dear Daughter

DS = Dear Son

DX =Diagnosis

D/R = Down Regulation (the first stage of long protocol IVF)

DPT or DPO = Days past transfer or Days past ovulation.

EC = Egg collection

ET = Embryo Transfer

FET = Frozen Embryo Transfer

FX = Fingers crossed

FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone

HPT = Home Pregnancy Test.

IF = Infertility

M/C = Miscarriage

OPK = Ovulation Predictor kit

OTD = Official test day

Pee stick = Home Pregnancy Test

PG = Pregnant

PM = personal message (sometimes IM is used)

PUPO = Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise (i.e. on the 2ww)

SA = Semen Analysis

TX = Treatment

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