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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Abbreviations

I apologize that I have not put up an explanation of the abbreviations I tend to use, so here you go...
•2dt or 3dt or 5dt = 2/3/5 day transfer (the number of days after ER when the ET occurs)
•2ww = 2 week wait (between ovulation and AF/+HPT/beta)
•AF = Aunt Flo (menses)
•BB = refers to an Australian forum website for TTC, pregnancy and beyond
•beta = blood test to detect hCG
•BFN = big fat negative (ie negative pregnancy test)
•BFP = big fat positive (ie positive pregnancy test)
•BIL = brother-in-law
•b/t = blood test
•b/w = blood work
•DD = dear daughter
•DH = dear husband
•DPO = days past ovulation
•DS = dear son
•ER or EPU = egg retrieval or egg pickup
•ET = embryo transfer
•FF = refers to a website for women TTC, it has a charting function and forums
•FIL = father-in-law
•FMU = first morning urine
•hCG = human chorionic gonadotropin, the hormone produced in early pregnancy, detectable in the urine and blood, also a shot called "trigger" taken the day before ER
•HPT = home pregnancy test
•IF = infertility
•IRL = in real life
•IUI = intra-uterine insemination
•IVF = in vitro fertilisation
•m/c = miscarriage
•MIL = mother-in-law
•O = ovulate/ovulation
•OHSS = ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
•OTC = over the counter
•P4 = progesterone
•PUPO = pregnant until proven otherwise
•RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
•SIL = sister-in-law
•SMU = second morning urine
•TTC = trying to conceive
•u/s = ultrasound

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