Abbreviations

You are in luck! Because you are not the only one who has wondered about forum abbreviations, I wrote a blog post about this in the past. I posted it in the Fairfax Cryobank Blog for everyone to read. Please check out this blog Forum Abbreviations Explained.

This covers just the most popular abbreviations. If there are any other questions, let me know and I will write another blog!

Here are a few of the most common abbreviations used in the forum discussion boards:


SMC: Single Mother by Choice


dh/dw/dd/ds/dp: a reference to members of one’s family such as dear husband, dear wife, dear daughter, dear son, dear partner


TTC: Trying To Conceive / Time To Conceive


BBT: Basal Body Temperature – used to pinpoint when ovulation has occurred and determine future patterns for predicting ovulation


RE: Reproductive Endocrinologist – a doctor that identifies and treats infertility


2WW/TWW: Two week wait – this is the time between the end of your fertility treatment cycle and the test that confirms pregnancy


HPT: Home Pregnancy Test


POAS: Pee On A Stick – in reference to taking a home pregnancy test


hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin – hormone produced by the body that pregnancy tests use to establish positive results


BFP: Big Fat Positive – Pregnant


BFN: Big Fat Negative – Not Pregnant


PM: Private message – Electronic message similar to an e-mail but is viewed only through the forum