Abbreviations

Common abbreviations used on message boards:

AF Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AFK Away from keyboard
BBT Basal body temperature
BCP Birth control pill
BD Baby dance (making love)
BF Boyfriend or breastfeed
BFN Big fat negative (regarding a negative pregnancy test)
BFP Big fat positive (regarding a positive pregnancy test)
BIL Brother-in-law
BRB Be right back
BTDT Been there done that
BTW By the way
CD Cycle day (if you are charting the length of your menstrual cycles, this is the number of days after the start of your period)
CF Cervical fluid
CM Cervical mucus
CNM Certified nurse midwife
CTS Consider the source
DD Dear daughter or due date
DH Dear husband
DPO Days past ovulation
DS Dear son
DSD Dear stepdaughter
DSS Dear stepson
DTD Do the deed (making love)
DW Dear wife
EDD Estimated due date
EWCM Egg white cervical mucus
F/U Follow up
F2F Face-to-face
FAQ Frequently asked question
FIL Father-in-law
FMU First morning urine
FRER First Response Early Result
FWIW For what it's worth
GBS Group B Strep
GD Gestational Diabetes
GF Girlfriend
GMTA Great minds think alike
HPT Home pregnancy test
HTH Hope that helps
IMO In my opinion
IRL In real life
ISP Internet service provider
ITA I totally agree
IUI Intra-uterine insemination
IVF In vitro fertilization
J/K Just kidding
LMP Last menstrual period
LOL Laugh out loud
LP Luteal phase
MC or M/C Miscarriage
MIL Mother-in-law
NP No problem
NT No text
O Ovulation
OIC Oh I see
OMG Oh my gosh
OPK Ovulation predictor kit
OPT Ovulation predictor test
OT Off topic
OTOH On the other hand
OW/OM Other woman/other man
PG Pregnant
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
SAHD Stay-at-home dad
SAHM Stay-at-home mom
SIL Sister-in-law
SO Significant other
STBX Soon to be ex
STD Sexually transmitted disease
TIA Thanks in advance
TMI Too much information
TPTB The powers that be
TTC Trying to conceive
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTYL Talk to you later
TY Thank you
URL Web page address
UTI Urinary tract infection
W/B Welcome back
W/O Without
WAHD Work-at-home dad
WAHM Work-at-home mom
WOHM Work-out-of-home mom
WTG Way to go
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YW You're welcome

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