The Trying to Conceive Dictionary
Posted by Laurie
Do you know what “BD” means? Learning what it meant was my initiation into the TTC crowd (“trying to conceive” crowd). It means, “baby dance,” which begs the question—and what does that mean??? Answer: doing it for the purposes of producing a baby, or more simply put — sex without a goalie.
Reading TTC and pregnancy message boards introduced me to so many terms, some outrageous, others not, and I searched the web for a cliff notes to these terms. Not finding one, I’ve decided to create my own. Read on and click the links to learn more about the meaning behind each term. And if you’re already pregnant or have a child, it’s never too late to find out what you don’t know.
DH: Dear husband
DD: Dear daughter
DS: Dear son
TTC: Trying to conceive
BD: Baby dance
AF: Aunt flow (menstruation)
FSH: Follicle stimulating hormone
OPK: Ovulation predictor kit (detects LH surge)
hCG: Human chorionic gonadotropin (pregnancy tests detect this hormone)
DPO: Days past ovulation
2WW: Two week wait after ovulation until pregnancy can be detected
HPT: Home pregnancy test
BFP: Big fat positive (positive pregnancy test)
BFN: Big fat negative
IUI: Intra-uterine insemination (sometimes called artificial insemination)
PCOS: Polycystic ovarian syndrome
PG: Pregnant
Dear blog readers, what other terms should be included in the cliff notes of TTC? Please share in a comment below.
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