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Acronyms & Abbreviations
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Most
commonly used acronyms and abbreviations Thankyou
Stacy-ann and everyone else for their participation in organizing
this list. Anyone else have something to add to this
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AF = Aunt
Flo or Menstrual cycle AI = Artificial Insemination AO =
Anovulation ART = Assisted Reproductive Technology ASA =
Anti-sperm Antibody ASAP = As soon as possible BB =
Bulletin Board BBL = Be back later BBT = Basal Body
Temperature BCP = Birth Control Pills BIL =
Brother-In-Law BMS = Baby making Sex BRB = Be Right
Back BTW = By the way BW = Blood Work CB = Cycle
Buddy CD = Cycle Day CF = Cervical Fluid CM =
Cervical Mucus D&C = Dilation &
Curettage D&E = Dilation & Evacuation DE = Donor
Eggs DES = Diethylstilbestrol (a synthetic estrogen) DH
= Darling Husband DI = Donor Insemination DIUI = Donor
Intrauterine Insemination DOST = Direct Oocyte-Sperm
Transfer DPO = Days Post-Ovulation DPR = Days
Post-Retrieval DPT = Days Post-Transfer DW = Darling
Wife Dx = Diagnosis E2 = Estradiol ENDO =
Endometriosis FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions FHR =
Fetal Heart Rate FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone ET =
Embryo Transfer FE = Frozen Embryo FET = Frozen Embryo
Transfer FIL = Father-In-Law FSH = Follicle-Stimulating
Hormone FT = FertileThoughts GIFT = Gamete
Intrafallopian Transfer GnRH = Gonadotropin-Releasing
Hormone GP = General Practitioner GS-Gestational
Surrogate HCG = Human Chorionic Gonadotropin HPT = Home
Pregnancy Test HSG =
Hysterosalpingogram
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ICSI =
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection IF = Infertility IM =
Intramuscular injections IOR = Immature Oocyte
Retrieval IUI = Intrauterine Insemination IVF = In Vitro
Fertilization IVIg = Intravenous Immunoglobulin LAP =
Laparoscopy LH = Luteinizing Hormone LMAO = Laughing my
@$$ off LOL = Laughing Out Loud LOL = Lots Of
Love LSP = Low Sperm Count LPD = Luteal-Phase
Defect MC = Miscarriage MIL = Mother-In-Law OD =
Ovulatory Dysfunction OHSS = Ovarian Hyperstimulation
Syndrome OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit OV =
Ovulated PA = Pelvic Adhesions PCO = Polycystic Ovary
Disease PCOS = Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome PCT = Post
Coital Test PG = Pregnant PID = Pelvic Inflammatory
Disease PMS = Pre-menstrual Syndrome POF = Premature
Ovarian Failure RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist ROFL
= Rolling on the floor laughing ROFLMAO = Rolling on the
floor laughing my @$$ off RPL = Recurrent Pregnancy
Loss SA = Semen Analysis SC - Subcutaneous
Injections SP = Sperm Count SI = Secondary
Infertility SIL = Sister-In-Law SAHM = Stay at home
moms SM - Surrogate Mother STD = Sexually Transmitted
Disease TET = Tubal Embryo Transfer THX = Thanks TSH
= Thyroid Stimulating Hormone TTC = Trying to
Conceive TX = Treatment UR = Urologist US = Ultra
Sound YIDI = Yes I Did It ZIFT = Zygote Intrafallopian
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