When I joined my first message board I was immediately hounded with an endless list of acronyms that I had to learn! And as I joined wedding planning and family/home/baby websites? That list just kept getting bigger and bigger.
While this list is likely just a refresher for many? I wanted to have a place to list all of these many acronyms in the event anyone is confused while reading my posts! (Please leave a comment if I’ve forgotten an important one, I’d love your help in keeping this list accurate and up to date!)
Acronym | What they mean | |
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AF | Aunt Flo — menstruation/period | |
AP | attachment parenting | |
BBC | BabyCenter | |
BBL | be back later | |
BBT | basal body temperature | |
BC/BCPS | birth control (pills) | |
BCPS | birth control pills | |
BD | baby dance (sex) | |
BF | breastfeed, or boyfriend | |
BFN | big fat negative (pregnancy test) | |
BFP | big fat positive (pregnancy test) | |
BIL | brother-in-law | |
BLW | baby-led weaning | |
BM | breast milk, or bowel movement | |
BRB | be right back | |
BTDT | been there, done that | |
CD | cycle day | |
CF | cervical fluid | |
CIO | cry it out | |
Circ. | circumcise | |
CM | cervical mucus | |
CS or C/S | cesarean section | |
DD | dear daughter | |
DF | dear fiancee | |
DH | dear husband | |
DP | dear partner | |
DPO | days past ovulation | |
DS | dear son | |
DSD | dear stepdaughter | |
DSS | dear stepson | |
DTD | do the deed | |
DW | dear wife | |
EBF | extended breastfeeding, exclusively breastfeeding | |
EBM | expressed breast milk | |
EDD | estimated due date, or expected date of delivery | |
EWCM | egg white cervical mucus | |
FF | formula feeding | |
FIL | father-in-law | |
FT | full time | |
HPT | home pregnancy test | |
IC | incompetent cervix | |
IUI | intrauterine insemination | |
IVF | in vitro fertilization | |
L&D | labor and delivery | |
LO | little one | |
LP | luteal phase | |
MC or M/C | miscarriage | |
MIL | mother-in-law | |
ML | maternity leave | |
MM | mother's milk | |
MS or M/S | morning sickness or multiple sclerosis | |
O | ovulation | |
O'd | ovulated | |
OH | other half | |
OPK | ovulation predictor kit | |
POAS | pee on a stick (i.e. pregnancy test) | |
PPD | postpartum depression | |
RE | reproductive endocrinologist | |
SAHD | stay-at-home dad | |
SAHM | stay-at-home mom | |
SAHP | stay-at-home parent | |
SD | sperm donor | |
SIL | sister-in-law | |
SO | significant other | |
TCOYF | Taking Charge of Your Fertility, by Toni Weschler | |
TTC | trying to conceive | |
US or U/S | ultrasound | |
VBAC | vaginal birth after cesarean section | |
WAH (WAHM/D) | work at home (Mom/Dad) | |
WOH | work out of the home |