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Seamus and Kieran's Mommy
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 29,910
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Abbreviations
~2 ww...2 week wait
~AF...Aunt Flo (ie: period)
~AFNW...Aunt Flo Not Wanted
~AFSA ...Aunt Flo Stay Away
~BBT...Basal Body Temperature
~BD...Baby Dancing
~BCP...Birth Control Pills
~BF ... Boyfriend
~BFP...Big Fat Positive
~BFN...Big Fat Negative
~BFFN ...Big F'ing Fat Negative
~BIL ... Brother in Law
~BMS ... Baby-making Sex
~BS ... Blood Sugars
~BTDT...Been There Done That
~BTW ... By the Way
~C...Cycle
~CB ... Cycle Buddy
~CD ... Cycle Day
~CF ... Cervical Fluid
~CM ... Cervical Mucus
~CNM ... Certified Nurse Midwife
~CTS ... Consider the source
~DD ... Dear Daughter
~DH ... Dear (or Darn) Husband
~DI ... Donor Insemination
~DPO ... Days Post-ovulation
~DS ... Dear Son
~DTD ... Doing the Deed(ie sex)
~Dx ... Diagnosis
~Endo ... Endometriosis
~EPT ... Early Pregnancy Test
~ETA ... Edited To Add(when Editing a post)
~ET ... Embryo Transfer
~EWCM ... Egg White Cervical Mucus
~F2F ... Face to Face
~FF ... Fertility Friend
~FIL ... Father in Law
~FMU ... First Morning Urine
~F/u ... Follow Up
~FTTA ... Fertile Thoughts To All
~FWIW ... For what it's worth
~GD ... Gestational Diabetes
~GF ... Girl Friend
~GL Good Luck
~GMTA ... Great minds think alike
~GP ... General Practitioner
~GWV...Get Well Vibes
~H&H Healthy & Happy
~HCg ... Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
~HPT ... Home Pregnancy Test
~HRT ... Hormone Replacement Therapy
~HTH Hope That Helps
~HX...History
~IF ... Infertility
~IMO ... In My Opinion
~IPS Imaginary Pregnancy Symptoms
~IRL ... In Real Life
~ISP ... Internet service provider
~ITA ... I totally agree
~IVF ... In Vitro Fertilization
~J/K ... Just kidding
~KWIM ... Know What I Mean
~LMP ... Last Menstrual Period (start date)
~LO ... Love Olympics (Love Making)
~LOL ... Laugh Out Loud or Lots Of Love
~LP ... Luteal Phase
~LPD ... Luteal Phase Defect
~(m) ... More
~m/c.... Miscarriage
~M/S...Morning Sickness
~MIL ... Mother in Law
~MW...midwife
~NP ... Nurse Practitioner also NP ... No problem
~ NT ... No text
~O...Ovulation. Variants: Oed, Oing
~OB... Obstetrician/Gynecologist
~OIC ... Oh I see
~OMG...Oh My God
~OPK ... Ovulation Predictor Kit
~OT ... Off topic
~OTOH ... On the other hand
~P&PT...Prayer & Positive Thoughts
~PCOS ... Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
~PG ... Pregnant
~PI ... Primary Infertility
~PMS ... Pre-menstrual Syndrome
~POF ... Premature Ovarian Failure
~POAS...Pee On a Stick
~PROM ... Premature Rupture of Membranes
~PUTB ... Pillow Under The Butt
~PV...Positive Vibes, pregnancy vibes,
~ROFLMAO ... Rolling On Floor Laughing My *ss Off
~RPL ... Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
~RPS...Real Pregnancy Symptoms
~RSA ... Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion
~Rx ... Prescription
~SA ... Semen Analysis
~SAHM ... Stay-at-home mom
~SI ... Secondary Infertility
~SIL ... Sister-in-law
~SO ... Significant Other
~STD ... Sexually Transmitted Disease
~SV... Sticky Vibes
~SX...symptoms
~TIA ... Thanks in advance
~TMI ... Too much information
~TPTB ... The powers that be
~TTC...Trying To Conceive
~TPQ... Time Pass Quickly
~TY ... Thank you
~u/s ... Ultrasound
~UTI ... Urinary Tract Infection
~WAHM ... Work-at-home mom
~WBC ... White Blood Cells
~WTG...Way To Go
ETA: some that were not listed
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Mom to Seamus (7.18.06) and Kieran 4.8.09). Seamus has Aspergers, SPD, Lazy Eye and is also Color Deficient/Blind, basically he doesnt' see green or red. I'm still learning more but feel free to ask me about it if you have any questions!
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Great idea. I found this in the main TTC board when I first joined and had to refer to it often!
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 14,577
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How do I go about getting it to be a sticky?? Sorry, I'm new to this!? I guess I need to ask one of the admins?
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Super Moderator
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Georgia
Posts: 33,082
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also you forgot BFFN!! haha
ANDDDDD "ETA" = edited to add!
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Seamus and Kieran's Mommy
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 29,910
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lol I dont know what BFFN is can you tell me and I will add it
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Mom to Seamus (7.18.06) and Kieran 4.8.09). Seamus has Aspergers, SPD, Lazy Eye and is also Color Deficient/Blind, basically he doesnt' see green or red. I'm still learning more but feel free to ask me about it if you have any questions!
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: North Texas
Posts: 16,062
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Big F'ing Fat Negative!! its our fave version of BFN!
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Seamus and Kieran's Mommy
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 29,910
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moving this up so people can still see it
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Mom to Seamus (7.18.06) and Kieran 4.8.09). Seamus has Aspergers, SPD, Lazy Eye and is also Color Deficient/Blind, basically he doesnt' see green or red. I'm still learning more but feel free to ask me about it if you have any questions!
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 10,497
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Oh my goodness. I know most of those abbreviations, but still that list makes my head spin!
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 8,065
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Resi.....lemme know if you couldn't get this stickied...ok?funny thing: I've been a part of jm for almost 3 years if youcount my time as a lurker...and I didn't know a lot of those lolThanks for the post!
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July 15th, 2007, 08:05 AM
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Super Mommy
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 772
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Is WTTC the same as TTA? (Trying to avoid)
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December 7th, 2007, 03:21 PM
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 6,194
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what is kwim
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December 7th, 2007, 05:29 PM
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Super Moderator
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Georgia
Posts: 33,082
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December 8th, 2007, 08:23 AM
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 6,194
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thanks
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January 24th, 2008, 07:01 PM
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Depends on the day....Earth :D
Posts: 28,954
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This is so useful, what a great sticky note!
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April 15th, 2008, 02:06 AM
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: huddersfield, west yorkshire
Posts: 22,140
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thanks for the list! it been super helpful
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My first weight loss goal is to lose 21lbs, which is 10% of my body weight
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Member
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 13
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 Wow! You guys really go all out with the acronyms. Thanks for the key, I really needed it!
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Objection!!!
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto, ON
Posts: 11,769
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i've only been a member for a few days. i wondering what the abbreviations were... then i found this  i'm sure i'll refer to this quite often, until i know them all. thank you!
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December 19th, 2008, 06:17 PM
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Veteran
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Albany
Posts: 135
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This has been SUPER HELPFUL to me. I've already looked at this list numerous times since I joined this afternoon  Thank you for putting it together!!!!!
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June 15th, 2009, 04:37 PM
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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 4,154
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How about NTNP? I see it everywhere but in the sticky.
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June 15th, 2009, 04:42 PM
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Objection!!!
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto, ON
Posts: 11,769
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TTCFirstinOR
How about NTNP? I see it everywhere but in the sticky. 
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Not Trying, Not Protecting.
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