IVF Terms & Acronyms...

So, you've picked your doctor and have likely done lots of internet research. You're likely to see about 1,000 different terms & acronyms on websites & discussion boards. Some will be obvious & some not so much... So I'm going to try to make a list of the ones I have encountered to hopefully help you out... I know I'm not going to think of all of these right at the get-go so I'll come back & edit this post as I think of more. Also, feel free to add your own!

Acronyms

AF - Aunt Flo
BCP - Birth Control Pills
BFP or BFN - Big Fat Positive or a Big Fat Negative
BW - Bloodwork
CD - Cycle Day
CM - Cervical Mucus
DE - Donor Eggs
DH - Darling Husband
DPR - Days Post Retrieval
DPT - Days Post Transfer
DS - Donor Sperm
DX - Diagnosis
ED - Egg Donor
FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer
FSH - Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
GS - Gestational Syrrogate
HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
ICSI = Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IUI - Intrauterine Insemination
IVF - Invitro Fertilization
M/C - Miscarriage
MF - Male Factor
OHSS - Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit
PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
POAS - Peeing on a Stick
POF - Premature Ovarian Failure
PGD- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Prog or P4 - Progesterone
PUPO - Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist
SA - Semen Analysis
TTC - Trying to Conceive
U/S - Ultrasound

Terms

Beta - The blood test used to test for pregnancy
Protocol - Fancy word for this is what we're going to do this IVF cycle...

And if you see this 5dp3dt... and it looks like Greek, it means someone is 5 days past a 3 day transfer. LOL! You'll see that a lot!