Inspired by a boards thread on the topic, we’ve pulled together a list of popular TTC, Pregnancy and Parenting Acronyms. Please let us know if there’s anything you think we should add!
Preparing to TTC part 8 of 8
1. Preparing to TTC by Checklists2. My Pre-TTC Toolkit by Mrs. Blue
3. My Preconception Toolkit by Mrs. Tricycle
4. Charting Fertility by mrs. green
5. Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor by Mrs. Bee
6. The Case for Not Charting or Using OPKs by Mrs. Blue
7. Starting our TTC Journey: Screening for Jewish Genetic Disorders by Mrs. Confetti
8. TTC, Pregnancy & Parenting Acronyms by Checklists
pea / 9 posts
This list awesome. I’m not to saavy with all the acronyms yet and was scratching my head at some of them while reading up on other blogs as well as this one. I told myself I would eventually google them but this is much better. Thanks so much!
blogger / cantaloupe / 5112 posts
3 line in the right column, theres a typo. :) thought i would tell you.
pear / 1524 posts
I’m so bad… I don’t know most of this! Good to know!
admin / honeydew / 8469 posts
@blushink – thanks. got it! :-)
GOLD / cantaloupe / 5604 posts
i remember thinking everyone was speaking a secret language when i first came to these websites. felt a little left out.
GOLD / grapefruit / 4912 posts
@Tequiero21 – I remember thinking the exact same thing! There are sooooooo many acronymns in this “world” and I didn’t know any of them! Now that I’ve had baby fever for two years now, I knew most of these on the list, though I’ll admit, there were still some I didn’t know!
GOLD / cantaloupe / 5604 posts
@adira – haha! me too. now, i definitely feel more “conversant” and i’ll just search for pregnancy acronyms if i don’t know it or if they use terms that i’m not sure about. like rainbow baby. i finally know what that is – my 2 lil buns.
nectarine / 2323 posts
oh jeez, these acronyms are starting to make me nervous! i thought there were a lot when i was on weddingbee… this is borderline overwhelming (but the list is definitely helpful)!
nectarine / 2323 posts
Curious about your bloggers– will they have to write posts (or will they be edited) to include these acronyms?
pea / 20 posts
I would add CBEFM for Clear Blue Easy Fertlity Monitor and ART for Assisted Reproductive Technology.
olive / 50 posts
What is POAS?
GOLD / cantaloupe / 5393 posts
@msmug: POAS is Pee on a Stick.
@Mrs. Bee: Can you add FRER? I see this on the boards all the time and I’m always confused by it. I just did a search and stands for First Response Early Result.
hostess / grapefruit / 4633 posts
I learned one from @bluestriped bee: SA = Sperm Analysis :)
coffee bean / 33 posts
Thank goodness for this list, I only wish I had found it sooner! All my acronym-Googling was making me even more confused :)
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This list is so helpful! I am too embarrassed to even tell you how long it took me to figure out LO. Ay yi yi