Are you completely lost on your favorite parenting discussion board due to the abbreviations and acronyms? Check out this list of 100 acronyms commonly used on parenting and pregnancy discussion boards.
AF – Aunt Flo (period or menstrual cycle)
AP – attachment parenting
BBT – basal body temperature
BC – birth control
BCP – birth control pill
BD – baby dance (sexual intercourse)
BF – breastfeed
BFN – big fat negative (negative pregnancy test)
BFP – big fat positive (positive pregnancy test)
BIL – brother-in-law
BM – breastmilk
CD – cloth diaper/diapering
CD – cycle day
CD – Cycle Day
CF – cervical fluid
CIO – cry it out (letting baby cry to self soothe or fall asleep on his/her own)
Circ – circumcise
CS or C/S – cesarean section
CWIM – see what I mean
D&C; – procedure performed after miscarriage (often incorrectly referred to as DNC)
DD – dear daughter
DF – dear fiance
DH – dear husband
DPO – days past ovulation
DS – dear son
DSD – dear stepson
DSS – dear stepdaughter
DTD – do the deed (sexual intercourse)
DW – dear wife
EBF – exclusively breastfeeding
EBM – expressed breast milk
EDD – estimated delivery date or estimated due date
ERF – extended rear facing (facing carseat towards the rear of the vehicle)
ETA – edited to add (used when a person edit’s their post/comment)
FF – formula feed
FIL – father-in-law
FMU – first morning urine
FT – full time
FTM – first time mom
FTR – for the record
FTSAHM – full time stay at home mom
FTWM – full time working mom
FWIW – for what it’s worth
FYI – for your information
HPT – home pregnancy test
HTH – hope this helps
IMHO – in my honest/humble opinion
IMO – in my opinion
IRL – in real life
ITA – I totally agree
IUI – intrauterine insemination
IVF – in vitro fertilization
KWIM – know what I mean
L&D; – Labor & Delivery
LLL – La Leche League (breast feeding organization)
LMP – last menstrual period
LO (or LOs) – little one (baby or children)
LOK – Lots of Kids
LP – luteal phase
MC or M/C – miscarriage
MIL – mother-in-law
MO – months old
MS or M/S – morning sickness
MW – midwife
O – ovulation
O’d – ovulated
OP – original poster or original post
OPK – ovulation predictor kit
OT – off topic
PG – pregnant or pregnancy
POAS – pee on a stick (take a home pregnancy test)
PP – previous poster or previous post
PPD – postpartum depression
PT – potty training
SAAF – Stay Away Aunt Flo
SAH – stay at home
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
SO or S/O – spin off of another thread or topic
SONO – sonogram
TCOYF – Take Charge of Your Fertility
TMI – too much information
TOM – time of the month (period or menstrual cycle)
Ts and Ps – thoughts and prayers
TTA – trying to avoid (getting pregnant)
TTC – trying to conceive
US or U/S – ultrasound
UTI – Urinary Tract Infection
VBAC – vaginal birth after cesarean section
WAH – work at home
WAHD – work at home dad
WAHM – work at home mom
WOH – work out of the home
WOHD – work out of the home dad
WOHM – work out of the home mom
YO – years old
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