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Here's the page that explains all of those crazy acronyms that are scattered throughout these randomly blogged thoughts :)
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A -
AF - Aunt Flow (that time of the month, period, mensus, etc)

B -
BBT - Basal Body Temperature
BD - Baby Dance (aka...sex, hanky panky, making whoopee, nookie, or just plain making love :)
BC - Birth Control
BFN - Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test...and those tests with lines no one else can see that you dig out of the garbage 3-4 times to "review"...perhaps against anohter test taken with urine later in the day :)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (can refer to HPT or OPK)

C -
cd# - Cycle Day, each is important in the TTC journey

D -
DPO - Days Past Ovulation (countdown of TWW, important when POAS)

H -
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
HSG - Hysterosalpingogram

I -
IF - Infertility

M -
M/C - Miscarriage

O -
O or O'd - Ovulation/Ovulated
OPK - Ovulation Prediction Kit (like an egg timer, haha :)

P -
PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
POAS - Pee On A Stick (be it for a HPT, OPK, or your own need to POAS for any reason)

R -
RE - Reproductive Endocrindologist

S -
SA - Semen Analysis

T -
Temp - taking your BBT
TTC - Trying to Conceive (yeah, it doesn't just "happen" for everyone, some of us have to TRY at it...fun!)
TWW - Two Week Wait (the time between O and expected AF)
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