Common Jargon

af = Aunt Flo, or period
art = Assisted reproductive therapy
AH = Assisted Hatching
BCP = Birth Control Pills
bf = Best friend/boy friend
b/w = Bloodwork
cd = Cycle day
ctx = Contraction
CM = Cervical Mucus
CNM = Certified Nurse Midwife
d&c = Dilation and Curettage
dd = Darling/dear daughter
dh = Darling/dear husband
dpo = Days post ovulation
DE = Donor Eggs or Donor Embryos
dpt = Days post transfer
ds = Darling/dear son
dw = Darling/dear wife
ED = Egg Donor or Embryo Donation
E2 = Estradiol/Estrogen
EDD = Estimated Due Date
EPT = Early Pregnancy Test
ET = Embryo Transfer
fsh = Follicle stimulating hormone
FET = Frozen Embryo Transfer
FHR = Fetal Heart Rate
FIM = Former Intended Mother
FIF = Former Intended Father
FIP = Former Intended Parents
FSM = Former Surrogate Mother
GS or GC = Gestational Surrogate or Gestational Carrier
gift = Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer
hcg = Human choronic gonadotropin
HI = Home Insemination
hsg = Hystersalpingogram
hpt = Home pregnancy test
HSG = Hysterosalpingogram
iui = Intrauterine insemination
ivf = In vitro fertilization
ICSI = Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IF = Intended Father
IM = Intra-muscular or Intended Mother
LMP = Last Menstrual Period (start date)
m/c = Miscarriage
mil = Mother in law
m/s = Morning sickness
NSR = Not surrogacy related
opk = Ovulation predictor kit
OB = Obstetrician
OB/GYN = Obstetrician/Gynecologist
pg = Pregnant, pregnancy
pics = Pictures
P4, Prog = Progesterone
PIO = Progesterone In Oil
PCO, PCOD = Polycystic Ovary Disease
PCOS = Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PIM = Potential Intended Mother
PIF = Potential Intented Father
PIP = Potential Intended Patents
PSM = Potential Surrogate Mother
PMS = Pre-menstrual Syndrome
RE = Reproductive Endocrinology (infertility dr.)
SM = Surrogate Mother
TS = Traditional Surrogate
ttc = Trying to conceive
2ww = 2 week wait
US, u/s = Ultrasound
zift = Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer

Thanks Jennifer!!