NW Andrology & Cryobank Forum
The NW Andrology & Cryobank Forum provides you an opportunity to see what others have asked questions about and posted information about. It allows you to post your own messages and questions as well as respond to others who have used this service. We know this is a big decision for everyone involved so the more information you can get, the better. Who better to hear it from than people who have actually gone through the process.
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For those new to the forum, we have listed "a few" of the abbreviations that you might see used below:
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AF ... Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AI…artificial insemination (any other than intercourse)
AID...artificial insemination donor sperm
AIH...artificial insemination husbands sperm
AFNW ... Aunt Flo Not Wanted or Not Welcomed
ART ... Assisted Reproductive Technology
ASA ... Anti-sperm Antibody
ASRM ... American Society of Reproductive Medicine
BBT ... Basal Body Temperature
BD...Baby Dancing (Love Making)
BCP ... Birth Control Pills
BFN- BIG FAT NEGATIVE
BFP- BIG FAT POSITIVE (yeah)
BIL ... Brother-In-Law
BMS... Baby-making Sex
CCCT ... Clomiphene Citrate Challenge Test (Clomid Challenge)
CB ... Cycle Buddy
CD ... Cycle Day
CF ... Cervical Fluid
CM ... Cervical Mucus
CVS ... Chorionic Villae Sampling
D&C ... Dilation & Curettage
D&E ... Dilation & Evacuation
DE ... Donor Eggs
DES ... Diethylstilbestrol (a synthetic estrogen)
DH... Dear Husband
.........(or whatever other D word seems appropriate at the time)
DI ... Donor Insemination
DPO ... Days Past Ovulation
DTD ... Do The Deed or Did The Deed
EB, EMB ... Endometrial Biopsy
EPT ... Early Pregnancy Test
ET ... Embryo Transfer
EW...Egg White Consistency (related to CM)
EWCM ... Egg White Cervical Mucous
FET ... Frozen Embryo Transfer
FSH ... Follicle Stimulating Hormone
FTTA ... Fertile Thoughts To All
GIFT ... Gamete Intra-fallopian Transfer
GP ... General Practitioner
GTC ... Going To Conceive
HCG Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hormone used to detect pregnancy)
HPT ... Home Pregnancy Test
HRT ... Hormone Replacement Therapy
HSG ... Hysterosalpingogram
ICI ... Intra-cervical Insemination
ICSI ... Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IF ... Infertility
ITI ... Intra-tubal Insemination |
IUI ... Intra-uterine Insemination
IVF ... In Vitro Fertilization
LAP ... Laparoscopy
LH ... Luteinizing Hormone
LMP ... Last Menstrual Period (start date)
LO ... Love Olympics (Love Making)
LOL ... Laughing Out Loud or Lots Of Love
LPD ... Luteal Phase Defect
MC, m/c, misc. ... Miscarriage
MESA ... Microsurgical Epididymal Sperm Aspiration
MIL ... Mother in Law
NP ... Nurse Practitioner
NSA ... Non-surgical Sperm Aspiration
O ... Ovulation
OB/GYN ... Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OMG ... Oh My Goodness!
OPK ... Ovulation Predictor Kit
PCO, PCOD ... Polycystic Ovary Disease
PCOS ... Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PCT ... Post Coital Test
PG ... Pregnant
PI ... Primary Infertility
PID ... Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PMS ... Pre-menstrual Syndrome
PROM ... Premature Rupture of Membranes
RE ... Reproductive Endocrinologist
RI ... Reproductive Immunologist
ROTFLMAO ... Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off
RPL ... Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
RSA ... Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion
SA ... Semen or Sperm Analysis
SI ... Secondary Infertility
SIL ... Sister in Law
SMBC = Single-mother-by-choice
STD ... Sexually Transmitted Disease
TESA ... Testicular Sperm Aspiration
TESE ... Testicular Sperm Extraction
TET ... Tubal Embryo Transfer
TRH ... Thyroid-releasing Hormone
TSH ... Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
TTC ... Trying to Conceive
TUFT ... Trans-uterine Fallopian Transfer
TWW- Dreadful two week waiting period
US, u/s ... Ultrasound
UTI ... Urinary Tract Infection
WBC ... White Blood Cells
ZIFT ... Zygote Intra-fallopian Transfer |
