GLOSSARY

Confused by all the acronyms you're reading?

Wondering what CM stands for? (You kind of don't want to know...)

Here you'll be able to translate:

AF - Aunt Flow aka period
AL - After Loss

A/S - Anatomy scan
BBT - Basal Body Temperature
BD - Baby Dance (baby makin' sex!)
BF - breast-fed/feed
BFF - Best Friend
BFN - Big Fat Negative (on a pregnancy test)
BFP - Big Fat Positive
CD - Cycle Day
EBF - exclusively breast-fed
fBFF - (former) Best Friend
FHR/HB - fetal heart rate/heart beat
FW - Fertile Window (ovulation time)
HPT- Home Pregnancy Test
IRL - In Real Life
IVF - In-Vitro Fertilization
KU - Knocked Up
LP - Luteal Phase
MC/MMC - Miscarriage / Missed Miscarriage
MOTN - middle of the night
NT - Nuchal Translucency scan (1st tri screening)
O - Ovulate/ovulation
OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit
PAL - Parenting After Loss
PG - pregnant/pregnancy
PGAL - Pregnant After Loss
STTN - sleeping through the night
TFAS - Trying for a Second
TTC - Trying To Conceive
TTCAL - Trying to Conceive After Loss
TTGP - Trying To Get Pregnant
U/S - Ultrasound
MIL/SIL/BIL - in-laws (mother, sister, brother)