Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Learning to Speak IVF

Last year I found a fantastic support group on Facebook called IVF buddies.  Women from all around the world who are going through fertility and IVF treatments sharing our stories, providing support, and celebrating each other's successes.   I honestly think it's helped me to stay mostly sane.  At any time of the day or night I could post a question and have an answer or opinion back from someone who's been through what I'm dealing with at that moment.

One of the biggest hurdles is to learn the IVF code. haha.

Take a look:

2WW Two week wait
16dp3dt 16 days past 3 day transfer
ACA Anticardiolipin Antibodies
AF Aunt Flo = period arriving / bleeding starting
AH Assisted Hatching
AHR Assisted Human Reproduction
ANA Antinuclear Antibodies
ART Assisted Reproductive Technologies
BBT Basal Body Temperature
BCP Birth Control Pill
Beta hCG level blood test
BFP/BFN Big Fat Positive/Negative
BMI Body Mass Index
COH Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation
CD Cycle Day
DH/DW/DS/DD Dear Husband/Wife/Son/Daughter
Dx Diagnosis
ED Egg Donor
EDD Estimated Due Date
ER/ET Embryo Retrieval/Transfer
FSH Follical Stimulating Hormone
FET Frozen Embryo Transfer
GIFT Gamete intra-fallopian tube transfer
GS Gestational Surrogate
hCG Human Chorionic Gonadfotropin
HPT Home Pregnancy Test
ICSI Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IP Intended Parent
IUI Intra-Uterine Insemination
IVF In Vitro Fertilization
IVIg Intra-venous immunoglobulin therapy
IVM In Vitro Maturation
LAP Laproscopy
LMP Last Menstrual Period
LH Luteinizing Hormone
LP Luteal Phase
LPD Luteal Phase Defect
MF Male Factor
NK (Cells) Natural Killer Cells
OHSS Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
OTD Official Test Date
PCO Polycystic Ovarian Disease
PCOS Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PCP Primary Care Physician
PGD Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
PID Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
POAS Pee on a stick - home pregnancy test
POF Premature Ovarian Failure
PUPO Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise
RE Reproductive Endocrinologist
Rx Prescription
SM Surrogate Mom
TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine
TDI Therapeutic Donor Insemination
TET Tubal Embryo Transfer
TR Tubal Reversal
TS Traditional Surrogate
TSH Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
TTC Trying To Conceive
UR Urologist
ZIFT Zygote intra-fallopian tube transfer

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