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