Right, so I consider myself to be fairly computer literate, but I don’t a clue about the abbreviations for stuff, anyone fancy giving me a heads up?
For example, OH? and any others, although I do know LOL (my sis told me)
Maybe I could get the abbreviation dictionary (tee hee)
Cheers me dears
Ang
OH = Other half - it had me foxed for a long time!
LOL- LOTS OF LAUGHS
ROFL - rolling on floor laughing
BTW - by the way
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OK so what’s:
dx?
FEC?
Haven’t got a clue! gr8 stuff!
Diagnosed
FEC is a type of chemo - Fluorouracil, Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide!!!
x
dx = diagnosis
FEC = fluorouracil epirubicin cyclophosphamide (Now you can see why they abbreviate it) - It’s one type of chemotherapy given for breast cancer - I’ve had it, also abbreviates as YUK!
LOL
xx
Hi Quisie
I love ROFL, I’m gonna use it all the time now :o)
DBSAPD
ROFL
Here are all the ones I know about…
A
ABC: Artificial Birth Control
AF: Aunty Flo – Period, also known as the old Hag!
AFNW+date: Aunt Flo Not Wanted + Predicted date of unwanted next period.
AI: Artificial Insemination
ANC: Anti Natal Care
ART: Assisted Reproductive Technology
B
B/F: Breastfeeding/ Breastfeed/ Boyfriend/ Best Friend
BD: Baby Dancing - Having sex
BBs: Breasts, boobs
BBT: Basal Body Temperature
BFN: BIG FAT NEGATIVE
BFP: BIG FAT POSITIVE
BH: Braxton Hicks Contractions
BIL: Brother-In-Law
BMS: Baby-Making Sex
BO: Blighted Ovum
BTW: By the way
C
CB: Cycle Buddy
CDC: Chocolate Duvet Cake (AF remedy by Magicians Girl!)
CD: Cycle day
CF: Cervical Fluid. This is the same as CM
CM: Cervical Mucus
CP: Cervical Position
CVS: Chorionic Villae Sampling
D
D&C: Dilation & Curettage
DB: Dear or Darling Boyfriend
DD: Dear Daughter
DE: Donor Eggs
DF: Dear Fiancé
DH: Dear Husband
DI: Donor Insemination
DN: Dear Niece or Nephew
Doing a Wiljay: Suffering from unbearably late AF
DP: Dear Partner
DPO: Days Past Ovulation
DR APT: Doctor’s Appointment
DS: Dear Son
DSD: Dear Step-Daughter
DSS: Dear Step-Son
DTD: Do The Deed or Did The Deed
DW: Dear Wife
Dx: Diagnosis
E
EDD: Estimated date of delivery
Endo: Endometriosis
EPT: Early Pregnancy Test
EWCM: Egg White Cervical Mucus
F
FAO: For the Attention Of…
FF: Formula Feeding
FFF: Fun Friday Five (Questions)
FIL: Father-In-Law
FMU: First morning urine
FSH: Follicle Stimulating Hormone
FWIW: For what it’s worth
G
GP: General Practitioner
GTC: Going To Conceive
H
HAB: Having A Baby
H&H 9 Months: Happy and Healthy 9 Months
HCG: Human chorionic gonadotropin
HGB: Haemoglobin
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
HRT: Hormone Replacement Therapy
HTH: Hope that helps
I
IF: Infertility
IYKWIM: If You Know what I mean?
IKWYM: I Know what you mean
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
IRL: In real life – ie the real world (step away from the computer!)
ITA: I totally agree
IUI: Intrauterine Insemination
IVF: In-vitro fertilization
K
KWIM: Know what I mean?
KWYM: Know what you mean
L
LAP: Laparoscopy
LH: Luteinizing Hormone
LMAO: Laughing My A*** Off
LMP: Last Menstrual Period (Start Date)
LO: Little One
LOL: Laugh out loud
LP: Luteal Phase
LPD: Luteal Phase Defect
M
MAP: Morning After Pill
M/S: Morning sickness
MC, m/c: Miscarriage
MMC: Missed Miscarriage
MIL: Mother-In-Law
MW: Midwife
N
NFP: Natural Family Planning
O
O: Ovulation
Ov: Ovulation
OB/GYN: Obstetrician/Gynaecologist
OMG: Oh My God
OH: Other Half
OMT: One more thing
OPK: Ovulation Predictor Kit
OPT: Ovulation Predictor Test
P
PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG: Pregnant
PI: Primary Infertility
PID: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PMPL: “Weeing” my pants laughing!!
PMS: Premenstrual Syndrome
POAS: “wee!” on a Stick
POF: Premature Ovarian Failure
PTL: Pre-term labour
R
RBC: Red Blood Cell
Robi: Robitussin
ROTFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
RPL: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
RRLT: Red Raspberry Leaf Tea
RSA: Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion
S
SA: Sperm/Semen Analysis
SAAF: Stay away Aunt Flo
SAHD: Stay at home dad
SAHM: Stay at home mum
SAHW: Stay at home wife
SI: Secondary Infertility
SIL: Sister-In-Law
S/O or SO: Significant Other
SPD: Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction
STD: Sexually Transmitted Disease
SW: Social worker
SW: Symptom Watch- SW’ing Symptom Watching during the 2ww
T
TBH: To be Honest
THB: Take Home Baby
TMI: Too much information
Troll: Person who inhabits board under false pretences and tells lies and stories to bait and gain attention from other posters
TTA: Trying to Avoid conception
TTC: Trying To Conceive
TTFN: Ta Ta for now
TTYL: Talk to you later
U
US: Ultrasound
UTI: Urinary Tract Infection
W
WAHD: Work at home dad
WAHM: Work at home mum
WUM: Wind up Merchant
Y
YK: Your Kids
Ok a lot of them are baby making related but you get the drift…LOL
Message for RMW26
Could you please explain what
DBSAPD
stands for?
Mcgle
ROFL - perhaps I can explain Mcgle!
Quisie posted a link to help us all understand what some of these abbreviations mean - and norty dawn joked that she was ‘shocked’ about norty words in the abbreviations on that weblink LOL - so the moderator took the link out and my post!
RMW’s abbreviation is: Don’t be Such a Prude Dawn (more ROFL’s)
You gotta laugh sometimes Mcgle or you would cry at the way we are being gagged.
Dawnhc
I have to agree that this does sound rather petty …
Mcgle
Petty???
Say it isn’t so. 
My sister in law who is a midwife said that lots of doctors use the term “FLK”… Funny looking kid…lol or should that be ROFL??
Debbie
xxx