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Infertility Terms & Acronyms

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  • DH - Dear Husband

  • TTC - Trying to Conceive

  • IF - Infertility

  • MF - Male Factor

  • BFN - Big Fat Negative

  • BFP - Big Fat Positive

  • Follies -- Follicles (eggs)

  • Embies - Embryos (day 1, 2, and 3 fertilized egg and sperm)

  • Morula -- A day 4 embryo (stage between embryo and blast)

  • Blast -- Blastocyst (a fully developed embryo prior to hatching and implanting)

  • RE - Reproductive endocrinologist (fertility Doctor)

  • IUI - Intrauterine Insemination

  • IVF - Invitro Fertilization

  • FET - Frozen embryo transfer

  • ICSI - Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

  • Frosties - Frozen Embryos

  • ER - Egg Retrieval (surgical)

  • ET - Embryo Transfer

  • ASAB - Antisperm Antibodies

  • AF - Aunt Flo (better known as the dreaded monthly Period)

  • BCP - Birth Control Pill

  • POAS - Pee On A Stick

  • PUPO - Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise

  • HPT - Home Pregnancy Test

  • CM - Cervical Mucous

  • BD - Baby Dancing

  • DD - Dear Daughter

  • DS - Dear Son

  • DPO - Days Post Ovulation

  • DPT - Days Post Transfer

  • H&H- Happy & Healthy

  • FMU- First Morning Urine

  • FX- Fingers Crossed

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