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When I created @bravinginfertility on IG and followed many amazing IVF warriors, it seems they have a secret language, and I want to learn them too!
I started making a list and while there are a whole lot more of these abbreviations/acronyms, these relate to me.
[And I’ll probably add more as we go along.}
Enjoy x
2WW: TWO WEEK WAIT (BEFORE TESTING, NOT ALWAYS 2 WEEKS)
AF: AUNTIE FLO (MENSES)
AFC: ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT
AMA: ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE
AMH: ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE
ART: ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY
AH: ASSISTED HATCHING
BBT: BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE
BETA: HCG PREGNANCY TEST
BFN: BIG FAT NEGATIVE (PREGNANCY TEST)
BFP: BIG FAT POSITIVE (PREGNANCY TEST)
B/W: BLOOD WORK
CD: CYCLE DAY
DE: DONOR EGGS
DEIVF: DONOR EGGS IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION
DHEA: DIHDROEPIANDROSTERONE
DOR: DIMINISHING OVARIAN RESERVE
DPO: DAYS POST OVULATION
DPR: DAYS POST-RETRIEVAL
DPT: DAYS POST-TRANSFER
DP3DT: DAYS POST 3 DAY TRANSFER
EDD: ESTIMATED DUE DATE
ENDO: ENDOMETRIOSIS
ER / OR: EGG/OCCYTE RETRIEVAL
ET: EGG TRANSFER
FET: FROZEN EGG TRANSFER
FP: FOLLICULAR PHASE
FROSTIE: FROZEN EMBRYO
FSH: FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
GNRH: GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE
HCG: HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN
(pregnancy hormone detected by blood test)
HSG: HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAM
ICSI: INTRA- CYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION
IMSI: Intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection
(a modification of the ICSI technique where sperm samples are examined under a microscope that is almost 6000 times more powerful to better assess their "morphology".)