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Confused by all the acronyms? Here's a short guide to the most common:

2WW - The two-week wait period of time after ovulation before you can take a pregnancy test

AF - Aunt Flo (menstruation)

BC - Birth Control

BCP - Birth Control Pills

BBT - Basal Body Temperature

BD - Baby Dance (baby making sex)

BF or BF'ing - Breastfeeding

BFN - Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test result)

BFP - Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test result)

CBEFM - Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor (this popular tool for tracking your fertility)

CD - Cycle Day

CM - Cervical Mucus

D&C - Dilation & Curettage (a procedure carried out if a miscarriage cannot be completed naturally)

DC - Dear Child (of either sex)

DD - Dear Daughter

DH - Dear Husband

DS - Dear Son

DPO - Days Past Ovulation

EDD - Estimated Due Date

EPT - Early Pregnancy Test

EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus (indicates your most fertile time)

FF - Fertility Friend (this popular free charting website)

FLB - F*ck Like Bunnies (baby making sex)

FWP - F*ck With Purpose (baby making sex)

FMU - First Morning Urine (used when taking a home pregnancy test)

FRER - First Response Early Response (popular early pregnancy test)

HPT - Home Pregnancy Test

IF - Infertility

IUI - Intrauterine insemination (a type of artificial insemination)

IVF - In Vitro Fertilization

KU - Knocked Up (pregnant)

KTFU - Knocked The F*ck Up (pregnant)

LH - Luteinizing Hormone (the hormone that precedes ovulation - this is what ovulation tests look for)

LP - Luteal Phase (the length of time after ovulation but before your period)

MC - Miscarriage

MS - Morning Sickness

MW - Midwife

OB/OBGYN- Obstetrician or gynecologist

OPK/OPT - Ovulation Predictor Kit/Ovulation Predictor Test

PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

PG - Pregnant

POAS - Pee On A Stick (take a home pregnancy test)

SA - Sperm/Semen Analysis

TCOYF - Taking Charge of Your Fertility (this book)

TI - Timed Intercourse

TTA - Trying to Avoid (generally, charting to avoid pregnancy)

TTC - Trying To Conceive

U/S - Ultrasound

WTEWE - What to Expect When You're Expecting (this book)