When Potential Surrogates and Intended parents come to CFC, they are often met by other Surrogates and Intended Parents who appear to be speaking a different language. Here at CFC, we have put together a Dictionary for our new clients, to ensure that they don’t miss out on the terms that may be important to them during their journey. If at any point, your clinic asks you when your LMP was, and tells you that you need to start BCP on day 2 of a full flow, and you are scratching your head, wondering what they are even talking about, please refer to the below list, or contact the clinic, and ask them to speak English
- 2WW: Two week wait
12dp3dt : 12 days past 3 day transfer
12dp5dt: 12 days past 5 day transfer
- A
ACA : Anticardiolipin Antibodies
AF Aunt Flo = period arriving / bleeding starting
AH : Assisted Hatching
AHR :Assisted Human Reproduction
ANA :Antinuclear Antibodies
ART: Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- B
BBT: Basal Body Temperature
BCP: Birth Control Pill
Beta: hCG level blood test
BFP/BFN : Big Fat Positive/Negative
BMI: Body Mass Index
- C
COH : Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation
CD :Cycle Day
- D
DH/DW/DS/DD: Dear Husband/Wife/Son/Daughter
Dx : Diagnosis
- E
ED: Egg Donor
EED:Estimated Due Date
ER/ET: Embryo Retrieval/Transfer
- F
FSH: Follical Stimulating Hormone
FET: Frozen Embryo Transfer
- G
GIFT:Gamete intra-fallopian tube transfer
GS :Gestational Surrogate
- H
hCG: Human Chorionic Gonadfotropin
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
- I
ICSI: Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IP: Intended Parent
IUI :Intra-UterineInsemination
IVF :In Vitro Fertilization
IVIg: Intra-venous immunoglobulin therapy
IVM: In Vitro Maturation
- L
LAP :Laproscopy
LMP :Last Menstrual Period
LH: Luteinizing Hormone
LP : Luteal Phase
LPD : Luteal Phase Defect
- O
OHSS: Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
- P
PCO: Polycystic Ovarian Disease
PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PCP: Primary Care Physician
PGD: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis(Pre gender determination)
PID Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PIO: Progesterone in Oil
POAS: Pee on a stick – home pregnancy test
POF: Premature Ovarian Failure
PUPO : Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise
- R
RE: Reproductive Endocrinologist
Rx: Prescription
- S
SM :Surrogate Mom
SG: SurroGuru
- T
TCM: Traditional Chinese Medicine
TDI :Therapeutic Donor Insemination
TET: Tubal Embryo Transfer
TR : Tubal Reversal
TS: Traditional Surrogate
TTC: Trying To Conceive