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Hi

Can people please explain to me all the acronyms used on this page.?

WTF is everyone talking about? 😂

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Hahaha I know, but you soon get used to it. If you look at the pinned posts there's one about the abbreviations/acronyms xxx

Tww is the 2 week wait

Otd is the day you do a pregnancy test

Dtd is do the deed!

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Tiddly1984

Just to mention a few that are commonly used:

BFP - ‘Big Fat Positive’ (test result)

BFN - ‘Big Fat negative’ (test result)

DPO - ‘days post ovulation’

DPT - ‘days post transfer’

FET - ‘Frozen egg transfer’

OTD - ‘official test date’

TWW - ‘ Two week wait’

FRER - ‘First Response Early Result’ (pregnancy test)

HPT - ‘Home pregnancy test’

OPK - ‘Ovulation predictor kit’

HCG - ‘human chorionic gonadotropin’ (hormone detected when pregnant)

IVF - ‘In Vitro Fertilisation’ (a form of assisted conception)

ICSI - ‘intracytoplasmic sperm injection’ (a form of assisted conception)

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Caitlin-m• in reply toTiddly1984

Amazing thank you! This is just what I needed. No wonder I couldn’t guess them 🤣

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Tiddly1984• in reply toCaitlin-m

Welcome...x

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Littlepeax• in reply toTiddly1984

Very helpful to me too lol 😊👏 xx

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