Frequently used acronyms/abbreviations

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AFM - As For Me
AP - Attachment Parenting, Associated Press
APTM - A Place to Meet. Where you are. This site.
ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder
ATM - At the Moment
“At an eleven” - worked up, really upset or angry
AYFKM - Are you fucking kidding me

BBT - Basal Body Temperature, Basal Body Thermometer
BC/BCP - Birth Control Pills
BEC - Bitch Eating Crackers. Related to meme. It's a person whose every action irritates you.
 
BF - Breastfeeding, Breastfed, Boyfriend
BFF - Best Friend Forever
BFN - Big Fat Negative (negative pregnancy test)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (Positive pregnancy test)
BIL - Brother-in-Law
BLM - Black Lives Matter
BLW - Baby Led Weaning
BM - Breast Milk
BRB - be right back
BTDT - Been There, Done That
BTW - By the Way
“Bump” - Sometimes a poster will write this to bump a thread back to the top of the active conversations, sometimes with a user’s screen name to bring their attention to the bumped post

CD - Cycle Day (e.g. the first day of your period is Cycle Day 1), Cloth Diaper
CIO - Cry It Out (letting your baby cry until he or she falls asleep)
CM - Cervical Mucous
CNM - Certfied Nurse Midwife
CP - Cervical Position, Chemical pregnancy, cerebral palsy (context is key here)
“Crackers” - See “BEC”
CS - C-section

DD or just D- Darling Daughter (including numbers to indicate birth order, e.g. second born daughter is DD2)
DE - Donor Eggs, Donor Embryos
DH - Dear Husband. Or just H. They aren’t all Dear.
DNQ- Do Not Quote (See PDQ)
DNW - Do Not Want
DPO - Day Past Ovulation
DS or just S - Darling Son (including numbers to indicate birth order, e.g. second born son is DS2); DS can also mean “Downs Syndrome”

“Eats crackers” - See “BEC”
EBF - Exclusively Breastfed, Extended Breastfeeding
ECS - Emergency C-Section
EDD - Estimated Due Date
EP - Exclusively pumping (feeding your baby only breast milk that you have pumped), Ectopic Pregnancy
ERF - Extended Rear Facing (keeping a child in a rear-facing car seat past the minimum age as required by law)
“Extra” - something that is considered over the top or hyperbolic
EWCM - Egg White Cervial Mucus, the most fertile cervical mucus

Ferber/Ferberize - Dr. Ferber’s Method of Sleep Training
FF - Formula Fed, Formula Feeding, Forward Facing (with regard to child safety seats), Fertility Friend (the preferred app/site for charting one’s cycle)
FFS - For Fuck’s Sake
FIL - Father-in-Law
FRER - First Response Early Reader (a reliable HPT)
FTFM - Fixed That for Me
FTFY - Fixed That For You
FTR - For the Record
FWIW - For What It’s Worth

GOMI - Get Off My Internets (a blog/forum)

HBC - Hormonal Birth Control
HBIC - Head Bitch in Charge
HBOTB-Happiest Baby on the Block (a parenting advice book by Harvey Karp)
HDBD - Hump Day, Bump Day (posting belly pics on Wednesday)
HG - hyperemesis gravidarum (severe, persistent nausea during pregnancy)
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
HTH - Hope That Helps

IC - Incompetent Cervix
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP - Individualized Education Plan; Can also be discussed in conjunction with 504 which is accommodation made by an educational establishment based on a child’s medical need under section 504 of IDEA
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IKWYM - I Know What You Mean
IME - In My Experience
IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion, In My Humble Opinion
IRL - In Real Life

ISWYDT - I See What You Did There
ITA - I totally Agree
IUI - Intrauterine Insemination
IVF - In-Vitro Fertilization
IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean

JFC - Jesus Fucking Christ
JK - Just Kidding
JTTW - Jesus Take the Wheel

KU - Knocked Up
KTFU - Knocked the Fuck Up
KWIM - Know What I Mean?

L&D - Labor and Delivery Ward
LMP - Last Menstrual Period (The first day of your last period)
LO - Little One
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LP - Luteal Phase

MC - Miscarriage
“Mod Abuse” - perceived overstepping of moderator duties, deleting or editing
MIL - Mother-in-Law
MMC - Missed Miscarriage
MS - Morning Sickness
MW - Midwife
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business

NCSS - The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
NFT - No Further Text
NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
“No1curr” - nobody cares
NMS - Not My Style
NT - Neurologically typical

O, O’ed, O-date - Ovulation
OB - Obstetrician
“Oh.” - What you said offends me. Often used in jest.
OMG - Oh my God
OMGWTFBBQ - When you’re so shocked by something that you just start spewing acronyms
OP - original post or original poster
OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit
OT - Occupational Therapy/Therapist, Off-Topic
OTOH - On the Other Hand
OTT - Over The Top

PDQ - Please Don’t Quote. Typically used in a post that includes a photo, sensitive or personally identifying information. This means DO NOT use the quote function please, so that the original poster can edit or delete the post as needed.
Pee-pusher - someone who encourages someone to take pregnancy tests. We have a lot of these.
“Pedi “ - Pediatrician or pedicure
PHFTS - Playa Hating From the Sidelines
PITA - Pain in the Ass
PM - Private Message
POAS - Pee on a Stick, take a pregnancy test
POV - Point of View
PP - previous poster, postpartum, Planned Parenthood
PPA - Postpartum Anxiety
PPD - Postpartum depression
PT - Potty Training, Physical Therapy

QFP - Quoted For Proof. Usually done when the poster being quoted has a history of editing or deleting posts.
QFT - Quoted For Truth. Done when you wholeheartedly agree with someone.

RF - Rear Facing, with regard to child safety seats
ROTFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing
RTMFT - Read the Motherfucking Thread
RTMFTBYMFP - Read the Motherfucking Thread Before You Motherfucking Post (usually said in a teasing way and not meant to be nasty)
RCS - Repeat C-Section

SAHM/SAHD/SAHP - Stay at Home Mom/Dad/Parent
SALTS - Smile a Little, Then Stop
SCS - Scheduled C-Section
SD - Step Daughter, Sperm Donor
SIL - Sister-in-Law
SLP - Speech Language Pathologist
SO - Significant Other
SN - Screen Name, Special Needs
SPD - Sensory Processing Disorder, Symphisis Pubis Dysfunction
SS - Stepson, Special Snowflake
STBXH - Soon-to-be Ex-Husband

TBH/TBCH - To be Honest/To Be Completely Honest
TCOYF - Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
TFAS - Trying For a Sibling
TG - Team Green (not finding out the sex of a baby before delivery)
TIA - Thanks in Advance
TIL - Today I Learned
TMI -Too Much Information
TOP - Top of Page
TTC - Trying to Conceive
TW - Trigger Warning (This is used to warn users that sensitive or triggering information will follow. We have a unofficial community agreement to post a trigger warning at the top of any thread or post that contains reference to death, miscarriage and pregnancy loss, and violence, including but not limited to sexual assault and gun violence)
TWSS - That’s What She Said (this is what we say when we find out mind’s in the gutter about a seemingly innocuous comment. E.g. “This day was long and hard.” “TWSS”).

u/s - Ultrasound

VBAC - Vaginal Birth After C-Section

WAHM - Work At Home Mom
WDYT - What Do You Think?
WFM - Working From Home
WM/WD/WP - Working Mom/Dad/Parent
WRT - With Regard To
WTBS - With That Being Said
WTF - What the Fuck
WTFF - What the Fucking Fuck
WTMFF - What the Motherfucking Fuck. We like to say fuck, ok?
WWYD - What Would You Do?