Lingo List

• 2ww - Two Week Wait (time between O & AF)
• Adjusted- adjusted age, the age a preemie would be if born on time
• AF - Aunt Flow. Evil bitch.
• As & Bs- Apnea & Bradycardia
• ALT- a liver enzyme
• AST- another liver enzyme
• BCP - Birth Control Pills
• BFF- Best Friend Forever
• BIL- Brother In Law
• BPD- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia- a chronic lung condition of prematurity
• CD - Cycle Day
• CLD- Chronic Lung Disease
• DH - Dear Husband (occasionally Damned Husband)
• DPIUI - Days Past IUI
• DPO - Days Past Ovulation
• E2 - Estrogen
• G Tube- A feeding tube inserted in the stomach
• HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)
• High Sat- High Oxygen Saturation
• IUI - Interuterine Insemination
• IVF - In Vitro Fertilization
• IVH- Intraventricular hemorrhage, brain bleed common in preemies
• LH - Luteinizing Hormone (surges just before O)
• Low Sat- Low Oxygen Saturation
• LPD - Luteal Phase Defect
• M/C - Miscarriage
• MF/MFI - Male Factor Infertility
• MicroPreemie- a baby born weighing under 2lb
• MIL - Mother In Law
• NEC- Nectrotizing Enterocolitis, a highly fatal bowl infection in preemies
• NICU- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• O - Ovulate/Ovulation
• P4 - Progesterone
• PDA-  patent ductus arteriosus, a heart condition of prematurity
• RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist (fertility doc)
• ROP- Retinopathy of Prematurity- an eye condition of prematurity
• SA - Semen Analysis
• TTC - Trying To Conceive