ABBREVIATIONS LIST (Warning - A bit clinical / technical in places)

[Donna]

AF  Aunt Flow (period) 
AFAIK  As far as I know 
AFK  Away from keyboard 
BAC  By any chance 
BAK  Back at keyboard 
BBL  Be back later   
BFN  Big fat negative   
BFP   Big fat positive 
BIL  Brother in law 
BRB  Be right back 
BTW  By the way   
B4  Before 
B4N   Before now   
CMIIW   Correct me if I'm wrong 
CU  See you 
CUL   See you later   
DD   Dear/Darling daughter 
DH   Dear/Darling husband   
DP   Dear/Darling partner 
DS   Dear/Darling son   
DW  Dear/Darling wife   
EWCM   Egg white cervical mucus 
FAQ  Frequently asked questions 
FIL  Father in law   
FITB   Fill in the blank 
FWIW   For what it's worth 
FYA   For your amusement 
FYI   For your information   
F2F  Face to face 
4U  For you 
G  Giggle 
GMTA  Great minds think alike 
HHOK   Ha ha only kidding 
HTH  Hope this helps 
HV   Health visitor 
IAC   In any case 
IKWUM   I know what you mean 
IMHO   In my humble opinion 
IMO   In my opinion 
IOW  In other words   
IRL   In real life   
IUI  intra-uterine insemination 
IVF  In vitro fertilization   
IYKWIM  If you know what I mean 
IYSWIM  If you see what I mean 
J/K   Just kidding 
JM2C   Just my two cents 
K  OK 
KOTC   Kiss on the cheek 
KWIM   Know what I mean   
L   Laughing   
L8R   Later 
L/C Living Child(ren)  
LO  Little one   
LOL   Laughing out loud 
LMAO   Laughing my a**e off   
MC/MMC   Miscarriage   
MIL  Mother in law 
MMC  Missed miscarriage 
MOTD  Message of the day 
MW  Midwife 
MSG   Message 
NN2R   No need to reply 
NP  No problem 
NRN  No response necessary 
OH Other half
OIC  Oh I see 
OMG   Oh my god 
OPK   Ovulation Predictor Kit 
OT  Off topic 
OTOH  On the other hand 
OV  Ovulating 
PG   Pregnant 
PI   Politically incorrect 
PITA  Pain in the a**e 
PM  Personal message 
PMSL   Peeing myself laughing 
ROFL  Rolling on the floor laughing 
ROFLMAO    Rolling on the floor laughing my a**e off   
SAHM   Stay at home mum   
SICS   Sitting in the chair snickering 
SIL  Sister in law 
TC  Take care 
THX  Thanks   
TIA   Thanks in advance 
TMI  Too much information 
TTFN   Ta ta for now 
TTC   Trying to conceive 
TY  Thank you   
YSR   Yeah, sure, right 
YW  You're welcome 
YWIA   You’re welcome in advance 
WB  Welcome back 
WTG  Way to go 
1WW/2WW   1 week wait/2 week wait (after having IUI or IVF) 
2L8  Too late 

[Jen]

thanks Donna. I have made it a sticky so people can find it

[davids- mummy]

just looking at abbrieviations cuse the spelling but can you explain what a missed misscarraige is sorry if you find it distressing in explaining it to me as i never heard of it before

[Laura~Tyler&Taylor'sMommy]

Without sounding thick, what does l/c mean?

Laura x 

[mel - jakesangelmummy]

living children


 

[Donna]

just looking at abbrieviations cuse the spelling but can you explain what a missed misscarraige is sorry if you find it distressing in explaining it to me as i never heard of it before

Sorry just seen this,  I think its a miscarraige when you didn't even know you were pregnant?

[mel - jakesangelmummy]

a missed miscarriage is were baby dies but body still thinks you are pregnant, therefore it is normally only detected by an ultrasound as there are no miscarriage symptoms

 

[marie Ethan's mum]

Thank you for posting this information, I knew many but some really had no clue about, and was worried I' offended someone with my hi I'm new because it said L/C mentioned and I didn't realise what it meant ,    but don't worry the penny has dropped now lol .