When my husband and I first started trying to get pregnant and realized it wasn't as easy as we thought it would be, I entered a whole new world of infertility by joining various TTC and infertility online support groups. And OMG... was I lost. It seemed like everyone spoke a different language with a million different fertility acronyms and names of hormones and procedures I just had no idea about. They might as well have been speaking Dothraki.
After being immersed in this world of IVF, infertility and TTC community for a while now, I think I've come to understand the fertility lingo a little better. Today, I walk through a list of acronyms in alphabetical order to see if I know all of them and if not, well, we can learn them together.
00:00 Introduction
02:04 Fertility Acronyms: A~H
07:17 Fertility Acronyms: I~T
10:24 My FET #2 Update
Common Infertility Acronyms:
2WW: Two week wait, After Flo, Period, or Menstrual Cycle
ART: Assisted reproductive technology (e.g., in vitro fertilization)
BBT: Basal Body Temperature
BCP: Birth Control Pills
BD: Baby Dance (sex)
Beta: HcG pregnancy test
BFN: Big Fat Negative
BFP: Big Fat Positive
CB: Cycle Buddy
CD: Cycle Day
DE: Donor Eggs
DI: Donor Insemination
DOR: Diminished Ovarian Reserve
DPO: Days Post-Ovulation
DPR: Days Post-Retrieval
DPT: Days Post-Transfer
ENDO: Endometriosis
ER: Egg Retrieval
ET: Embryo Transfer
FET: Frozen Embryo Transfer
FHR: Fetal Heart Rate
FSH: Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
HcG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hormone detected by pregnancy tests)
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
HSG: Hysterosalpingogram
ICSI: Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IVF: In Vitro Fertilization
IUI: Intrauterine Insemination
LAP: Laparoscopy
LH: Luteinizing Hormone
LMP: Last Menstrual Period (start date)
LSP: Low Sperm Count
MAI: Miscarriage After Infertility
MC, m/c, misc.: Miscarriage
MF: Male factor
O, OV: Ovulation
OB, OB/GYN: Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OC: Oral Contraceptives
OPK/OPT: Ovulation Predictor Kit, Ovulation Predictor Test
PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG: Pregnant
PGD/PGS/PGT: Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, Pre-implantation Genetic Screening, Pre-implantation Genetic Testing
PI: Primary Infertility
PIO: Progesterone in Oil injection
PID: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
POAS: Pee on a Stick
POF: Premature Ovarian Failure
POI: Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
PUPO: Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise
RE/REI: Reproductive Endocrinologist
RPL: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
SA: Semen Analysis
SI: Secondary Infertility
TTC: Trying To Conceive
US: Ultrasound
V/VR: Vasectomy, Vasectomy Reversal
About me ❤
My name is Hellynn and I live in the US, but I've traveled to Korea (where I'm from) to undergo multiple rounds of IVF. Being 40+ and trying to bring children into the world is hard, but I also have diminished ovarian reserve (DOR). For those reasons, I am doing back-to-back rounds of IVF.
Navigating this world of infertility is definitely a challenge - a million new acronyms, hormones and protocols to learn - it's A LOT. So I thought I'd just talk about everything I've been learning for the women out there who are going through similar struggles. I'm also here to guide anyone who is interested in traveling to Korea for IVF, since it's more cost efficient with high success rates here.
I am treating this YT channel as my diary, talking about the ups and downs of my journey to motherhood so that one day, my babies will see how they were created... with fierce, enduring strength and love.
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23 июл 2024
