Trying to build a family can be hard enough as it is. As such, it seriously doesn’t help when weird internet acronyms make the whole process even more challenging. Just spend one minute on a fertility forum, and you’ll see a whole surge of perplexing acronyms that aspiring mothers are using, which might detract you from spending time on these forums altogether. Complete gibberish!
While there are a ton of awesome fertility books and professional support resources to help you along the way throughout your conception journey, modern internet forums can honestly be suuuuper helpful during this complex adjustment period. You get to hear other people’s fertility trials and tribulations, their victories, as well as their burning questions answered. You can communicate with other women in the same boat as you, who might share similar questions, concerns, or intense emotions about this whole process.
Having this online resource can be incredibly beneficial, and you shouldn’t shy away from these internet spaces just because of all the perplexing acronyms popping up everywhere, from left to right. If this sounds like a conundrum you’re all too familiar with, don’t worry! We’ve got you covered. Here is an official glossary of fertility/conception acronyms that will help you understand just what the heck everyone on these forums is talking about, once and for all.
TCT: Trying To Conceive
This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. You’re ready. You find yourself already envisioning the future family trips to Disney World, as well as the precise color of lavender you want to paint your baby’s room. It’s time, and you’re fully prepared for all the joys of motherhood. But first, you gotta go through the whole fertility process, and it’s not always smooth sailing!
WTT: Waiting To Try
Okay, so you know motherhood is on the cards for you down the road, but maybe you’re not quiiiite there yet. Perhaps finances need to be more in order, or you want to finish your grad program first. But still… You can’t help but find yourself eager to TCT.
SMEP: Sperm Meets Egg Plan
A somewhat depressing but factual and clinical way of saying “making love.”
DTD: Do The Deed
As in, having sex. Dim the lights, play some of TLC’s “Red Light Special,” and get to it, babes! Chop, chop!
BFN: Big Fat Negative
The results weren’t what you were hoping for, but hey, there’s always room to try again!
BFP: Big Fat Positive
You did it! You’re pregnant! Now go and celebrate with a delicious cheesecake and a side of fries. (Pregnancy cravings are real, and they start immediately. At least, according to my rules, they do.)
There you have it, ladies! Now, you can enter these online fertility spaces with a sense of understanding and belonging. Enjoy your fertility journey!
