A

• AAFP – American Academy of Family Physicians
• AAP – American Academy of Pediatrics
• ABB – Apple Bottom Baby
• ABM – artificial baby milk (formula)
• ACOG – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• AF – Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
• AI2 – all in two (cloth diaper)
• AIM – artificial infant milk (formula)
• AIO – all in one (cloth diaper)
• AP – attachment parenting
• ARM – artificial rupture of membranes
• AROM – artificial rupture of membranes

B

• BB – Best Bottom
• BBT – basal body temperature
• BC – birth control
• BCP – birth control pill
• BD – baby dance (sex)
• BF – boyfriend
• BF – breastfeeding
• BF – breastfed
• BF – best friends forever
• BFN – big fat negative
• BFP – big fat positive
• BG – bumGenius
• BIL – brother-in-law
• BM – breast milk
• BM – bowel movement
• BPA – bisphenol A
• BS – bed-share/sharing

C

• CD – cloth diaper/diapering
• CD – cycle day
• CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CF – cervical fluid
• CIO – cry it out
• circ – circumcision
• CL – corpus luteum
• CM – cervical mucus
• CP – cervical position
• CS – co-sleep/sleeping

D

• DCP – day care provider
• DD – darling/dear daughter
• DH – darling/dear husband
• DPO – days post/past ovulation
• DS – darling/dear son
• DSD – darling/dear stepdaughter
• DSS – darling/dear stepson
• DTaP – diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis
• DW – darling/dear wife

E

• EBF – exclusively breastfed
• EBF – extended breastfeeding
• EBM – expressed breast milk
• EC – elimination communication
• EDD – estimated due date
• EN – extended nursing
• EP – exclusively pumping
• ERIC – End Routine Infant Circumcision
• EWCM – egg-white cervical mucus

F

• FAM – Fertility Awareness Method
• FB – FuzziBunz
• FDA – Food and Drug Administration
• FF – formula fed
• FGM – female genital mutilation (female circumcision)
• FIL – father-in-law
• FM – fluff/fluffy mail
• FMLA – Family and Medical Leave Act
• FTT – failure To thrive

G

• GF – girlfriend
• GYN – gynecologist

H

• HB – homebirth
• hCG – human chorionic gonadotropin
• HCP – health care provider
• HH – Happy Heinys
• HPT – home pregnancy test
• HS – homeschooling

I

• IBCLC – International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
• ILs – in-laws
• IUD – intrauterine device
• IUI – intrauterine insemination
• IVF – in vitro fertilization

J

K

• KL – Kissaluvs
• KN – Knickernappies

L

• LC – lactation consultant
• LH – luteinizing hormone
• LLL – La Leche League
• LMP – last menstrual period
• LO – little one
• LP – luteal phase

M

• MC – miscarriage
• ME – Mother-ease
• MF – microfiber
• MGM – male genital mutilation (male circumcision)
• MIL – mother-in-law
• MMR – measles, mumps, and rubella
• MS – morning sickness
• MW – midwife

N

• NAK – nursing at keyboard
• NB – newborn
• NC – non-circumcising/non-circumcized
• NFP – natural family planning
• NIH – National Institutes of Health
• NIP – nursing in public
• NP – nurse practitioner
• NV – non-vaccinating

O

• O – ovulation
• OALD – over-active let down
• OB – obstetrician
• OB-GYN – obstetrician-gynecologist
• OHT – one-handed typing
• OP – original poster
• OPK – ovulation predictor kit
• OS – one size/sized
• OT – off topic
• OTSBH – over the shoulder baby holder
• OV – ovulation

P

• PAK – pumping at keyboard
• PCP – primary care physician
• PG – pregnancy
• PG – pregnant
• PIS – Pump In Style (Medella breast pump)
• POAS – pee on a stick
• PPD – postpartum depression
• PPP – postpartum psychosis
• PSA – public service announcement
• PUL – polyurethane laminate
• PUPP – pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
• PUPPP – pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
• PVC – polyvinyl chloride

Q

R

• RAR – Rumparooz
• RIC – routine infant circumcision

S

• SAHD – stay-at-home dad
• SAHM – stay-at-home mom
• SB – Swaddle Bees
• SEZ – Snap-EZ
• SIL – sister-in-law
• SNS – supplemental nursing system
• SO – significant other

T

• Tdap – tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis
• TPU – thermoplastic polyurethane
• TTC – trying to conceive

U

 

• UB – unassisted birth
• UTI – urinary tract infection

V

• Vax – vaccination
• VF – vaccination free

W

• WAHD – work-at-home dad
• WAHM – work-at-home mom
• WHO – World Health Organization
• WIC – Women, Infants, and Children
• WOHD – work out of home dad
• WOHM – work out of home mom

X

Y

Z