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Guide to BabyFit Message Board Codes

A Quick Reference for Navigating the Boards
-- By BabyFit Support

Welcome to the BabyFit message boards! Throughout the forums you will find people using common acronyms or codes as a shortened way to communicate a common word or phrase. Here is an alphabetical list of the most commonly used shortcuts. Use this as a quick reference as you navigate the boards.

. 2WW-2-week waiting time from ovulation to the start of menstruation (or to a sign of pregnancy when menstruation is late)

. A-"Aunt Flo" (menstruation, period)

. AP-attachment parenting

. BB or BBS-Internet bulletin board(s)

. BBL-be back later

. BBT-basal body temperature

. BCPS-birth control pills

. BD-Baby dancing (sex intended for conception)

. BF-breastfeed(ing), or boyfriend

. BFN/BFP-big fat negative/positive on a home pregnancy test

. BIL-brother-in-law

. BM-breast milk, or bowel movement

. BOB-"battery-operated boyfriend"

. BRB-be right back

. BT-blood test

. BTDT-been there, done that

. BTW-by the way

. BUMP-noting that you are "bumping" a message board thread to the top of the page

. CD-cycle day

. CF-cervical fluid

. CIO-cry it out

. Circ-circumcise

. CM-cervical mucus

. CP-cervical position

. CWIM-see what I mean

. CS or C/S-Cesarean section


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