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
