Glossary ideas/entries for GBCB

[bluefairy5]

Greetings, all! As a newbie at 3T on Voldebord, I found that glossary incredibly helpful in deciphering and dissecting all the acronyms flying around fast and loose on the boards, especially those that related to IF. As I've seen a few "what does ___ mean?" questions today (AW, TI, etc.) I realized, "Waitaminnit, we don't have a glossary here."

If you all would like to use this thread to brainstorm what's missing and what should be added, I'm happy to pull something together that we can turn into a pinned post (or something along those lines).

Shout at me!

[lemonliz]

**Putting my newbie hat on!**

I think PUPO threw me at first. I've seen a few questions about that this past year.

And all of the numerical lingo about xDPT, xDPO, xDPxDT, that was also new to me.

And the IVF lingo about xR/xM/xF that I would see in siggies.

Those are the ones I remember being baffled by! You know, there used to be a glossary on TTGP's blog (linked to Voldeboard but not through it). Let's see if I can still find it!

[DrHooch]

What's TP?

[DrHooch]

Other ones I've learned in the past week:
BFP/BFN (I know, I'm dense)
FX/FC
TI
Beta

[lemonliz]

DrHooch - a throat punch

[DrHooch]

Ha! The TPT thread makes so much more sense now

[BunnyBerry]

Great idea!

DH, DW, DP, DS, DD, DSS, DSD

And @rumbera posted this extensive alphabetized list a year ago.

[lemonliz]

Also, OPP. I definitely think we got asked that one a lot.

[sammae]

SS - because it's not on the list and I found the answer to it YESTERDAY. I'm usually pretty good with acronyms.

[daydreamsam]

lemonliz Here's the TTGP glossary, I bookmarked their newbie blog waaaaaay back when I started on Voldemort! tbttgp.wordpress.com/acronym-glossary/

[bluefairy5]

These are great ideas for what people want clarification on -- and thanks daydreamsam and BunnyBerry for finding the specific lists! I had no idea where those were for some reason. I can go through these tonight and gather them into something optimized for GBCB 3T/IF (like, obviously we don't really need things that were specific to Voldebord stuff).

[typo31]

I didn't know what "AW" was for the longest time, and was too afraid to ask!

[theholmanherd]

Pretty much all the IF terminology can be confusing. I didn't know FFFC at first.

[sammae]

OH, and ETA

[deelopi9]

I know Naria is planning on putting something together for the 3T newbie link but you can look at this one as well. www.troublettc.blogspot.com

[annaclaire256]

Jan 22, 2015 14:46:37 GMT -5 sammae said:

SS - because it's not on the list and I found the answer to it YESTERDAY. I'm usually pretty good with acronyms.

Ha! This one threw me for a loooooong time!

[lilyharper]

I think a lot of the diagnoses also could be confusing for newbs. RE that sort of thing.

[ashbosity]

What the hell is ISWTE? I can't find it anywhere.

[bluefairy5]

These are all great! ISWTE is "It Stars With the Egg," a book very popular around her. Talks about optimizing your lifestyle and environment for healthy eggs and thereby better chance of success.

I did a good amount of work on a list geared toward 3TIF and send a doc to Naria to take a look at when she has time (her ER's today so we want her focused on THAT! and also hopefully enjoying the anesthesia, heh). What I'd done so far as take out a lot of the abbreviations I've literally never seen anyone 3TIF use (such as those that relate to pregnancy/childrearing, or those in the pre-existing lists that have to do with something on Voldebord specifically). Keep the ideas coming!