Stop Googling TTC Acronyms: Here's What AF, BFN, and TWW Actually Mean
My first week in fertility Facebook groups felt like immigrating to a new country without a phrasebook. I'd see posts like 'BFP after 9DPO, no TWW for me!' and spend 15 minutes Googling all three acronyms just to understand someone was celebrating a pregnancy test. Meanwhile everyone else was already talking solutions, timelines, next steps.
Fertility is so difficult as it is without adding all the complicated sounding code words everywhere!
So I did what any overwhelmed newbie would do: I started collecting every acronym I saw.
A notebook next to my phone. Every AF, BFN, CD1, POAS that confused me. I even found some lists over time, which I added to my own. Over time it became this master list.
I recently realized that although today I can just read through a post without a blink of the eye, that those newer on the journey would be just as lost as I was.
Here's a sneak peek from the guides to cover the top 12 I think you'll run into, with some descriptions too!
Some Fertility & TTC Terms (Lingo)
BFP = Big Fat Positive
Two pink lines. Group celebration time.
OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit
Strips that detect your LH surge = prime baby‑making window.
CM = Cervical Mucus
A primary natural sign of your fertility! Egg white consistency = fertile. Sticky = not fertile.
POAS = Pee On A Stick
Testing pregnancy (or ovulation) strips. A lot.
BBT = Basal Body Temperature
Your wake‑up temp spike confirms ovulation happened.
2WW = Two Week Wait (same as TWW)
Some people say 2WW, some say TWW. Same torture.
This is just the start of course. I've collected over 70 terms so give yourself time to learn them.
If you'd like, the list can be yours! It's cleaned up, organized, and growing as I learn more myself. There's even two versions, a single page Cheat Sheet you can keep handy at any time and a longer expanded version.
Click on the link below to catch your own copy. Print it, save it to your phone, you can even share it with your partner. It'll save you hours of annoying Googling.
