Hiya girls just thought i would post this as i have noticed alot of people asking what abbrevitions mean on your pregnancy notes.
Maybe this could be a sticky or sumthing?
Hope this helps xxx
General Abbreviations 14+3 14 weeks and 3 days pregnant.
8dpo 8 days post ovulation
AF Auntie Flow (Your period)
BFN Big Fat Negative
CD4 Cycle Day 4, i.e. the 4th day since the first day of your period.
EDD Estimated Due Date
e/w Egg white (Cervical fluid, and indication that your body is preparing to ovulate
FF Fertility Friend –
www.fertilityfriend.com - Charting website used to track ovulation dates
FFH Fortnight From Hell - The two weeks between ovulation and your period
HPT Home Pregnancy Test
IUI Inter Uterine Insemination
IVF In Vitro Fertilisation
m/c Miscarriage
m/s Morning Sickness
m/w Midwife
OPK Ovulation Predictor Kit
TCOYF Taking Charge Of Your Fertility – by Toni Weschler, one of the leading practitioners of fertility charting techniques. You can order a copy of this book from here, also see
www.tcoyf.com TTC Trying to Conceive
TTC2L Trying to conceive for too long
Antenatal Notes ABO Blood test to check what your blood group is
AFP Alphafetoprotein - blood test offered at 16-18weeks to assess risk of Downs Syndrome and Spina Bifida
ANC Antenatal clinic
APH Ante-partum haemorrhage. A bleed during pregnancy
ARM Artificial Rupture of Membranes – having your waters broken
BF Breast fed
BP Blood pressure
Br Breech – means that the baby’s bottom is presenting (i.e. head up)
Ceph Cephalic – means that the baby’s head is presenting (i.e. head down)
c/o Complaining of
C/S Caesarean section
CTG Cardiotocograph - The machine used to measure contractions and baby’s heart rate over a period of time.
CVS Chorionic Villus Sampling -
Cx Cervix
=d Equal to dates – Normally seen in the Fundal height column of your notes, this means that your uterus is measuring correct for your dates
D&C Dilatation and curettage
DNA Did not attend an appointment
EDC Estimated Date of Confinement – another way of saying EDD
EDD Estimated Date of Delivery
ELSCS Emergency lower segment caesarean section (confusingly, some health authorities use ELSCS to refer to an elective caesarean instead!)
ELP Erect lateral pelvimetry (X-ray of pelvis)
Eng Engaged
EPU Early pregnancy unit
FAU Foetal assessment unit
FBC Full blood count
FBS Foetal blood sample OR fasting blood sugar
F/D Forceps Delivery
FHHR Foetal heart heard regularly (sometimes seen as FHH)
FMC Foetal Movement Chart (kick chart)
FMFR Foetal movements felt regularly (sometimes seen as FMF)
GTT Glucose tolerance test
GA General anaesthetic
Hb Haemoglobin i.e. Iron levels – a low Hb level indicates anaemia
IM Intra muscular
IUGR Intra uterine growth retardation i.e. Small baby for dates – NB being small for dates does not necessarily indicate IUGR.
IV Intravenous (going into vein)
IVI Intra venous infusion i.e. a drip
LA Local anaesthetic
LMP Last menstrual period
LOA Left occiput anterior i.e. the back of baby’s head is to the rear left side of your abdomen, which makes delivery easier
LOP Left occiput posterior i.e. back of baby.s head is to the rear left side of your abdomen, which makes delivery more difficult
Long Longitudinal lie- Baby is parallel to spine
LSCS Lower segment caesarean section
Multip Multiparous - has 1 or more living child
MSSU Mid stream specimen of urine
NAD Nothing abnormal detected
N/D Normal Delivery
N/Eng Not engaged
OA Occiput anterior
OC Oral contraception
OE On Examination
OP Occiput posterior – this means your baby’s spine is next to yours, which can result in a more painful labour.
Palp Palpable – When your baby’s head starts to engage, your midwife will note how much of your baby’s head is palpable (i.e can be felt) – 4/5 indicates that your baby has started to engage, 1/5 means nearly engaged.
PIH Pregnancy induced hypertension (high bp)
PMH Past medical history
PP Presenting Part
PPH Post partum haemorrhage. Bleed after baby is born
PR Via rectum
PV Via vagina
Primip Can mean either Primigravida (first pregnancy) or Primiparous (has had one baby)
Reg Registrar
Rh Rhesus
SHO Senior house officer
SPD Symphisis pubis dysfunction i.e. loosening of cartilage at front of pubic bone (v. rough definition)
TOS Trial of scar
Tr Transverse presentation – this means that your baby is lying across your abdomen, as if it were a cradle.
U&E Blood test checking urea and electrolyte levels
USS Ultrasound scan
VBAC Vaginal birth after caesarean section
+ve Positive
-ve Negative
VE Vaginal examination
Vx Vertex – means your baby is presenting head down (same as cephalic)
Scan Notes AC Abdominal circumference
BPD Bi parietal diameter – the measurement of the diameter of your baby’s head (ear to ear)
CRL Crown to rump length i.e. Top of head to baby’s bum
FL Femoral length (thigh bone)
HC Head circumference
H/AC Head/abdomen ratio
Postnatal Notes ARM Artificial Rupture of Membranes – having your waters broken
BF Breast fed
BO Bowels opened
BNO Bowels not opened
BP Blood pressure
Cx Cervix
EBM Expressed breast milk
ELSCS Emergency lower segment caesarean section
F/D Forceps Delivery
GA General anaesthetic
Hb Haemoglobin i.e. Iron levels
IM Intra muscular
IV Intra venous (going into vein)
IVI Intra venous infusion i.e. a drip
LA Local anaesthetic
LSCS Lower segment caesarean section
Mec Meconium (babies early bowel movements)
N/D Normal Delivery
NNU Neonatal unit
NICU Neonatal intensive care unit
NPU Not passed urine
PU Passed urine
Rh Rhesus
SCBU Special care baby unit
+ve Positive
-ve Negative
VBAC Vaginal birth after a caesarean section
VE Vaginal examination
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